First I wanted to thank ALL of you for your positive feedback on my post earlier this month about Lebanese Fashion Clichés…
It really feels great to see that so many people agree with me on the subject and are sick and tired of these cliches, they want to see change, they want to see colors and identity in people, and not like a copy paste kind of thing!
So, after reading all your comments and going out to night clubs, weddings, dinners and all other summer social activities, I decided it was time to write about the beauty clichés – oh yes!
1- Acrylic nails are not ok. They ARE not.
2- Blond hair does NOT suit everyone. It’s ok to be a red head or a brunette. It’s fine.
3- It’s ok to wear hair extensions, but stop trying to be Rapunzel
4- No matter what you look like, your face shape, stop trying to be the next Haifa Wehbe, stop trying to imitate her with your makeup!
5- If you choose smokey eyes, drop the red lipstick and vice versa, not everything in vogue works altogether..
6- Intense tanning is ridiculous – there’s nothing sexier than sun-kissed skin
7- Leave your eyebrows in their natural shape, don’t rip them off, don’t rip them apart, don’t do anything to them to replace them with a ridiculous, hideous linear thick tattoo drawn by a first year architecture student
8- Lip contour tattoos are tacky and ugly and and and … do you feel like waking up with the same mouth everyday?
9- Wear concealer to conceal not to look like you have been wearing your sunglasses
10- I already said it, but weird nail designs and neon nails are not okay!
11- Stop wearing make-up at the beach or the gym
12- If you’re foundation weighs more than you, you’ve got a problem
13- Don’t match your eye liner, eye shadow, or mascara to your outfit
14- A small dose of botox and silicone are totally fine! They truly are. They give a boost of radiance and happiness but chill you don’t need to spill the product all over your face.
You can not possibly have the same expressions early in the morning, at a wedding, funeral, and your friend’s after party!
15- A smile is the best makeup to make you look beautiful (of course brush your teeth). Dab some lipstick, a gloss, .. you name it! You don’t need to turn upside down and dye your hair, paint your face like a billboard, and transform your eyes, nose, cheeks, … and pretty much every wrinkle in between. As they say less is more!
Additional 5 clichés by our friend Yasmina
16- When your face looks 20 years younger than your body, you’ve got a problem!
17- A new pair of boobs will not occult the fact that the rest of your body looks like a huge bowl of Jell-O, so please go to the gym!
18-When you smile and your upper lip covers the tip of your nose, it is NOT sexy
19- Painting your fourth finger nail in a different color reminds me of how bored you are
20- When you go to the dentist for the Hollywood smile makeover, make sure you have enough in your bank account for both the upper and lower lines of teeth, for God’s sake!