Paying to be a sheep!
By hvedra
@hvedra (1619)
January 24, 2012 1:50pm CST
Someone in another discussion said that the trouble with a lot of people is they try to live as if they are millionaires for a day rather than ordinary people with ordinary incomes.
I got a glimpse of this on a show called Superscrimpers where a very frugal (and well groomed) lady was showing some young women how to get professional manicure results at home. The women said they spent £20 to £30 a time getting a manicure and this was at least a couple of times a month. Now, add on hairdressing, fake tan, waxing, facials plus buying cosmetics and new clothes and nearly all their incomes would have been going on their appearance! 
No wonder people won't leave the homes of their parents and claim they can't afford to - if they are spending money like that, obviously they can't afford rent, food or anything else.
At least these young ladies learned to do their own nails on the cheap but what should really have been explained to them is that the proportion of income that the celebrities they want to look like spend on their appearance is a lot less because they earn so much more. On top of that, a lot of celebrities won't spend any money on treatments because they can claim it as a business expense. Because their appearance is essential to their jobs they can claim it back from the taxman if they visit a salon or even employ a personal hairdresser or beautician so pamper them every day.
Oh, and why is it all these women look the same - and artificial at that too. Some of them had good features but it was hard to tell because they all wanted to look like each other! Attack of the clones! 
These women had been conned into thinking these uniform treatments were basic necessities of life rather than optional luxuries.
How about you, do you sometimes shake your head at how people unthinkingly follow the herd and even pay huge sums of money in order to do so?
No wonder people won't leave the homes of their parents and claim they can't afford to - if they are spending money like that, obviously they can't afford rent, food or anything else.
At least these young ladies learned to do their own nails on the cheap but what should really have been explained to them is that the proportion of income that the celebrities they want to look like spend on their appearance is a lot less because they earn so much more. On top of that, a lot of celebrities won't spend any money on treatments because they can claim it as a business expense. Because their appearance is essential to their jobs they can claim it back from the taxman if they visit a salon or even employ a personal hairdresser or beautician so pamper them every day.
Oh, and why is it all these women look the same - and artificial at that too. Some of them had good features but it was hard to tell because they all wanted to look like each other! Attack of the clones!
These women had been conned into thinking these uniform treatments were basic necessities of life rather than optional luxuries.
How about you, do you sometimes shake your head at how people unthinkingly follow the herd and even pay huge sums of money in order to do so?2 people like this
3 responses
@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Jan 12
Have you seen the show You're Cut Off!? It is about rich young women who are cut off and have to do certain activities like clean for them selves, shop cheeply, etc. No manicures and have to do their own hair and make-up. It is very entertaining. I do shake my head had how frivolous some people can be.
@brothertuck (1257)
• United States
12 Feb 12
With a set of 16 year old twins, I see how they think they "have to have" the newest and best gadgets and styles. I can understand if my daughter wants to have some sort of treatment for a special occassion like a prom or the like, but not as a regular event, in fact that was a present my daughter's aunt gave her, a spa day with all the works. I am lucky in that my kids understand the value of a dollar better then many and will either go the DIY route or else pick one "necessary" item instead of everything.
@hvedra (1619)
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14 Feb 12
It's great that your kids understand that beauty treatments are a luxury and okay once in a while but not an everyday necessity.
We live in a world of "instant gratification" where people see something and think they are going through some kind of trauma if they can't get what they want. It's very sad, those people are slaves to consumerism and it will make and keep them miserable all their lives unless they wake up.
@wunderful (55)
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24 Jan 12
I totally agree with you, we seem to support and desire falsehood, and appearance rather than substance and content. Many of the idols of the day, specifically females, are famous for nothing other than their appearance and their bedroom antics, they are unappealing and uninteresting, but have huge followings of you woman seeking a fast buck, and the momentary adoration that these women attain. I recently attended a wedding where the bride had 3 sisters, and a sister in law, all size 8/10, dyed dried up long tresses, fake eyelashes ans nails a mile long, and fake tanned to the max, you could not tell them apart, why would you be interested in people who cannot express themselves as an individual, but rather as a unit? But then with a nation of men(or maybe it's actually the women) drooling over pippa middleton's bottom, is it any wonder that the young women of today become confused?
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