Looking Good on a Bad Day

Last night I was listening to some music by Shania Twain and her most famous song came on: “Any Man of Mine”. This is one song which is guaranteed to make me feel better, no matter what kind of mood I am in. It is such an uplifting song, both in terms of the music being upbeat, and the words being almost an anthem for the modern woman.

I love the line when she says that even when I’m ugly he still better love me. To me this is the crux of the song. For as we all know there are days when we feel wonderful and believe that we could give Angelina Jolie a run for her money. Then there are the other days when we feel as though we look more like Brad Pitt in “Kalifornia” than his wife! The thing that keeps us going is the thought that somebody loves us, no matter what we look like.

To me the ideal looking woman is Shania Twain. I think that she is perfect right from her glossy hair to her manicured feet. However I know that a lot of the image which we see is carefully cultivated and that even she must have days when she feels ugly. However I do not think that she could ever look ugly, only not as glamorous as we are used to seeing her.

There have always been beautiful women who have been lucky enough to have been born that way, and then there are the rest of us who have to work hard at looking good on a daily basis. For some women, it is enough to just put on a coat of lipstick to look great whereas for some it is a full sixty minute job with the whole contents of the make up bag.

The thing to realise is that no matter how hard we try, we are never going to look as good as the Hollywood celebrities, simply because we do not have the resources available to us that they have. They have unlimited money and influence to hire the best personal chefs, trainers, stylists and make up artists. This is all without mentioning the access to the best doctors in the field of cosmetic surgery and aesthetic medicine to deal with any problems which may arise that cannot be dealt with in a conventional manner.

We only get to see the best side of these people, and they try to ensure that we only get to hear about the positive things in their lives. This is why you will never hear of a celebrity having varicose and spider veins treatment, or stretch marks treatment. These procedures do not fit in with the carefully projected image which we are shown and which many people take to be the true persona of the person. In reality, they are like many normal people who have to try and look good on a bad day.