The 15 billion dollars the beauty industry reaps each year serves as a loud testimony that people have a definite idea of what beauty is all about.
These ideas are usually stoked by media, however, and don't really have much to do with reality.
Imagine the horror of spending thousands to straighten your nose or roundyour chin just to find the only thing you have achieved is the ability to blend invisibly into a crowd.
Before you decide to take any major steps to change your looks surgically there are a few things about beauty you really need to consider.
Take your blinders off when looking at a movie star or model.
Look at what is really there and not what you want to see.
For example, check out how far apart Cheryl Tiegs eyes are or take a close look at Kirsten Dunst's not so quite perfectly straight teeth.
If you need drastic example of beauty that shouldn't be, take a close look at Barbara Streisand.
Most of Barbara's facial features could be listed as beauty flaws yet she is nothing less than stunning.
Somehow Ms.
Streisand learned to pull all of these imperfections together into one memorable and wonderful face.
Imperfect features have never stopped a confident person from being beautiful.
Flaws give a person individuality.
Individuality is what gets you noticed.
How many times have you seen someone with no flaws?With the prevalence of plastic surgery you may have seen quite a few.
The key is that you might just not have noticed them.
It is the beauty industry's goal to make you feel inferior for having these flaws rather than individualistic and interesting.
Before you are seduced into having the bump in your nose removed or your pointed chin rounded, remember that it may be these very features that stop a stranger's eyes atyour face when they are scanning a room full of people.
It may be the feature that makesyou memorable as well as noticeable.
Do you really want to tamper with that? There are a few things that all beautiful people have in common that you can achieve without the necessity of resorting to "the knife".
A consultation with a makeup artist is inexpensive compared to a plastic surgeon.
They can show you how to highlight your features in a way that you will be able not only to keep your individual features, but actually use them to your advantage.
By using make up tricks you can also change your looks as styles change.
Do remember that styles change and if you have a feature changed to something that is more stylish today, you might find yourself out dated very shortly.
Health is also a trait that you will find that beautiful people have in common no matter what the current fad in beauty is.
There is something extremely sexy about the radiant glow of health.
Learn how you can achieve healthy naturally radiant skin.
Once you achieve healthy skin, half ofyour battle for excellence is already won.
Even makeup can't hide ill health.
It doesn't hide great health either.
Good health will make you feel as much better as you look, too.
A last item you might take notice of is the shine in the eyes of the people you consider beautiful.
People with true beauty radiate confidence, a keen lust for life, and a drive for success no matter what their beauty flaws are.
Frustration, boredom, and lack of confidence show and will work against the most perfect of features.
If you don't feel good about life or yourself, that nose job isn't going to make you beautiful.
It will just change your nose.
These ideas are usually stoked by media, however, and don't really have much to do with reality.
Imagine the horror of spending thousands to straighten your nose or roundyour chin just to find the only thing you have achieved is the ability to blend invisibly into a crowd.
Before you decide to take any major steps to change your looks surgically there are a few things about beauty you really need to consider.
Take your blinders off when looking at a movie star or model.
Look at what is really there and not what you want to see.
For example, check out how far apart Cheryl Tiegs eyes are or take a close look at Kirsten Dunst's not so quite perfectly straight teeth.
If you need drastic example of beauty that shouldn't be, take a close look at Barbara Streisand.
Most of Barbara's facial features could be listed as beauty flaws yet she is nothing less than stunning.
Somehow Ms.
Streisand learned to pull all of these imperfections together into one memorable and wonderful face.
Imperfect features have never stopped a confident person from being beautiful.
Flaws give a person individuality.
Individuality is what gets you noticed.
How many times have you seen someone with no flaws?With the prevalence of plastic surgery you may have seen quite a few.
The key is that you might just not have noticed them.
It is the beauty industry's goal to make you feel inferior for having these flaws rather than individualistic and interesting.
Before you are seduced into having the bump in your nose removed or your pointed chin rounded, remember that it may be these very features that stop a stranger's eyes atyour face when they are scanning a room full of people.
It may be the feature that makesyou memorable as well as noticeable.
Do you really want to tamper with that? There are a few things that all beautiful people have in common that you can achieve without the necessity of resorting to "the knife".
A consultation with a makeup artist is inexpensive compared to a plastic surgeon.
They can show you how to highlight your features in a way that you will be able not only to keep your individual features, but actually use them to your advantage.
By using make up tricks you can also change your looks as styles change.
Do remember that styles change and if you have a feature changed to something that is more stylish today, you might find yourself out dated very shortly.
Health is also a trait that you will find that beautiful people have in common no matter what the current fad in beauty is.
There is something extremely sexy about the radiant glow of health.
Learn how you can achieve healthy naturally radiant skin.
Once you achieve healthy skin, half ofyour battle for excellence is already won.
Even makeup can't hide ill health.
It doesn't hide great health either.
Good health will make you feel as much better as you look, too.
A last item you might take notice of is the shine in the eyes of the people you consider beautiful.
People with true beauty radiate confidence, a keen lust for life, and a drive for success no matter what their beauty flaws are.
Frustration, boredom, and lack of confidence show and will work against the most perfect of features.
If you don't feel good about life or yourself, that nose job isn't going to make you beautiful.
It will just change your nose.
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