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| Make-overs |
| Written by Cyndee Peters |
| Tuesday, 18 August 2009 21:32 |
 There seems to be no end to the series of TV shows about make-overs. My favorite is Pimp my Ride, those guys are geniuses, the Michelangelos of car repair and detailing. And of course you have the guy who hosts the program (I seriously think he needs to have his medication checked) where they make-over houses. Well not really, they usually just gut the whole thing and start over from scratch; so I don’t think that really qualifies as a make-over. That’s more like a do-over; but a transformation nonetheless. The ones I watch with most fascination are those with the extremely rude English people. Why is it that the English are allowed to be rude, even vile like no one else, and we think it’s cool? I mean they grab at women’s boobs and let them flop all around for the whole world to see or poke at men’s double chins and love-handles like there were at a fruit stand. It must have something to do with those accents. What always pops into my head is how do these people who sometimes undergo serious surgery, function when back in their own worlds? How does it feel three weeks later, when they can’t make themselves look like the experts did? None of this stuff is free and there is often maintenance required, sometimes for the rest of their lives. I use cosmetics myself and certainly like the way I look when a professional works on my face for TV or a photo-shoot for a magazine. But I will tell you that some of the sexiest most sensual people I have ever met had not had close encounters with cosmetics. They didn’t look like Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Halle Berry or Denzel Washington if you happen to like those types. A few of them you wouldn’t have even noticed if you saw them on the street. But sitting across from them as they radiated total confidence in who they were, exactly as they were, they were as sexy as could be. They had something no one has as yet, been able to manufacture. They were completely comfortable in their bodies, loved and accepted themselves as they were. Genuine self-confidence is very, very seductive. Facades whether applied on houses or people will fall away with time. What then is left; a sound structure or something unstable that has been cosmetically enhanced to acquire acceptance? Time and gravity are the two greatest equalizers. No one escapes them, no matter how much money, power or beauty they have. What most of us need is not a make-over as much as we need to make up with ourselves. And to refuse to let an industry that profits from our insecurities convince us “you ain’t good enough, but buy our product and your whole life will change”. It is and always will be, as the songs says: “all about the money dum, dum, dummy, dum, dum”. If you choose to, by all means use these products to enhance you. But they will not make a better you. Only YOU can make a better you. If you don’t believe me, then check out what an expert in selling “products” had to say. “The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy”.
Yves Saint Laurent Yep,  Cyndee This article is the property of Cyndee Peters AB, Stockholm, Sweden and may not be used or duplicated without the expressed permission of the author. www.cyndeepeters.com May 2009 |