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azurelunatic) wrote2003-08-24 02:56 am
azurelunatic) wrote2003-08-24 02:56 am
Beauty: without/within
Ran into a locked post with a quote on beauty, and how beauty should be one of a woman's weapons. And the poster wasn't so sure that she was one of those that had been issued that weapon from the start.
I got to thinking about the relationship, the very real relationship, between inner and outer beauty. I've seen myself in the mirror, seen photographs of me, enough to know what a difference a few tweaks in this and that make.
There's a reason why the grey shorts and the bug shirts and the yellow shirts have been strictly set aside as home-wear. There's a reason why I've been trying to wear my hair down whenever possible. There's a reason why I put on concealer and lipstick when I go out (or try to).
I know how unlovely I look when I look like I'm not taking care of myself (pale lips, blotched skin, cross expression, unflattering clothing). I've seen, also, photographic evidence (as well as anecdotal evidence from others) that when I do have my hair arranged, my makeup done, and my clothes right, I'm striking, lovely, and even beautiful. And no matter how happy I look without makeup and in battered clothing, I always look better with color in my lips and with the illusion of clearer skin.
I may not be Marilyn Monroe or Bettie Page. But what I've got, I'll flaunt.
I got to thinking about the relationship, the very real relationship, between inner and outer beauty. I've seen myself in the mirror, seen photographs of me, enough to know what a difference a few tweaks in this and that make.
There's a reason why the grey shorts and the bug shirts and the yellow shirts have been strictly set aside as home-wear. There's a reason why I've been trying to wear my hair down whenever possible. There's a reason why I put on concealer and lipstick when I go out (or try to).
I know how unlovely I look when I look like I'm not taking care of myself (pale lips, blotched skin, cross expression, unflattering clothing). I've seen, also, photographic evidence (as well as anecdotal evidence from others) that when I do have my hair arranged, my makeup done, and my clothes right, I'm striking, lovely, and even beautiful. And no matter how happy I look without makeup and in battered clothing, I always look better with color in my lips and with the illusion of clearer skin.
I may not be Marilyn Monroe or Bettie Page. But what I've got, I'll flaunt.
found you on ritual tools
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Why yes, I'm crazy, why do you ask?
That reminds me I need to get new base, or whatever the non-stage-makeup name for base is.
Re: found you on ritual tools
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I only wear little spots of coverup in the right places. And lipstick. And eyeshadow.
I've been wearing lipgloss and blush for a long, long time, so I'm used to the feeling. Good makeup, of course, doesn't feel like much of anything.