Perfect Imperfections?

Remember that song I said I was obsessed with, well it got worse. I am now officially in love with Somewhere Only We Know by Keane, so I strongly suggest you attack the replay button on that song, but back to my regular posting.

Makeup, beauty, style, popularity? Are they really all related. For the first time in a while I used liquid eyeliner today, I usually where little to no makeup, but I felt like experimenting with liner today. I often hear people talk about how teenage girls are insecure. How we cake our faces in makeup, and burn our hair to the point of splitting. For myself, I know it is not true. I feel that all teenagers at everytime where always insecure. It's part of human nature. When Adam and Eve ate those apples, we suddenly became aware of our bodies. They felt the need to cover up, as do we now, only in seperate ways. Girls today use makeup to fix what they think are imperfections, they cake concealers on their entire face. That is what most people think, but I believe that makeup is an art form. If I used the same techniques I used for applying eye shadow on canvas, my mother would probably hang it up, but if I came down the stairs with layers of shadow on, my mother would probably tell me to remove it, or lightenen it. The media makes makeup appear as a key sign that your child is insecure. I can personally tell you that when I wear  makeup I wear it because I love putting it on, I am a strong Audrey Hepburn fan and I try to do my liner like her famous character, Holly Golightly. I do this because I enjoy this characters look on life, wearing my makeup like that makes me happy. Another thing is that models are constantly pictured thin, yet when we turn on the news, you hear reports of trying to stop obesity and how Americans don't try working out as much. This morning the Today show interveiwed Miss America. As a child she said that she was (for lack of better word) fat. Seeing how beautiful people in magazines looked promomted her to work on her own eating habits, and create exercise schedules. Of course models don't affect already thin people well, they may try to become too thin. If magazines pictured women of all shapes and sizes they would not have the cutting edge type feel that is expected of magazines. While I do not agree with postings on stick thin girls ini twelve inch heels I do believe that magazines can be an inspiration in health, beauty and wellness ways.