As you can tell, this is the page we're going to be sharing all of our beauty tips/opinions/reviews. This will mainly focus Kara & others because I am a self-proclaimed beauty idiot. 

Enjoy!
-C

Dove's new 'Choose Beautiful' campaign video made me cry. It's a pretty simple concept:

In 5 cities around the world, Dove labelled two doors next to each other. One 'Beautiful' and one 'Average'. 



I think this is interesting for a few reasons.

1. It shows how much we really do care what others think of us. Even though some days I may feel beautiful, I would never have walked through the Beautiful door in fear that nobody around thought the same way about me. This also seemed to be the case for several women in the video.

2. It shows how afraid a lot of women everywhere are to admit that they feel beautiful. I for one, would never use that word if asked to describe how i see myself. It's not that I particularly hate anything about myself, I just tend to be very self-critical about my appearance.

3. On the flip side, it also shows how empowering something as simple as a word above a door can be. Women who spent days going through the 'Average' door started to feel more average. One woman said after a few days she chose to go through the 'Beautiful' door and she felt a change. She felt confident, and proud.


Is releasing the fear of being 'beautiful' and embracing it all it takes to really feel beautiful? 
What do you think? 



Chelsea Totten
Talk Pretty To Me
Last year almost 10 million people watched the Victoria's Secret Fashion show. Let that sink in for a second.

Lane Bryant (an American plus-size clothing line) is not-so-subtly throwing some shade at Victoria's Secret, and has launched a new ad that features the hashtag '#ImNoAngel'. The message is simply that beauty is not defined by any specific type/size of woman, but by every woman. 




I'm pretty cool with this whole thing myself. Before anyone gets angry, they aren't by any means 'skinny shaming', but more trying to point out the negative in companies who only focus on one extreme in their advertising/target market. At least that's how I see it. 

Here's the commercial.






Let's Talk About BODY IMAGE: Vol. 1
The 'One Size Fits All' Concept

I've heard there are some stores these days that sell clothes in one size. I used to get annoyed when I would see the term 'one size fits all' on hats and scarves and things- because what if someone had an abnormally large head? Or  a small head? We don't group expect people to all wear the same size shoes. Why? Because everyone has different sized feet. Do why jeans, shirts and dresses? Take a look at this BuzzFeed video, where women of different sizes try on some of these 'one size fits all' clothes. 




What I don't like about this new fad is that it's very exclusive- it makes people who can't fit into these clothes believe they aren't of an accepted shape or size. It sends the message that 'all' people who should be able to wear this certain brand of clothing should be a certain body type or a certain weight. 

The solution to this 'one size fits all' is pretty simple- SIZES. Let women and men go into a store, and find what they like to wear in their SIZE. There's no shame in wearing an extra-large tank top if it fits you the right way. 'One size fits all' isn't saving anyone the time or the trouble. Sure, nobody likes to spend hours trying things on but until we're rich and can afford to have our entire wardrobes custom made or tailored, it's a small price to pay for looking and feeling beautiful in the body you are in. 

One size never fits all. 

Chelsea Totten
Talk Pretty To Me