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One thing that has always bugged me is the whole ‘real women have curves’ thing. 

 

Now wait- before you punch me in the face, let me explain.

As a woman, with curves I can tell you right now... I have friends without curves and they are no less real than me.  I remember looking through wedding dresses years ago and it was under the category of ‘real women’. My non-plus friend looking through them with me paused and asked with humor, “Well... what does that make me?”

I see posters that say, “Guys like meat, only dogs like bones.”  How is this appropriate?  Or: “Curves make the difference between looking like a boy and looking like a woman.” WHAT?! I know tons of girls who were born without curves of any kind and they are gorgeous. Are they supposed to do surgery to look like something they’re not? This is exactly the message we are NOT going for!

As women shouldn’t we all be celebrating one another in all our differing  shapes?  Why are we focussed on tearing each other down?  In all this searching all I  found were more awful things women were saying to one another.

How about this? Curves or not, you’re a real woman. Because being a woman doesn’t begin and end with your looks. It’s awesome that there is more acceptance towards girls of different shapes and sizes, but we don’t need to make others feel like garbage to to do so, as it shows little true confidence.

Equality is just that – being equal. Not trying to bring down others to elevate ourselves.  Just standing next to someone less curvy and being confident that we were all created different but equal.  That’s what makes the world interesting!

But in all my searching, know what quote I found that I did like and really gave the right message?

“You be you and I’ll be me.”

Perfect.

Product Review - Duralash Combo Pack - Ardell

I blame Audrey Hepburn for a lot. She gave me unrealistic expectations of beauty, poise, grace and fashion. She made it seem effortless and natural. She made me think that bangs were a good idea on me, that a ponytail can looks sweet and mature. But most of all, Audrey made it seem like eyelashes were always long and perfect.

She lied.

Because of this, and because my genetics landed me with short, stubby eyelashes, I have forever been after the doe-eyed beauty that came along with long, lustrous lashes. Ever since my youth I have been trying and trying to achieve the look of a natural, effortless look.

And when I did find a look I liked, it was never permanent. So when I went to the mall the other day and stumbled upon Ardell's Duralash Combo pack for semi permanent eyelashes (results were advertised to last around 3 weeks) I was elated.

That is, until I used them.

Duralash Combo Pack Review

As you see, the package comes with short, medium and long flared lashes for a more natural look and looking below I think they looked fairly decent.

The Pros

* Affordable at $9 on average (but to create a more natural look I added Ardell 'Singles' to the look at $6)

* Fairly simple application

The Cons

* The glue turns flaky, and leaves white flakes in your eyelashes (pictured below)

* Do NOT last long. Barely two days on average.

* If they do last more than two days, the lashes start to kink and look like spiders legs. Horrid. Photo below shows what I'm talking about!

* The 'Remover' does NOT remove the lashes, and BURNS like nothing else!

This product was really quite a joke. I admit, I should know that if I'm paying under $20 I am getting what I pay for, but I really feel that this product ruins your eyelashes! Not only does the 'remover' not work at all it burns! That being said, it is affordable and aside from the flaking, I thought that the eyelashes looked rather pretty. But that was always temporary since the lashes never stuck around more than two days - but the glue sure did! I think I'll just try to accept my lashes for what they are instead of ruining them with faulty products like this.

Bottom line: * out of *****