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 newspaper , 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 order 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...
