{"id":7658,"date":"2011-08-15T04:30:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T11:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=7658"},"modified":"2011-08-15T04:30:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T11:30:06","slug":"changing-the-mirror-mirror-game-we-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/changing-the-mirror-mirror-game-we-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the Mirror, Mirror Game We Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"How<\/a>By: Lydia Criss Mays, President of See Beautiful\u2122<\/em><\/p>\n

We could all use a little more focus on seeing beautiful. Mirror, Mirror games don\u2019t help us see beautiful.<\/h3>\n

To begin a typical day, many of us succumb to the following routines:<\/p>\n

Undress. Look in mirror. Judge yourself. Shower. Look in mirror. Judge yourself. Comb hair. Look in mirror. Judge yourself. Apply products to hair. Look in mirror. Judge yourself. Apply face lotion, anti-aging lotion, and\/or wrinkle reversal serum. Look in mirror. Judge yourself. Apply make-up while looking in mirror judging yourself. Dry and style hair while looking in mirror judging yourself. Search for just-the-right outfit. Put on outfit. Look in mirror. Judge yourself. Try another outfit. Look in mirror. Judge yourself. Look in mirror.<\/p>\n

\"See<\/a> Now, we agree with Feelgood Style that there is indeed, \u201cnothing wrong with wanting to feel beautiful,\u201d it\u2019s just that \u201cfeeling beautiful\u201d isn\u2019t often what we\u2019re doing when we\u2019re staring at our reflection in the mirror. We\u2019re judging. We\u2019re critiquing. We\u2019re comparing ourselves to the airbrushed models on the covers of magazines. We are doubting ourselves and that mindset has to stop. We have to end the \u201cMirror, Mirror on the wall\u201d shenanigans we have gotten ourselves into.<\/p>\n

The following quotes are from females and represent a growing number of women who are losing the \u201cMirror, Mirror\u201d battle because they are gauging their beauty based on pop culture\u2019s definition. These heartbreaking comments were also the catalyst for a movement called, See Beautiful\u2122:<\/p>\n

\u201cI need to lose weight.\u201d (10-year-old girl)<\/em>
\n \u201cYou look fat.\u201d (8-year-old girl to another 8-year-old)<\/em>
\n \u201cI hate the way I look.\u201d (8-year-old girl)<\/em>
\n \u201cI want prettier clothes.\u201d (3-year-old girl)<\/em>
\n \u201cMy hair looks stupid.\u201d (6-year-old girl)<\/em>
\n \u201cI can make myself throw-up and get skinny.\u201d (10-year-old girl)<\/em>
\n \u201cI hate the way society makes me feel. Sometimes it just doesn\u2019t seem worth it.\u201d (21-year-old girl)<\/em><\/p>\n

See Beautiful\u2122 was designed to empower women to see the beauty they inherently possess and empower all to see the beauty in the world. Pop culture would like us to think beauty exists in, or is defined by, reality t.v. shows, airbrushed models on magazine covers, or manikins in storefront windows. In an effort to capture some of the beauty that exists in each of us and all over the world, See Beautiful\u2122 has started a movement. Will you join us?\u2028\u2028See Beautiful\u2122:<\/p>\n