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Do you ever feel like there is a huge disconnect between what you see in the mirror and what you see on photos?
I used to be suuuuper into magazines, these days I actively avoid walking past past magazine racks in supermarkets because it just makes my blood boil that all those body-shaming/life-shaming/diet-pill-touting tabloids STILL attract enough readers to warrant pumping out more of their toxic sludge. But clearly, body-shaming celebrities SELLS. Why do you think that is? Does reading about how a celebrity gained weight or "ruined" their face with fillers simply make us feel better about our own appearance? Is that all there is to it? ⠀ ⠀ Illustration by @lauracallaghanillustration
There’s never been a better time to be in the skin care business: Elaborate, multi-step routines have become a status symbol, millions of people watch actresses, CEOs and flight attendants explain their products of choice in detail, plus you even get to tap into #feminism and promote self-care, confidence, self-love!⠀ ⠀ I used to be super into skin care in my early to mid twenties and would spend hours researching ingredients, products and brands - to make my skin look better now, and because I wanted to do my my future self the best possibe chance at life by presenting her with an as-youthful-as-possible dermis. Also, because having a well-thought-out skin care routine just seemed like a cool-girlboss-who's-got-her-life-together thing to have. ⠀ ⠀ But let’s not kid ourselves and pretend that our current collective mega interest in skin care is driven by anything other than our (societally induced) craving to fixate on our looks and self-soothe our insecurities. Yes, face masks can be relaxing, but if you are making yourself stick to your 6-step routine even when you’re exhausted and would much rather be doing something else, how much “self-care” is really happening in that moment? ⠀ ⠀ What is your skin care routine like and what is your motivation behind it? What is your opinion on the current skin care trend?
A not-so-subtle ad for Fair & Lovely, the leading skin lightening brand in India, where an estimated one-third of women use skin-lightening products every day. This type of blatant ‘beauty equals happiness’ messaging used to be everywhere (google vintage beauty ads) but has become pretty rare. Most brands these days will chose to take the confidence detour to suggest their product is going to improve their customer’s life, i.e. using product — more confidence — happier, but Fair & Lovely just gets straight to it. Most of their ads follow the format: woman is unhappy and either not finding a job or being ignored by men, chipper friend hands her a tub of Fair & Lovely, woman is happy, employed and successful, and married. In a commercial for the version for men (called Fair & Handsome), a dude tries to invite various ladies to dance but keeps getting mistaken as service staff – until Bollywood mega star Shah Rukh Khan suggests he start bleaching his skin, at which point everyone wants to dance with him. Cool.
@dietcultureinc 😂 😂 😂 ⠀ PSA to our friends in the UK: The book is now back in stock on Amazon and delivery times will be as per usual. You can also find it on the Book Depository and local bookstore. 😘⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #beyondbeautifulbook #bodyneutral
This baby's been out for a little over two weeks now and we hope most of you have received your copy by now! 🌻❤️ 🧡 💛 Who's gonna do some reading this weekend?🙋‍♀️
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