Project Inner Beauty

Last night I watched the Victoria's Secret fashion show on TV - not so much to see the actual fashion - but more to check out the Black Eyed Peas who were the performers of the night.

As I watched the show, however, for a fleeting moment I began to feel those twinges of jealousy.  Why can't I be skinny like those models?  Why can't I live the glamorous life?

I'm not sure where those feelings came from, but I'll be honest and say that those thoughts did run through my mind.  And I'm sure I'm not the only one.

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There's a new Fox TV reality series called "More to Love", a spin-off of Fox's popular series, "The Bachelor".  The show premiered this past week - which I missed.

Here's a little preview of the show for those of you who don't know about it...

One thing that really struck a chord with me as I was watching the preview commercials was when one of the contestants alluded to the idea that finally there was a show featuring "normal" girls as opposed to the Size 2 that the TV world portrays more often.

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As I was looking for beauty news to share here, I came across Eva Ritvo and Debra Luftman's blog, The Beauty Prescription:  The Complete Guide to Feeling and Looking Beautiful.

Eva and Debra take a deeper look at our beauty-obsessed culture and ask questions like, "What's With All the Diet Books?" and "Why is smoking cool again?"

There are many blogs out there that talk about beauty tips and beauty products, but there are very few that talk about inner beauty.  So, it was like a breath of fresh air to come across The Beauty Prescription.

Eva and Debra also have a book with the same title as the blog, The Beauty Prescription: The Complete Formula for Looking and Feeling Beautiful, which has received 5-star reviews over at Amazon.

When I was a little girl, I loved playing with Barbies.  I had about four or five Barbies that I played with everyday.  Whenever we went to the toy store, I would head to the Barbie section to look for new clothes for my Barbies.  No, I wasn't a Barbie fanatic, but I sure did like to dress up the dolls! 

Not once did I think that Barbie's body was the "ideal" size and that I should aspire to look like her.   I guess to some degree perhaps I subconsciously thought that Barbie had the "perfect" body.  However, I didn't become obsessed with wanting to be skinny or to have this curvy, busty body. Perhaps I'm the exception.

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