Now you've sent me down the rabbit hole of looking at old Lancome ads with Isabella Rossellini, I just adore her.Possibly not a popular opinion but I actually preferred the days of solely having magazine makeup/skincare adverts, the irony being they seemed more honest. No, I didn’t think I would look like the model, but the model wasn’t lying to my face, pretending to be my mate, it was just all brilliant fantasy.
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I don’t know where those are from but they’re similar to Topshop Editors which are good.Actually I do like those jeans - did it say where they are from? Don't know why I ask as I never wear them.
First, a warning. The article contains a description of an extremely cruel 18th century practice involving animals of which I was previously happy to be unaware.This is an interesting read, about why people participate in gossip sites. A lot is well observed, but it’s v one-dimensional - shame it doesn’t go into what I have found here, the feeling of finally not feeling like you’re going mad because you’ve found other people who can smell the same bullshit from woefully under-regulated influencers. Also a shame comments were turned off, I think it would have been insightful.
Feels like it should have been paired with a counter piece from someone such as one of us, it just comes off sanctimonious on its own.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...e-gossip-drama-women-influencer-addiction-why
Exactly. Advertising has always been dishonest, but it's the way 'influencers' take advantage of the parasocial relationship now that makes it so much worse. "Look at this unattainably beautiful person" is weirdly more wholesome than "Look at my cute dog, look at me in my PJs, look at my perfect skin that you can have if you buy this stuff*"Possibly not a popular opinion but I actually preferred the days of solely having magazine makeup/skincare adverts, the irony being they seemed more honest. No, I didn’t think I would look like the model, but the model wasn’t lying to my face, pretending to be my mate, it was just all brilliant fantasy.
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LikewiseThanks for the warning, @Aude. I’ll avoid it in that case. Sorry you had to read something like that.
I did read the article despite the warnings and some concepts are interesting, i wasn’t aware of the specific habit from the 18th century, but it does take only half a paragraph, so if you see one paragraph starting with the ‘18th century’ just skip it.This is an interesting read, about why people participate in gossip sites. A lot is well observed, but it’s v one-dimensional - shame it doesn’t go into what I have found here, the feeling of finally not feeling like you’re going mad because you’ve found other people who can smell the same bullshit from woefully under-regulated influencers. Also a shame comments were turned off, I think it would have been insightful.
Feels like it should have been paired with a counter piece from someone such as one of us, it just comes off sanctimonious on its own.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...e-gossip-drama-women-influencer-addiction-why
I seriously think we have all been there - I've seriously contemplated getting the line between my eyebrows sorted out. But you are so right in that once I did that then I'd look at something else as a fault. Of course it is anyone's personal choice but I have a daughter (and now granddaughter) and my daughter has inherited that line and she is beautiful. I now try to look at my face and not see faults, or the crime of aging, but my face that my husband and family love (hopefully) and it has served me well.I appreciate you folk a lot. I’ve been increasingly more self conscious of the lines across my forehead (apparently I haven’t spent my life frowning, I’ve spent it being extremely surprised, and have the lines to show for it), to the point where I fell down a bit of a rabbit hole when I got a leaflet through my door advertising special offers on a new beauty clinic that’s opened up a stone’s throw from my work, where I thought to myself that maybe a cheeky ‘weak dilute’ in my forehead would make me feel better. The reality is, it wouldn’t, though. I’d end up getting fixated about some other part of my face which I’d want to tweak, until I looked ridiculous. Or, it’d go wrong on the first go (let’s face it, it’s probably not adviseable to get cheap injectibles) and I’d forever look infinitely worse than I currently do and wish I’d never bothered. I needed your sensible responses these last few days and you really delivered. For a bunch of beefy-faced incels, you’re all alright you know!
Gosh she got to a good age. I'm sorry for your loss.I had 2 moles removed last April. Had wanted them done for years and years. Haven't regretted it. No-one has noticed. But I prefer how I look without them. Not younger. Just prefer not seeing them. All cosmetic/vanity. Unnecessary procedure and arguably could have put the money to "better" use. But I dont see that as the same as Botox/fillers which is a slippery slope as you've got to keep going. And I want my face to reflect the true me at every stage of my life. Even though Ive been told I look "full of hell" - despite being joyful inside - presumably due to the frown lines, hooded eyelids and downturned mouth. Tomorrow we are burying my 101 year old step-grandmother. I hope I get to that age with gratitude for every wrinkle and age spot.
Maybe I'm just jealous as I've got one of those faces that goes down at the mouth and the outer eyelids so I genuinely look better if I just "cheer up luv" but equally would look absolutely ridiculous with Botox/fillers as the natural structure of my face is flat to saggy!Gosh she got to a good age. I'm sorry for your loss.
I agree with you that I think we need to appreciate an aging face is a lovely face with all it's attendant and interesting changes. My mum is 89 and has a lovely lively face. Sad times when and if intervention is seen as the norm.
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