Have we reached a peak moment? Will deflation eventually set in?
Are we due for a return to the pencil-thin arches of the 1920's and 30's? Maybe the flat silhouettes of the Flappers and the Cupid's Bow lips of Clara Bow and her ilk? Or the shaved brows of the Renaissance?
Heaven knows, it seems to be part of being human--wanting to modify one's looks. Powdered hair, bleached hair, dyed hair, makeup in general, Ubangi lip plates, bound feet, blackened teeth, elongated necks, tattoos, piercings, and any number of extreme body modifications . . . if you can imagine it, someone's done it.
I watch and wonder and mark myself safe (except for pierced ears) from such silliness.
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Why do so many women seem to have Sparkle Plenty hair?
Oh, my! I'd forgotten Sparkle Plenty. Yes, the voluminous hair (usually aided by a hairpiece,) is the look of choice with that certain element. It probably is meant to signify youth,
, fertility, and desirability--even in women who are well past their prime..
I'm still trying to get my eyebrows and eyelashes to grow back after illness made them fall out, along with half the hair on my head. I have enough head hair now to be able to cover the thin spots, but I have half an eyebrow on each side and almost no eyelashes. A male doctor chuckled and said, "Does it really matter at your age?" No one was physically injured in this exchanged, but I confess to strong urges,
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