The Philosophy and Science of Beauty 'Beauty is only skin deep'.
'Don't judge a book by its cover'.
'It is ones inner beauty that is important'.
Now I can't say that there is anything wrong with these sayings, but the quest for beauty is not entirely superficial.
There is a good argument to be made that we are genetically programed to seek out and experience pleasure, and one aspect of pleasure is beauty.
Yes, there is always the caveat, 'too much of a good thing'.
It can make us jaded and unresponsive to the very things that once inspired and attracted us to them in the first place.
But the fact remains it is natural that we seek out beauty, physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Even as little children with very little social programming we instinctively react to what we feel is attractive or not.
In fact, we are taught that it is bad manners to speak out about, or look too hard at another person who comes across as unattractive.
Then there is the social programming of what is considered beautiful or attractive - a pleasure too look at.
Depending on the culture and traditions we become conditioned to accept what is attractive.
One need only to look at paintings and sculptures from the past to see what female body type was considered attractive.
For example, the body types of the goddesses of the past, who in addition to their unique spiritual qualities, were considered to be very attractive and enticing females of their day.
The desirous feminine form of the past would make up any two of our Hollywood goddesses of today.
It is not just social cultural conditioning which determines attractiveness and worth.
In religious cultures there is the fat smiling Buddha, or heavy yogi, all the way over to the other extreme of the severe ascetic who may just look like skin and bones.
Spiritually speaking, ones true inner character carries more weight than physical appearance.
Yet even our religious iconography has re-made over the years, many of our spiritual figures into becoming more attractive figures for today.
But back down to earth, ones immediate self-esteem, can very much depend on how comfortable they feel about how they look.
In fact, the downside of having to look beautiful or attractive has often become downright unhealthy, mentally and physically.
Beauty contests are a prime example, with so much emphasis placed on the 'winning is everything' mentality.
The losers, even though they are given the mantra 'everyone here is a winner', often become depressed, and lose a certain amount of their self esteem afterwards.
Even in everyday situations there is a certain amount of judgement and analysis going on and there is a bit of truth to 'first impressions'.
So to help feel good about yourself, dressing up and using makeup are some of the tools which are available to enhance ones self esteem.
Our approach here is to introduce you to truly natural makeup products.
Organic as much as possible.
There is no sense in becoming more beautiful by putting toxic chemicals onto your skin.
If you need to develop an attitude, lets develop a healthy one.
It is not just the perspective of looking better, but the overall feeling of feeling better about yourself.
'Don't judge a book by its cover'.
'It is ones inner beauty that is important'.
Now I can't say that there is anything wrong with these sayings, but the quest for beauty is not entirely superficial.
There is a good argument to be made that we are genetically programed to seek out and experience pleasure, and one aspect of pleasure is beauty.
Yes, there is always the caveat, 'too much of a good thing'.
It can make us jaded and unresponsive to the very things that once inspired and attracted us to them in the first place.
But the fact remains it is natural that we seek out beauty, physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Even as little children with very little social programming we instinctively react to what we feel is attractive or not.
In fact, we are taught that it is bad manners to speak out about, or look too hard at another person who comes across as unattractive.
Then there is the social programming of what is considered beautiful or attractive - a pleasure too look at.
Depending on the culture and traditions we become conditioned to accept what is attractive.
One need only to look at paintings and sculptures from the past to see what female body type was considered attractive.
For example, the body types of the goddesses of the past, who in addition to their unique spiritual qualities, were considered to be very attractive and enticing females of their day.
The desirous feminine form of the past would make up any two of our Hollywood goddesses of today.
It is not just social cultural conditioning which determines attractiveness and worth.
In religious cultures there is the fat smiling Buddha, or heavy yogi, all the way over to the other extreme of the severe ascetic who may just look like skin and bones.
Spiritually speaking, ones true inner character carries more weight than physical appearance.
Yet even our religious iconography has re-made over the years, many of our spiritual figures into becoming more attractive figures for today.
But back down to earth, ones immediate self-esteem, can very much depend on how comfortable they feel about how they look.
In fact, the downside of having to look beautiful or attractive has often become downright unhealthy, mentally and physically.
Beauty contests are a prime example, with so much emphasis placed on the 'winning is everything' mentality.
The losers, even though they are given the mantra 'everyone here is a winner', often become depressed, and lose a certain amount of their self esteem afterwards.
Even in everyday situations there is a certain amount of judgement and analysis going on and there is a bit of truth to 'first impressions'.
So to help feel good about yourself, dressing up and using makeup are some of the tools which are available to enhance ones self esteem.
Our approach here is to introduce you to truly natural makeup products.
Organic as much as possible.
There is no sense in becoming more beautiful by putting toxic chemicals onto your skin.
If you need to develop an attitude, lets develop a healthy one.
It is not just the perspective of looking better, but the overall feeling of feeling better about yourself.