August 12, 2010
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What Makes Women Beautiful
Beauty is a quality or certain set of qualities that give pleasure to our senses. The question is which of those qualities define us?
There are three extensions that lead to a woman’s heart; her eyes, smile, and touch. They bring meaning to the physical connection. When a woman understands that through them is the only pathway towards her beauty, it is then that she becomes careless and free from the burdens of what others might think. When she knows her heart and has nothing to hide, it shows.
Whether a woman should or shouldn’t wear makeup or high heels is up to her, but necessity is a different story. It’s sad how some feel the need to hide themselves with masks. If attractiveness can only be justified by covering up without an acceptance of her own natural state, shallowness consumes her.
Makeup is supposed to accentuate looks, not mask them.
And as far as high heels are concerned, they’re an incredible form of cruelty. Why must women suffer with discomfort just to look good in a culturally accepted fashion? What happened to natural beauty?
The media plays a significant role in how women desire to look, but only to those who seek validation from external sources. Women aren’t mindless creatures who blindly follow the standards of society. While it’s capable of manipulation and at times makes it difficult to overcome, each and every woman still has the freedom to choose. It only has influence if she allows.
While the aforementioned qualities of (outer) beauty act as an accentuation towards the human experience, they’re nothing more than external constituents of our individual selves. Where our senses lead holds key to finding its definition. What defines the heart will always remain within our integrity, choices, and actions. Without them, life becomes an existence.
Beauty is defined by intentions.
Reader, what makes women beautiful? Do you believe in natural beauty? What makes you beautiful?
Comments (33)
Yep. Good post
I never really think of myself as beautiful. I just like being natural and of course, awesome. Working on becoming a badass makes me happy. And happiness is beautiful.
"Makeup is supposed to accentuate looks, not mask them." Yup.
OR....Just use fake whore lashes, draw on cartoon eyebrows and add a lot of eye make-up and lipstick.
doesnt matter if your pretty on the outside if your ugly on the inside. being physically pretty means very little. much less than the media wants us to believe.
maybe i am shallow for wanting to cover myself up but i need that mask more than i need to be not shallow.
Confidence!!!
@LifeNeedsProtection - exactly what I was going to put.
When a woman is confident, she has everyone's attention. And it's all good. There is a fine line between confidence and arrogance but it's noticeable. I find that I definitely get more positive attention and looks, from women and men, when I'm feeling good about myself. Be it because of what I happen to be wearing that day or which side of the bed I woke up on. Your state of mind is what matters most of all. It's true when they say, it's what's inside that counts.
It's pretty ridiculous to ask us to be immune to society and media's messages. We are bombarded by them from the time we are born. I also think this post is kind of in fairy tale land and not reality, but still, I'm glad you're on our side.
Well, I don't know if anything makes me beautiful but I hope people, in real life at least, see that I have a good heart and I mean well.
awww, loved.
wish someone i USED to know would read this -_- she never leaves without make up and dresses to kill all the time says she is the ugliest person ever if she doesn't when i at least know she would look fantastic in anything
@RsXGtRTypeS - I'm taking it you've seen the "How to trick people into thinking you're good looking" video? ;P
Hmm... what makes women beautiful? Confidence. If a woman looks great, but keeps on saying, "Oh, I'm fat." despite the fact that she looks like a twig, then it makes her look like crap. [I had a friend that would be the type everyone goes for... yet EVERYDAY. EVERY SINGLE DAY. She'd work in that she was apparently fat.]
Natural beauty? Now I believe in it. [Of course, who knows? Maybe it's because I'm fat and shouldn't be a confidant woman that I'm saying this. Inner beauty FTW? [/sarcasm] Get over it, haters.
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What makes me beautiful... physically, I'd like to think it's my smile. I may not be everyone's trophy wife, but once I smile, I feel beautiful. Of course, now, I love my body, despite it's flaws. Emotionally? I try my best to care for everyone, especially my friends. When someone listens to what advice I have, it makes me happy. Also, something I like to think makes me beautiful is that at least 95% of the time, I'm happy or content.
@Thatslifekid - i agree, happy people are pretty people
I agree with you totally, for once.
@The_Aftershock_3650 - lol that was so funny!
ricky i like this post.
I definitely believe in natural beauty. However, I dressed goth for years in middle and highschool because I hadn't grown into my curves yet...I was just fat, haha. Kids called me fat all the time, and so one day I decided to give into my Anne Rice/ vampire/ whatever fantasies and dress real dark, partly cuz I thought it was cool...but also because, (as South Park GENIUSLY realized,) if you're the "Goth girl," you're not the "fat girl" in other people's eyes. So in that situation, I used make-up and clothing to sort of empower myself and change my image. Some might say I was hiding, but...i dont know it didn't feel that way. It felt more like an advertising decision ahah. I already had Hot Topic-y inclinations, and I was still the biggest loudmouth ever. PS, I love high heels! I know they hurt, but I like being tall and I like how they make my legs look! XD
I think women who are confident and intelligent are beautiful. Seriously this is true for me more than most...I've been attracted to women who others find UNIVERSALLY 'ugly' because they were great scholars, or hilarious, or tough. I also think kindness is a sublime quality...it might even trump intelligence. Because kindness is a type of intelligence that is rarer than intellectual prowess, and will always be used for good.
