Almost every little girls' dream is to be exquisitely beautiful on the most special day of her life...her wedding day. Generally, a little girl will know what kind of dress she wants, where she wants to get married, who she wants in her wedding, how she will wear her hair, what colors she will have, and quite possibly, who the groom will be by the time she is anywhere from 9-12 years old. Although all of these factors are variables and change throughout the years, it never gets pushed out of a girls' mind.
Having gotten married just over a month ago, I can safely say that all of my ideas and thoughts I had carefully prepared my whole life, took no part in the finished product called The Wedding Day and it was still perfect!
Now, speaking of my wedding day and going back to being exquisitely beautiful on that day...I don't think that's just a little girls' dream. That's something that continues into adulthood. Brides rarely hold back appointing someone to do their hair and make up. They go on crazy diets to be the shape they want for that one day. Brides can plan for months, even years sometimes for that perfect look (among other things to plan of course). There's facials and manicures and pedicures and hair removal and body wraps and steaming and hair coloring and cutting... the list goes on; all in preparation for those few hours... and don't forget waking up at the crack of dawn to start getting ready! The result? Perfection. I've never yet seen a bride that I thought "If only she waxed that upper lip before today..." or "Chipped nail polish must be in." Nope. It's all taken care of. Or hidden if forgotten.
My question in all of this is... why work so hard to be so beautiful on your wedding day and then settle for mediocrity the rest of your life? This is not to say you must spend 5 hours every day preening yourself before the mirror. I'd get very bored of my face if I did! (Actually, on a side note...you'd begin to think of yourself negatively if you spent too much time in the mirror. After once complaining of an atrociously sized zit that was threatening to ruin my very existence, my wise daddy told me, "You know how when you look at a word for too long, it looks like it's spelled incorrectly? That's what's happened to you. You look in a mirror too often and you only see what you think is wrong with you." Wise words, Dad!) So, back to my point; being beautiful shouldn't be limited to your wedding day. There is nothing wrong with being beautiful all the time! When God created Eve, Adam wrote a poem on the spot, just looking at her!
Beauty isn't black and white. It's an individual idea but it is making a statement. Every hair or clothes style, every kind of look, every piece of clothing, jewelry, purse, belt, shoe; they make a statement about you. Whether it be intentional or not, the way you look, subconsciously peaks to others about who you are before they've even met you. You may think this shallow or judgmental but it's just human nature. So, why not take a little extra time to decide what your look should state. I don't know about you, but I'd like to decide what I say about me. And it's that I'm fun and friendly and happy, or I'd like to think I am!
So, that is the LONG way of explaining why I named my blog "State Your Beauty" and I'll be posting regularly with ideas and tutorials for hair styles, make up and nail polish mostly with maybe a few other things scattered between!
