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From: edhall@randvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: makeup
Message-ID: <1933@randvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 14:31:18 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 22 14:31:18 1984
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] >       Looking the best I can means wearing makeup to hide
] >       marks and I have never thought anything more about it than that.
] >       If I had perfect skin, I would not feel a *need* to wear makeup. I
] >       have very pretty features, just not very good skin. And since, in my
] >       opinion, your skin is your whole face, having good features does my
] >       self image no good. Enough said...
]
] But is it good to have that need?  Is it good to expect, no, to want, people
] to value you or to view you on this basis?  I just don't think it is.  We
] are superficial enough, with all of our defenses and postures -- ``To
] prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet.'' (T.S.Eliott - The Love
] Song of J. Alfred Prufrock).  Should we invest more of our self-worth in
] posturing and presenting, rather than in BEING the most that we can?
		      . . . .
]       from Mole End                   Mark Terribile

It's not an either/or situation, Mark.  ``Inner beauty'' *is* as important
(I'd say *more* important) than the external kind.  But like it or not,
in the real world first impressions, based on external appearance, make
a difference, and furthermore reflect on the inner person.  If you read
``insecurity'' into the use of makeup, that's your problem, and not
necessarily the person wearing the makeup.

Real honesty between people can seem to be a hard thing to find, especially
between women and men.  ``Honesty'' in physical appearance has nothing to do
with honesty in relationships, though some postings seem to assume a
connection.

If we take note of the many cultures of the world, modification of
appearance is the rule, not the exception.  Funny how some of us insist
on ``naturalness'' in the midst of civilization.

		-Ed Hall
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