I recently watch a video where four women were giving the opportunity to have professional photos taken and then have them edited to look like the models in magazines. Each woman wanted to see what their "perfect" self would look like. When they finally saw the edited photos, all four immediately realized, this was not them. One woman even said something a long the lines of, when you have someone do your make up, your wardrobe, tell you how to pose, and then edit out all your imperfections, what is left of you?
The models we see in the magazines make us want a beauty that is not attainable. When magazines look at these already beautiful models and edit them to look perfect, its a lie. Society has this idea that in order to be beautiful we have to be tall, thin, and have no flaws. Beauty equals perfection. This is such a distortion of reality and the everyday. Yes there are models who are tall and thin in this world. There are also women around us everyday who are not tall, not thin, not models yet still beautiful. I think as women we need to find our inner beauty and accept our outer beauty. We need to put aside what society thinks and accept who we are. We are BEAUTIFUL!
So the question of is beauty really attainable is up to you. It's up to you on whether you believe what society tells you or what the magazines portray. But as a woman I want to feel beautiful and I think every woman wants to feel that way. So why limit beauty to perfection?
I challenge you to accept your beauty and to encourage just one woman in your life about their beauty.
Here is the link for the video if you would like to watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRlpIkH3b5I
