this is currently all the rage... French Elle
sometimes the french are known to have a bit of a chip on their shoulder. i've had very limited contact with people from france, so i don' think it's entirely fair to make that assertion.
although, the 3 french girls that i know...well, they all fit the bill.
anyway...
we get it. you are french. you are gorgeous...you have high cheek bones, just the perfect amount of confidence, your legs are long, and you have a stylist following you around 24/7.
maybe you choose not to wear eyemakeup. good for you! some days i prefer to go without. do i need a medal? no.
fashion is about what you want, what you feel. if you feel sexy while wearing eyemakeup, that does not make you any less naturally beautifully (inside or out).
and frankly, when i do have time to sit down with a magazine, i want some glamour in my life!
yes, i think it's lovely to embrace true beauty (whatever that may be to you), but to try and put a makeup-less goddess on a cover and act like it's the new rage...that's silly.
if you want to go with the "organic beauty" look, there are plenty of all-natural products that you can use and still wear makeup.
below are some april covers for elle...us, russia, canda, france, and uk.
the only thing all these have in common are that all the above women are beautiful.
i feel that kate winslet's russian cover is the most fitting. she's looks stunning, classy, and edgy all in one. it embodies what a good, fashion magazine cover should look like, in my opinion.
2 comments:
I really like this post and agree with all your comments 100%.
Hmm. I don't have a problem with people not wearing makeup. (I hardly ever wear makeup myself.) But all of those girls in the French Elle shoots (yes I clicked the link) look like crack whores. But I don't think it's because of the lack of makeup. I think it's more the background they put them against (looks like the outside concrete wall of a whorehouse, plus it's white and is washing them out), and also . . . does no makeup also mean the hair can't done and the clothes have to be three sizes too big and look like something you rummaged for and found in your boyfriend's dirty clothes hamper after a bedroom romp? Women can be beautiful without makeup, yes. But not if they have crazy messy hair and rumpled clothes too . . . come on. Make a LITTLE effort.
boo french elle. you fail.
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