I never realised how good looking good can make you feel. I’ve never been one to care particularly much about how I look or what people think of me. I have the occasional moment of feeling gross and being self-conscious about bad skin, bad hair, clothes that look strange, etc, but so does everyone else, and it rarely affects me. I guess I just know that I’m plain and do my best to look nice, but it doesn’t phase me if I don’t.
After about two years of not really doing anything with my hair [a few cuts, a few foils, but nothing major], I finally got around to doing something; an all over colour (thanks to Elise at Mochalicious). Not just any colour, but the brightest red available in Matrix colours. I think “dramatic change” is an understatement. To get an idea of how it looks, think Ariel from The Little Mermaid. Yeah - intense.
So not only does the new hair make me look different [in a good way, of course!], it also made me feel different. It was like I had injected confidence, enthusiasm and a new zest for life. It sounds ridiculous, but it’s funny how a completely superficial change can make the inside significantly different.
It got me thinking, do those girls with bleach blonde extensions, fake nails and spray tans ever get this feeling? Is this what makes them continue to “beautify” themselves? And once they have the hair, the nails, the tan, do they get the feeling each time they get their roots dyed, extensions tightened, nails infilled, tan redone? Or does it all fade into their every day life, causing them to stop appreciating the look?
I’ve never been a maintainance girl. I either don’t have time, don’t have money, or can’t be bothered, so 90% of the time, I’m pretty natural. Every time I have something done - my eyebrows waxed, a pedicure, my hair done - I feel like a new person. I don’t know if this comes from not having it done often, or if it’s just a genuine reaction on my part. Do other people feel this? How bout those people who do it all constantly? Does it affect their life at all?
Wow, ramble ramble. I’m interested to know everyone’s thoughts on the topic of beauty. What’s your definition of beauty? Does being superficially beautified make you feel good? Talk to me?
