In the world of Botox, fillers and laser facials, 11 people – from the podcaster who has spent more than £135,000 on her face, to the 96‑year‑old who would never try tweakments – reveal all
When it comes to beauty, we’re living in an era of contradictions. We’re constantly told to love ourselves and embrace our “flaws”, yet it’s never been more normalised to tweak the bits of our faces we don’t like that much. Public figures are regularly shamed for getting more and more work done, yet beauty standards increasingly demand we all look younger and smoother and more symmetrical.
Is this messing with our self-image? What does it actually even mean to be beautiful now? Eleven public figures – from an aesthetician and a drag queen, to a makeup artist and an academic – open up about what they see when they look in the mirror, and get candid about the products, treatments and procedures it’s taken to get them to this point.
Continue reading… In the world of Botox, fillers and laser facials, 11 people – from the podcaster who has spent more than £135,000 on her face, to the 96‑year‑old who would never try tweakments – reveal all When it comes to beauty, we’re living in an era of contradictions. We’re constantly told to love ourselves and embrace our “flaws”, yet it’s never been more normalised to tweak the bits of our faces we don’t like that much. Public figures are regularly shamed for getting more and more work done, yet beauty standards increasingly demand we all look younger and smoother and more symmetrical.Is this messing with our self-image? What does it actually even mean to be beautiful now? Eleven public figures – from an aesthetician and a drag queen, to a makeup artist and an academic – open up about what they see when they look in the mirror, and get candid about the products, treatments and procedures it’s taken to get them to this point. Continue reading… Beauty, Cosmetic surgery, Life and style, Fashion, Makeup, Health & wellbeing
