Lifes Musings...

The Search For Ultimate Beauty.


What we define as beauty changes with each generation, each new phase of fashion and what seems accepted by society. Often times we hear of extreme cases like the story of Claudia Aderotimi who died from getting'butt shot' in her already 'shot up' butt, or the story of the Downes sisters who faced jail time for using stolen credit card details to pay for boob jobs costing around $4000 each. Yes, these are extreme cases and not everyone can be Cindy Jackson, who holds the Guinness world record for the most plastic surgeries done. This raises a question how far can women go in search for 'ultimate beauty'?

Men aren't exactly exempt from this search either and with the popularity of surgeries such as the height lengthening one, some men are turning to this expensive, painful procedure to be that tall, dark and handsome guy that most women dream of. However, this article focuses on the search for ultimate beautyaamong women because we are the ones who seems to forever be on that treasure hunt.

When you look around you, you will notice the different variations but yet similar versions of human hair, adorn our women today, or the attempt to be slightly lighter or 'toned' as they say. Crash diets and shape altering garments are among our best sellers even with local vendors selling traditional remedies for'quick' weight loss. Do not get me wrong. U believe in looking and feeling good. What I often wonder is 'who defines what beauty is today and what are women searching for'?

Most young ladies today are more confident in their looks when they have long silky and bouncy hair with the body measurement of a Barbie doll. Very few ladies are embracing their unique looks that they were created with and would do almost anything to look different. It's one thing to look like a better version of you through healthy eating and exercising butaattempting to look like a counterfeit version of someone else is a bit disturbing. In our society, the cheapest and most popular way of altering our looks is through skin lightening procedures. It is said that 77% of Nigerian women use skin-lightening products, which means something is wrong somewhere and our women aren't embracing their bodies.

I personally admire women who can rock their natural looks and be confident in who they are because even though media
Puts a lot of empemphasis on looks, it is the beauty from within that remains most important. To be honest, the world would be quite boring if we all looked the sane. We would be talking about the Tyrant forehead, the Omotola figure, the Jolie lips or how Nse Ikpe Etim's smile keeps us captivated.

There is no need searching for that perfect look because it really is what you see in the mirror, with all its imperfections, the ultimate beauty we seek is not what is defined by magazine cover but by what us in the inside which reflects unto the outside. So ladies let's stop searching for that ultimate beauty and embrace who we are, the original!

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