Continued from the series, Meet the Personas…
Oh, how we all long for beauty! Mysterious and diverse as it is, we capture it, photograph it and worship it, often forgetting how fleeting it is—like sand in an hourglass. However, in order to hold and keep beauty, we must build it solidly from the inside out, so it will never slip through our fingers.
What fascinating creatures we are with eyes like endlessly deep colored pools, long beautiful eyelashes that keep out all harm, and limbs and systems that function in perfect unity with one another. We are walking miracles, but how often we despise ourselves, hungry for what we don’t have, feeling like we never measure up.
The Beautician believes that caring for yourself well is to bring into reality the value of your being, your essence, and your own mark of beauty upon this world. Nutrition, exercise, skin, hair and body care are essential to well-being. When we neglect basic care of ourselves, or find ourselves spending way too much time and money on outward beauty, we should see this as a warning sign that something is wrong on the inside.
Every woman possesses her own outer beauty. We should work to accent what we have been given, not work for what someone else possesses. Some of us are shaped like pears, others like apples, rectangles, or hourglasses. Yet why do we try and nip, tuck, re-shape or alter our bodies? The Beautician believes it has to do with unrealistic standards of beauty presented by media, thus creating dissatisfaction in women of all ages. She believes that if we build beauty from the inside, there is no doubt a deep-seated spirit of beauty will shine through. There is a lovely air to a woman who knows she’s beautiful and carries herself without a hint of jealousy or discontentment.
Since we obviously can’t deny the outside, as it is our unique face of the world, we must find a balance in beauty and health that truly builds self-worth apart from any form of vanity. What a pity to live under unattainable pressures and standards when what we have is just what the world needs to make it perfectly beautiful.
“For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone…” -Sam Levenson