What makes a women beautiful is her personality, but unless she is physically attractive there are less chances for people to actually get to know her. Perfect example, Ugly Betty. LOL
Great post! As the saying goes, "Beauty comes from within."
Great post Ricky!
"If attractiveness can only be justified by covering up without an acceptance of her own natural state, shallowness consumes her." -exactly
Personality makes people beautiful~
SHE USES STYROFOAM!! ENVIRONMENTAL KILLER. AHH!!
good post =)
What makes me do a double take is a unique looking woman. Many times they are very generic looking. Same type of clothes, hair, makeup, etc. They want to fit in to mainstream society, be fashionable, etc. These women do nothing for me. Those who stand out somehow catch my eye. Just... don't fit in, don't blend. Normalcy is boring! Uniqueness is sexy.
@Findingvanessa - a very good point. there are too many people who think they are beautiful but they're not very nice which makes them ugly. Isn't there a show similar to expressing just that. They have them on there because they're beautiful but they're also not going for outside beauty but trying to find the one that has inside beauty as well?
That mask you feel you need is only something that you feel the need to have to have to be beautiful. That's okay too. I'm the same way. I like to have my eyeliner on or I don't feel my eyes are as pretty as they should be. Or my glasses for instance...I'm not cute without them lol
@LifeNeedsProtection - Another very good point but it's possible to have too much confidence which then can go back to the beauty on the inside. It can still possibly make the person ugly. If you have just enough it's a good thing. One thing I remind myself when I'm walking in public is to never look down. When you look straight ahead it gives the appearance of having confidence
That goes out to all you who might look down at your feet when walking amongst people. Stop it. You have no reason to feel like you can't look straight ahead at everyone you're amongst.
@XoPinkHeart - Your comment as bad as it might be made me think of those stupid cliques. Apparently everyone fits into a certain group of people. And if your statement has any bit of a chance of being true. It's a good thing those truly ugly people that don't get known have their own people to hang out with because they'll at least have a chance to find love in their own group. (Oh goodness I might end up hating myself for saying that but it's what popped into my head when read your comment.)
At the same time...appearance is what attracts attention at first sadly.
I don't mean to sound like a Disney movie, but beauty is inside. It is whatever the heart feels is beautiful, inside, or out. To me, beauty is mostly in the personality and their morals...the looks are just extra. Beauty comes from within!!!!
I consider myself beautiful, inside and out, however, I am not braggy. Everyone is beautiful in their own way!
Great post.
Great post Ricky!
Well, to answer you first question: What makes women beautiful? When they act silly, doesn't care how they act when they around people. They are confident, and sexy , has the intelligence, a down-to-earth kind of girl. Basically, these qualities that can capture women posses beautiful. Nonetheless, I do believe in natural beauty. It is the way to show one's true self side and it makes the women real. There are imperfections but, she is still beautiful because she is a natural beauty, the beauty that shows within and out. Last question, what makes me beautiful is being happy, not only that... but i believe my uniqueness, being genuine..being myself i guess.
What about you? what is your opinion on natural beauty?
Love
In my eyes, honesty and sincerity defines a woman as beautiful. The most beautiful of my friends aren't the ones with the most up to date clothing, or the most expensive makeup, the craziest bodies or anything. [although they CAN fit into those molds by their own choosing] It's the ladies that are honest about themselves, to themselves, and to the world. I met a woman at a open-mic/spoken word cypher about three months ago. She got up on that stage closed her eyes and let loose, shared herself with the whole audience. I sat down and talked with her, and her whole aura was everything you could ask for in a woman. She was polite, honest, smiled when she felt joy, blushed when she felt embarassed and frowned when you came off wrong. She was like a cool breeze on a calm summer day. She was cute, but by our [culture's] standards could never be a super model, or a model of any kind but just the sincerity and honesty she allowed herself to have on the stage and off made her by far one of the most beautiful people I've ever met.
I believe in exactly what you've said, make is to accent your natural self one shoudl not cake makeup on like a barbie to feel accepted or beautifull.
As for what I find beautiful, is and has always been natural beauty and self confidence.
what makes someone beautiful is what they can do to help the world around them that shows.
if someone is covered in dirt, someone may say they look awful, but if someone is covered in dirt after planting a row of trees another may say that the dirt is a beautiful thing.
i know the value of my beauty based on the way i treat people, and the respect i earn from them.
Everyone is beautiful to someone! (: inside and out.
uhm...well, the outter appearance plays an important role for those first impressions.
People generally approach you according to what their first impression of you is, and that is usually judged by a person's exterior.But the saying "Beauty is only skin deep" can only be applied if people took the time to get to know a person...And people say time = money, and they don't want to waste time cause it's costly, so generally they won't take the time to get to know a person JUST because they want to see past that person's exterior look.
I think beauty can shine in many different forms, as many people have said, even if a person's beautiful on the outside, if they are ugly on the inside, it will shine through. and vice versa.
Chances are even if you find someone not beautiful at all, in someone else's eyes, that person can be the most beautiful being in the world, it's everyone's opinion to themselves. =)
@Megan@revelife - You know what makes you beautiful, Meg? You! (:
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