Ok my fine fellows. This one is to you.
Ladies have this image throw at them everyday. The perfect airbrushed skin, the thick, voluminous, dark lashes. Plump, supple, pink lips.. with a high cheek bone and no sparkle left in there eyes. What makes a guy attracted to a fake face? Why is it that a guy will tell a girl she is a stone cold fox while she's all made up, but that some beautiful face without the mask could be sitting next to you, and not a single "wow your hot" will emerge from your lips?
In my life I have had one, and only one boy tell me he prefers my face without all that make up, with out me prompting him. Just the other day I put up some photos of myself with a full make up mask. It was for a mall hunt I did. Most people now a days never see me with make up on, so I figured this was a grand disguise. Anyways, my friends promptly commented. One comment really bothered me, and although I know he wasn't meaning to offend, it still bothered me a lil. It read "Appearence much improved. A++." Now as a female, I read in to this. what was my "grade" before my extreme make over? B+ A- maybe? And now that I don't look like myself, and infact look fake, this makes me more attractive?
Well my dear male folk, please PLEASE tell me your opinions here. I am a firm believer in natural beauty and inner beauty. Now I could care less if any of you find me attractive with or with out the face paint... but if you DO find a girl, lady, women attractive without, please tell her so! Dont let her feed the self doubt and let the media tell her she needs to hide her beauty under a layer of paint. I love my natural looks, and I love to get dolled up, I just dont think I need to paint it on so thick then when I remove it, you can't tell Im me.
Ladies, I'd actually love to hear your opinions on this matter. Do you agree? If not, what are your thoughts?
Thanks for your time!
i don't mean to say this as a jerk or anything don't get me wrong, but it's very interesting to read about the idea of inner beauty and stuff when in your previous blog which was written like what.. a day before was talking about mr "icky" which while you did mention your feat of sickness and yada yada yada, but you almost mentioned the word ugly and your fear of raising ugly children... seems like a double standard
ReplyDeleteps you're beautiful wheather your wearing make up or not
ReplyDeletei kind of agree with what lauren says, she raises a good point. This is the way I myself see it. It doesn't matter at all what you look like, or what I look like. I can go out without makeup, or with, it's kind of indifferent, because I am absolutely fine with my personality & "inner beauty", looks are just basically indifferent. but it's nice to be nice looking, i also think it goes hand in hand to be 100% happy, taking care of yourself mentally and physically. if you have one without the other its just not going to be good. then again not everyone can be deemed "beautiful" by textbook definition, but it doesnt mean you have to be unhygienic, still take car of yourself, dress well. and no matter what everyone loves looking good, it's fun, everyone should feel prettyy & sexy all the time! ive babbled. but in conclusion, i think everyone should like themselves, the person they are, cause if you really do like yourself you'd want to take care of yourself & not just give up, life is about balance. you cant only focus on looks, or only on your mind, you must be balanced emotionally physically spiritually and mentally, and not settle for anything less.
ReplyDeleteI find some natural things pretty, but there would be just as many beautiful man-made things if I were to compile a list. Some girls look best without makeup, while some don’t. In fact, in most cases I think some well applied makeup by a skilled artist can improve the look of a woman’s face (and probably a gentleman’s, if there were not such a social stigma against the practice). There’s nothing wrong with that. Well done makeup compliments the facial features of a person without overpowering them or looking fake. Excessive makeup always looks ridiculous and is never attractive.
ReplyDeleteThrowing “natural” on a pedestal without providing a reason is silly. There are lots of natural things that are ugly as sin. Why should humans be an exception? Inner beauty is of course far more important than the physical appearance of a person, but you usually see a person before you talk to them - and if the person is so physically unattractive that the talking never happens, the inner beauty never comes into play. This is why such an emphasis is still placed on looks, even after everyone’s become enlightened and would of course answer that they find inner beauty FAR more important than external appearance when asked.
That all said, I still prefer natural you to the photos of the done-up you that brought all of this on. I'm not much for the Victorian face (perhaps you're only that white because of the camera flash) and I've never been a fan of lipstick.
it was a question I asked a guy, and it is a fear I have. I do always try to find something beautiful about the people I find "ugly" whether that means they are outwardly ugly, or act ugly. Im not a perfect person so I dont pretend to be. But really my answer was jump in the Lava because I hate pain.. so the fact that I can get a sickness that can slowly kill me, I'd prefer not to take the chance. the question was so Vague that I took it I just knew they were icky.. I didnt know what exactly icky was.. does this make sense? Anyways. Im still a firm believer in finding inner beauty, but Im still human and see people as ugly, whether I want to or not. cool?
ReplyDeleteI am a firm advocate of no makeup. I have tried to convince a number of girls I know to stop wearing it altogether and have only been successful once. If everyone stopped buying into makeup, they'd save money, time spent getting ready, and a lot of mental energy thinking "Do I look ok?" But alas, that'll never happen. I much prefer no make up in 99% of the cases.
ReplyDeletePS you are beautiful Jesi.
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thanks Korean! You get what Im saying! :D
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