i have the chance to browse through a local chinese female magazine yesterday. it claims itself to be the no.1 circulated chinese magazine in malaysia.
i can't read chinese but that does not stop me from looking at the plethora of advertisements in the magazine. heck! the magazine is filled with advertisements and more advertisements. yes, advertisements are the generator for a publication but i have never seen so many beauty adverts in one magazine! all sorts of beauty houses, beauty creams, surgeries, etc, you name it, any kind of solution you need for your bulges and problem skin. almost 99% of the adverts are all beauty adverts!! Harper's Bazaar's are more towards products promotion.
i just can't stand all the beauty adverts highlighting the imperfections that all human beings have. promoting and encouraging you to seek help for your so-called problems. why do people have to resort to all these assisted helps to loose weight and unhealthy pill-popping? what is wrong with the no nonsense way of working out and burning more than what you eat? i just shudder at the thought of how willing people are ready to part with a lumpsum of their hard-earned money just for the beauty quest.
there are so many local artists who are endorsing these beauty houses and products as well. no wonder a local-celeb (a miss X.O.) has been flaunting her new sexier figure in figure hugging dresses and throwing it around. heck, her appearances in beauty magazines have increased too. beauty house endorsement. now i know.
you will not see me going into these slimming centres or popping pills to get a slimmer body.
but i won't guarantee about seeing me at facials because i am just not blessed with poreless and smooth skin. am i a hypocrite or what?
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