Fake

I was siting in the break room the other day at work eating my lunch, and two of my coworkers were talking when I realized I knew one of them from somewhere, but couldn't place her. As she continued to talk I figured out this was the same woman I was talking to a week before about our children. I almost did not recognize her. The last time we had spoken she had short hair, and now it was long with extensions. Her hair was a much lighter color than before. She was wearing very heavy makeup with faux eyelashes. She didn't look like the same person at all. Yes, she looked great, but it got me thinking about the things us woman do to look good. It costs a lot of money to keep our hair, nails, and face to look it's best, but who's to say this is the only way we can look good?

When I was raising my daughter I always taught her less is best. You only want to enhance your beauty, and that pretty much stuck with her as an adult. Why does society put so much pressure on us to look like someone other than ourselves? Why do we give in to that pressure? The average woman spends $520 a year on haircuts, $160 on shampoo and conditioners, $120 for styling products, and if you color your hair add an additional $330 a year. Then if you get manicures, pedicures, a waxing, you may have to take out a small loan. I'm convinced I'm either really hideous, or I'm not your average woman because I definitely don't spend near to this amount.

 Doesn't beauty come from within? Well, maybe not anymore because with social media that can be fake as well. Just like in the real world, people want to be perceived as something they believe society values, and they’ll post things that project that image using photo shop to enhance their looks. Does this make us fake, or a shallow person to want to look good? Some people would argue that if you look better, and it makes you happy, why not? But if you are going to spend all that money on how you look on the outside just make sure you've spent a little time working on the inside too. 

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