the mirror never lies

The Mirror Never Lies

Busy or not , we all come across advertisements at one time or another After all , media is almost always around us everywhere , every time Once you take a flip to a page on a magazine or news , switch the button on to turn on the television , or even take a glance or so at the billboard , there pops out right on your face , an advertisement telling you exactly what you need to do to be exactly what they suppose you wanted to be . Or in some cases , what they

seem to tell you should be They offer specific items of clothing , certain make up brands , a car model , a surgical treatment , or even a lifestyle . They give us specific goals to achieve to be the best , or so they say . Otherwise , would mean you are not good enough . It is beauty , skin deep

There has been one too many articles on losing weight to make you look better . Every single day , we are bombarded with ads featuring skin thin models . The only time these thin ones exit the front cover to give way to a curvaceous woman , is when the latter is clad in itsy bitsy bikinis We are offered the same old fast-food like menu on a daily basis There 's anti-aging products . Medicines , supplements , and treatments that seem to bear a generic name , fountain of youth

Ads would offer you the way ' to achieve the look of the celebrities you dig . They would lay down the steps to achieve a manner of dressing up to doing make-up so close to perfection . These things are done so in the name of an aim to be beautiful

Celebrities do look good . We are not denying the truth to this statement . But they don 't always do . In the morning , they may be greeted by zits too . Without make-up , they also experience the very same skin problems as we do . Before going to bed , the zit remains Celebrities are just like us . They are just mere mortals like you and me . They all have their flaws too . It just so happen , that it comes with their job to cover those up . They need to look good always . They owe that up to us , their audience . In to look good , they need help too . That help is supposed to just enhance the beauty that is already there . That is something we don 't get to realize . Beauty is bestowed upon us all . It is not something we buy over the counter Beauty is relative . It is good in its own unique right

We seem to have forgotten our individualities . Individuals , we are , who wants to be no one else , but our own selves . Media has done damage on our self-esteem and on the way we see ourselves . Our views and opinions are shaped by the manner things are presented right before our very eyes . We define beauty dictated by the way our society defines it . The blessed...