QUOTE (Fortress Guy @ Apr 5 2009, 11:10 PM)
But girls can also sometimes carry a curse. They can have a hard time overcoming their own unique features which may not be out of the pages of Vogue.
The sad part is that many of these girls who want to look like the models in Vogue do not realize that what they see in magazines is
fake the girl on the cover probably had a big huge red pimple right on the tip of her nose during that shoot- the wonders of photoshop
Editors also take out most/if not all freckles or moles if they have them, make their eyes bigger, lengthen the neck and make is thinner, raise cheekbones etc.
I
LOVE this commercial!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46UI did three years of photography in college; we were shown how to do all of that in photoshop; but I never wanted to do it and have forgotten how over the years, but we do take out blemishes, soften the skin sometimes, adjust the tones and even add a rosy tint to cheeks (ive never done it but seen it been done)
I knew that what we are shown in magazines and such were fake, but once you yourself learn the process, and use parts of it, i dunno @_@
I have 'imperfections' but I wouldnt want to look like a fake person.
QUOTE (Fortress Guy @ Apr 5 2009, 11:10 PM)
Stop biting your nails.
It cannot be done DX< mother tried everything when I was young, the only time I don't chew is when I have professionally done acryllic nails on because they are like STEEL D< I can play with them in my teeth but they wont break >3
so; I'm a nail-biter, but I have accepted that part of myself and nobody really cares what my fingernails look like anyways.
I don't really like the way my face scrunches up when I smile <___< (one factor in why I don't like my picture taken)
'friends' in Junior High used to make fun of my two front teeth, saying that I had Chicklit teeth (chicklit being those little square pieces of chewing gum) So at the time I was self conscious of my teeth; but after I lost touch with those girls I got over it...
My hair <____<. I like it; but sometimes I don't. And all the time people say how lucky I am, but they themselves have hair that feels so thin to me its sickening, thus they do not understand the burden of thick hair.
To my knowledge all of the hairdressers I have been to have never encountered hair as thick as my own. Even when I was down in Cuba! DX Getting my hair done for my sister's wedding. I watched the lady's eyes bulge in the mirror when she put her hands in my hair.
If I want to dye my hair ( I used to do it at home all the time) doing it at home consisted of buying two boxes of dye (and if i was beaching before dying I needed 2 bleach 2 dye) and those two boxes
JUST barely got all (i think all there might have been some missed spots underneath in teh back) my hair done with a LOT of lathering.
Now whenever I get my hair done I go to the same hair dresser because she is used to my hair; and she knows how much dye she'd need (enough for 3 "normal" people @_@)
It doesn't help that I can't style hair for the life of me cause apparently thick hair=endless possibilities <__<;;
I cant even braid it because it wont all hold at the length its at (3 inches above my elbows)
<< blah..
I'm not too worried in chest size. I'm not flat, but im not huge @_@ (thank god)
My biggest issues are my belly/weight and my legs.
I'm not overweight, and although I have gained about 10lbs since my last check up a couple years ago, for someone my size I had(might be a bit off now XD) the perfect weight and body mass .___. my doctor told me it was the first time she told someone that they had a 'perfect' body (my ego rose a couple notches that day XD)
I used to train really hardcore when I could paddle. Running(walking xD) weight lifting etc and actually paddling was probably one of the most intense workouts I've ever done. Most Canadians don't even know what warcanoe is and its a sport that is only done in canada @_@ so here is a video of a bunch of people i don't know racing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LUVPCLkCCYits harder than it looks << you have to train for weeks to simply be able to kneel in the boat without falling.
anyways off my tangent and my shameless spreading of warcanoe knowledge~~~~
I paddled on the right side of the boat; meaning i knelt on my right knee with my left knee stuck out in front of me (much like i was proposing to someone) I can no longer do this (at least for another year or... 3*hopefully just one year or 2 tops ;_;*) because back in September my messed up knees finally decided to fight back, and my kneeling knee dislocated itself, putting it on the outside-side of my leg, effectively ripping itself off of the quad muscles that held it in place. I was on the floor, my leg was bent, where my knee should have been was flat and there was a buldge on the side of it. Lets all just say I sometimes think about it and shudder, I remember it before I go to sleep and shudder @_@. I realize that theres a
HUGE chance that it will happen at least once more (and they will only fix it with surgery if i pop it out either a 2nd or 3rd time <__<)
I was on crutches until the end of October (first time i walked without crutches I cried XD) and I had a HUGE limp on until maybe the start of January. It took about 6 months to be able to bend my right leg as much as I can bend my left, and even then it hurt to do so.
During that time I was irritable because I couldn't get around on my own (people had to drive me places) and I couldn't do certain things.
I gained a bit of muscle in my arms from crutching around so much, and I lost weight but it wasnt the place i wanted to loose weight.
my right calve muscle is still smaller than the other though you cant tell by just looking at it unless you actually look for it being smaller... and I still have a hard time crouching.
the whole messed up knee escapade helped me add to the tummy i had, because I wasn't getting a lot of exercise. If i was in school all day I'd get home and pass out from exhaustion because i had to crutch my body around witht he addition of a 20lbs(i kid you not i weighed it) bag.
.... another tangent << sorry dont read my crap xD
once i can jog safely I plan on getting out there and doing so; I also need to work on my abs so that I can tone down the belly I've aquired.
my LAST(yes i promise) 'imperfection' is my thighs.
because I paddled and did the intense work outs that came with paddling; My legs got really muscly (you use your leg and lower back muscles not your arms to paddle) my thighs in particular, I always found to be chunky, I knew that it was all muscles and stuff, but i just didnt like seeing them accompanied with a bathing suit or short shorts << so I wore (and still prefer to wear) board shorts that go to my knees so people dont see my thighs. I swam in them and everything. I'm trying to get out of it slowly... though the stretch marks from these muscles still make me feel not so good.
When I was high on morphine (yes, yes I was they gave me lots and I don't drink pop/soda or even alcohol so it had a huge effect on me XD) I named my thighs 'Thunder' and 'Lightning' and told the paramedics to refer to them as such. XD it was a good night minus the obvious <<
okay... im done my rant full of off topic things XD I appologise XD