Comments on: What’s your beauty dilemma?

By: Nancy Marie

Nancy Marie — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:07:06 +0000

My biggest dilemma is probably keeping my baby-fine hair from being dry. It is a constant battle to keep it healthy and manageable. When it is undernourished it feels yucky. When it is over nourished it is totally flyaway! It is funny, because if someone were to ask me what my favorite feature is I would definately say my long, soft hair, but at the same time, it is my biggest dilemma too!

By: Nancy Marie

Nancy Marie — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:03:11 +0000

I am tall, and always wished I was shorter and curvier. My Grandmother was 5′2″ and she was CUTE all her life. I used to feel like such a beanpole in school. And no, the boys did not like me. I guess as I have aged, I have learned to accept myself, but I still think the shorter curvier gals are so pretty and cute.

By: Stacy J

Stacy J — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:11:59 +0000

Hi! You’re 29 and still so young….you will do it. Just set your goals, write them down and picture the end result. Have faith in yourself. You will make it…if you want it bad enough, don’t let anything or anyone put obstacles in your way. I’d be happy to mail you a free mini set of my BC All Clear line! Worth a try?! I’ve received such wonderful testimonies from friends/clients. It’s awesome for acne. I know how much confidence it can instill when your skin is looking and feeling good. Email me with your address if you’d like a set and I’d happily mail to you!! Hang in there girl…let your inner beauty shine through!!! Blessings, Stacy

By: Marie Leona

Marie Leona — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:09:57 +0000

My biggest beauty dilemma is to accept myself as is. Not to condemn my belly rolls, not to criticize my “fine lines” appearing in my face, my chest, not to stop wearing shorts because of the cellulite thighs and varicose veins, not to stare at my hands and see them aging. I know I’m a good mother, “fantastic” grandmother, an o.k. wife, a great friend, an above average worker, a good hearted gal, loving life but funny how I just can’t say that just good enough… and that beauty is skin deep!!!!?????

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:04:27 +0000

my hair. flat, thin, but at least i still have it. after surgery a year ago i still have the “swelly belly” that goes with the territory.

By: Guylaine

Guylaine — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:42:13 +0000

Thanks Danielle… it’s amazing, reading all these answers, how much “bad hair days” have a hold on us… what I appreciate the most about your website is the fact that it illustrates so well that we can discuss our outer shell and admit that style and appearance do matter (to ourselves as well as to others) without feeling shallow and superficial… what a liberation….

By: Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:05:36 +0000

I know, I love the name! They were recommended to me by a woman who owns a health food and alternative med shop in my hometown. I thought she was nuts, and soon realized that these things rock. Give them a week or two – make sure you massage the skin before putting them on. Now I only wear them a couple of times a week and I can really see the difference in photographs.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:02:08 +0000

BE POSITIVE – take the first step by visualizing how you want to look, and you’ll get there. It’s all about inner beauty, anyway, and taking care of your spirit. Your physical self will follow. Good luck!!

By: in awe

in awe — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:16:21 +0000

My beauty dilemmas:
- I need to lose 100 pounds (and have needed to for 5 years)
- my hair is severely thinning – as a woman I’m devastated.
- conversely I’m gaining tons of facial hair that if I remove by waxing or plucking I get horrible ingrown hairs on my face resulting in cystic acne – I can’t afford laser treatments to try to treat the root of the problem
- I can’t decide on a clothing personality because my options are currently limited by my size and what I would only feel comfortable in – so I buy out of desperation but I never like what I own or how it looks on me or what it says – because really I just know that I’m enormous and I feel like that’s all that anyone sees.
- my feet have always been very wide and oddly shaped – so I do not get excited about shoes. I live in converse and can’t fit into most cute shoes.
- sagging boobs and cellulite and the feeling of how horrible my body will look when I lose weight with extra skin, etc.
- the back of my neck is hunched – No matter how straight or tall I try to stand – my neck and back look like I should be 90 and I’m almost 29.
Ugh, I’ve been really depressed about all this lately.

I think underneath all this I have a pretty face – but when it’s covered in acne and people comment on how shiny my scalp is because they can see so much of it – I just don’t know how to start to work with my beauty dilemmas – it feels overwhelming.

By: Jennifer Sage

Jennifer Sage — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:57:21 +0000

Can I just say there are some of us that would have given anything to wear the “badges of fertility” but we were not able to have children.
I read somewhere once that in some cultures men prefer/value/find attractive women with evedence of their childbearing ability about them. Sadly we do not live in one.
To put it crudely men are biologically programmed to seek evidence of fertility. If you have that look you are seen as hot, hot, hot. Some Men in our society are sadly looking for a quick shag and nothing more. That is the shadow side of the sexual revolution.