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| Embracing Your Natural Beauty |
By:
Siobhan Gamble |
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As unique individuals of a similar species, we are all born with qualities that distinctively distinguish us from one another. There are many congenital factors which contribute to our originality such as culture, customs, environment, and genetics. With that being said, our physical characteristics contribute to painting the world in its beautiful colors, adding texture and zest to what would otherwise be a bland, featureless world. Skin tones can range in color from pink, yellow, olive, golden, bronze, to many different shades of brown. Hair color varies in shades of blond, brown, red, silver, and black; sometimes all of these colors can even be found on one single head.
The windows to our souls are also tinted in an array of colors that can fall between blue, green, brown and gray. In addition to these colorful features, our skin and hair are again broken down into different types. Some of us are very pleased with the intricate combination that we were born with, while others are not; instead, choosing to embrace society's standards. As many of us know, today's world consists of plastic surgery, color contact lenses, skin bleachers, nail tips, perms, hair extensions, weaves, and everything else that can be altered in order to sketch a smile on the face of what our mind considers to be beautiful. Let us take a look at the definition of beautiful. beau·ti·ful adj.
1. Having qualities that delight the senses, especially the sense of sight.
Does this definition insinuate that unless you are naturally born with qualities that delight society's sense of sight, you must modify your appearance in order to be accepted as beautiful? It is appalling to even imagine this to be true; but by just taking a look around us, how could we say it is not? It may seem as if certain cultures target particular fixations; again, this may be due to certain genetic make-ups in which society has labeled as less than acceptable. Of course all ethnicities tamper with all available altering options, it is observed that while more Caucasian groups desire plastic surgery, more African Americans lean towards wanting straighter hair, but both desperately go through equally drastic measures to attain self satisfaction.
As many of us know, for the longest time in today's world, straight hair has been the norm. With an exception of the 70's, many African- Americans did not know how to appreciate natural pattern and beauty of their hair. Even children who have never had a complex and appreciated their hair was taught that straight hair was
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About the Author:
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Siobhan Gamble is a writer for EarthFrisk.com , a social
bookmarking and media site where members vote on links,
articles, and videos. You can also create a blog,
community, share pics and make friends all over
the world. See http://www.earthfrisk.com
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