From being an only child, I think I tend to observe things a lot more than other people. It has always been in my manor to sit back and look at everything before I jump right in. Recently, I have been awakened by an observation. College students live a fake life. Think about it, and particularly in a girls' world. I am the only girl in my group of friends who has not had plastic surgery of some form done. I have found the most current form of plastic surgery in my friends to be nose jobs. Next its the hair, I am guilty of it changing my hair color too. However, I think the complete transformation of a brunette to a blonde and vice versa has increased recently. Next it's the nails. They are either always painted or they are acrylic. The nails go along nicely with a fake tan and a full face of makeup. Then to top it all off a fake id.
So what's really real? Nothing. It has been a sad realization of mine that the "reality" we live in is mostly consumed of fake things. There have been so many distortions the the human body, that I do not remember the last time I saw someone with everything real. If it's not one thing it's another. I slowly began to think back of the Dove campaign and how honest it is. There needs to be more of an effort to make girls realize it is normal to be completely natural. But there is a strong current against it in society right now. I personally hope that there are more campaigns like Dove's and then maybe people will be enlightened with a true perception of reality.
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