Is it just me, or have other women out there thought about beauty habits that may be a little foolish? Painting fingernails, coloring lips to coincide with outfits, matching toenails with the fingernails you just painted! It is all "normal" now, but who is the judge of normalcy? Here are some things that us girls do without even a second thought.
Painting Nails
Ladies, you go to reach for something and notice your nails are blank, what is your first thought? "My hand is naked!" The next thought that pops into your head is one of two things, nail polish or the nail shop (if finances permit). Have you ever thought why? Natural nails are beautiful, but something just doesn't seem right anymore if there is no color on them. In actuality, leave your nails clean and blank for a little while, it is very healthy!
Coloring Hair
Hair is hair. Everyone has it, some more than others and, hey, who says it has to be on your head? For the males out there who may be lacking upstairs, be proud of that beautiful beard you can sport! Natural color can be preserved and the locks can be bouncy and beautiful. So why is it that women run to salons to change the color? Over-coloring can damage hair all the way down to the roots and follicles so why do women obsess over that perfect color? Beats me!
Waxing
Ladies! This may be the most questioned practice among ourselves, so why do we do it? Whether it is the upper lip area, the chin, the neck, or the legs it is common consensus that IT HURTS! Need I mention the torture you subject your baby-baker to? I understand you want to feel smooth and lady-like, but is the reoccurring pain worth it?
Those Eyebrows!
You know, the set of clustered hair above your eyes that give you facial expressions? Why do you hate them so much? Plucking and tweezing! Waxing and shaping! Eyebrows are put through so much and yet, after all the strays are executed, we draw on them to make them look thicker! Maybe we have changed our eyebrow shapes so much, we don't know our own expressions anymore. The answer to the confusion is upon us!
High Heels!
Maybe you are tiny. Maybe you are lean and long and just want the extra height. Whatever the case may be girls love shoes! Even after all the pictures we see of what stilettos do to the foot shape and the bones inside, we still run to the nearest BOGO sales! In the long run, we may damage our knees, and maybe even the entire foot, but hey, we look good right?
Tanning
Oh, you don't like your current color? Lets just slather this self tan all over! Self-tanning lotion gives this weird orange knuckle action that looks freakish and yet, no one stops doing it. Not a self tanning person? Let's just lay under these blue lights until a crispy golden brown color appears and I smell like cinnamon!
