Beautiful me
Yesterday I saw an inetersting pragmatic documentary about the latest trends of beauty industry and how much need there is for the exclusive treatments they offer.
The film was focusing on anti-aging products and threatment methods and also on the market.
It says American women tend to have the most beautiful skin, however not because of their genes, but because of all the treatments they get. Botox injections under the eyes, in the lips, golden strings sewn into the skin of the face in order to stimulate the blood supply of the skin... whoaa... even the sound of these gives me the creeps. It said that America has the greatest need for plastic surgery - some of the clients start having injections in the age of 18-20. It is just unbelieveable!!
It also discussed the problem of modells - beauty companies have their products advertised with young 15-18 years old (young) girls, who of course have perfect skin (some retouching with PhotoShop can also work wonders). Also, these girls are very tall and extremely thin (I call them stickletti-girls), and by placing them in the foreground in different types of media (like magazines, advertisements on TV) , they suggest to the wide public that a normal woman is like these girls. Of course everyone knows that it is not true. I asked many male friends of mine about their opinion on what a good woman is like, and nearly 95 % of them said that they like those who are a bit "padded", as they like if there are things to touch/grab :).
I personally really like the recent ads of Dove, where they use real women to advertise their products. There should be more like this. Yeah I know they are also profit-oriented, but still they most likely have the most woman-friendly campaign now.
I consider myself lucky for not being too thin and for being moderately padded :)
I also think a woman nturally needs to have some padding to stay healthy. Obviously I don't mean 20-30 kg of overweight, just some "hills" here and there.
The film was focusing on anti-aging products and threatment methods and also on the market.
It says American women tend to have the most beautiful skin, however not because of their genes, but because of all the treatments they get. Botox injections under the eyes, in the lips, golden strings sewn into the skin of the face in order to stimulate the blood supply of the skin... whoaa... even the sound of these gives me the creeps. It said that America has the greatest need for plastic surgery - some of the clients start having injections in the age of 18-20. It is just unbelieveable!!
It also discussed the problem of modells - beauty companies have their products advertised with young 15-18 years old (young) girls, who of course have perfect skin (some retouching with PhotoShop can also work wonders). Also, these girls are very tall and extremely thin (I call them stickletti-girls), and by placing them in the foreground in different types of media (like magazines, advertisements on TV) , they suggest to the wide public that a normal woman is like these girls. Of course everyone knows that it is not true. I asked many male friends of mine about their opinion on what a good woman is like, and nearly 95 % of them said that they like those who are a bit "padded", as they like if there are things to touch/grab :).
I personally really like the recent ads of Dove, where they use real women to advertise their products. There should be more like this. Yeah I know they are also profit-oriented, but still they most likely have the most woman-friendly campaign now.I consider myself lucky for not being too thin and for being moderately padded :)
I also think a woman nturally needs to have some padding to stay healthy. Obviously I don't mean 20-30 kg of overweight, just some "hills" here and there.
1 comment:
I like those hills and Men love climbing them. :) Great post regarding body image.
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