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Monday, 23 March 2015
Case study - how do people react to "am I pretty?"
Dear readers,
I decided that this was a problem because of the comments that I have seen on other people's "am i pretty" posts, many of them deleted now because so many people have said they were wrong. I will post a few below:
Unfortunately, this didn't have much effect... People just ignored the post.
I got some more suggestive responses such as "God made everyone beautiful in their own special way" but all comments were kind, friendly and sweet.
Hello!
This post is about something that has concerned me over the past few days and I decided to share it with you.
There is an app for iPhones and iPads called "Tips". It has a section that they call "help out". This section was obviously designed for people to ask questions about makeup, fashion or whatever but lately people have been using it to ask the question "am I pretty" or "which selfie?" Or "who is the prettiest?" You get the idea. I have two opinions on this 1) Yes it is a little annoying and selfish to ask about themselves but 2) we have no idea what these people are going through and maybe they just need some reassurance! So, with these two ideas I decided to do a test on the help out section in tips to see how people respond to my "am I pretty?" post. Just to say this is completely and utterly just an experiment and I am perfectly secure about my looks and don't have any problems at all.
I decided that this was a problem because of the comments that I have seen on other people's "am i pretty" posts, many of them deleted now because so many people have said they were wrong. I will post a few below:
^^^ this has a point! Only logical response I saw! But the same girl posts the following comment on someone else's:
The ones I really wanted to show you have been deleted because they not nice messages.
So, here are the responses to my first post:
So I got lots of nice responses, thing is I wanted a range of responses, so, I carried out a couple more experiments.
1) I changed my question from "I'm feeling insecure at the moment etc" to "am I pretty" so that the question appeared more in-your-face, blunt and more impatient.
2) I then decided to post some older pictures because they're really bad photos
So, contrary to my hypothesis, people aren't actually horrible!
Answer to this? Don't post pictures of yourself online asking people if you're pretty because although you don't know them and they will tell you the truth, it can get irritating and sometimes the truth isn't a nice thing to hear. Ask your friends or someone you know to tell you the honest truth, if they're true friends they will help you! As will I, comment below if you have any problems xxx
Ellie xx
Thursday, 19 March 2015
Pros and cons of getting a fringe cut in
It's one of the hardest beauty decisions you will ever make. Do you play it safe with the hair you have now? Or do you take a risk and get a fringe that could change your life for better or for worse. This is a simple guide to help you decide!
Before and after - fringe stages
Pros
Before and after - fringe stages
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| No fringe |
 |
| Sweeping side-fringe |
 |
| Sweeping side fringe |
 |
| Side fringe |
Pros
- It looks so cool, you can look like Taylor Swift every day
- It will grow out if you don't like it
- It looks really cute!
- It will cover up your large forehead (seriously, its amazing)
- It looks really nice
- People will notice a difference in how you look and compliment you on it
- It looks really pretty
- You might feel as if you've found the real you
- It looks SO cute
- Covers up any spot breakouts that you get
-It looks really pretty
- For those of you with big foreheads, it's excellent for PE because you no longer have to worry about people judging you on your suddenly obvious huge forehead that appears when you put your hair in a ponytail
- It looks really cute (Did you get that? haha!)
- It will grow out if you don't like it
- It looks really cute!
- It will cover up your large forehead (seriously, its amazing)
- It looks really nice
- People will notice a difference in how you look and compliment you on it
- It looks really pretty
- You might feel as if you've found the real you
- It looks SO cute
- Covers up any spot breakouts that you get
-It looks really pretty
- For those of you with big foreheads, it's excellent for PE because you no longer have to worry about people judging you on your suddenly obvious huge forehead that appears when you put your hair in a ponytail
- It looks really cute (Did you get that? haha!)
Cons
- It takes ages to style in the morning
- It takes about a week to figure out how to style it properly without heat
- Once it starts to grow out it's even harder to style; middle-length fringes are even worse to look after
- It can exaggerate your forehead, can show that you're trying to cover it up
- If you hate it it will take ages to grow out, it could take a whole year or more
- It makes you really hot in PE, you sweat really badly
- Above said sweat makes hair greasy, as does running your fingers through your fringe every two minutes in fear of it starting to clump; a telltale sign of greasy hair
- Previously mentioned grease makes the skin on your forehead oily, giving you the worst breakouts ever
- You have to get it cut every three weeks or it starts falling in your eyes
- Getting it cut so often costs you more money
- People will point it out if it's bad, many people don't have a concept of respect and just say what they're thinking
- This will make you extremely paranoid and you will check the mirror every three seconds
- Your hair has to look "perfect" all the time, it has to look perfectly straightened - no more roller-curly hair or messy side-partings, it has to look perfect every. single. day. This is if its a full or side fringe, a sweeping side fringe is excluded in this
- You can never decide which way to do a side ponytail/plait on: you can't do it the side with the fringe because the other side suddenly looks very bare and you can't do it the other side or your fringe sort of sticks out. If you have a full fringe you can't do a side plait at all
- It can look very dominating and harsh on your face in a ponytail
-Suddenly eyeliner can look to much so your trademark winged liner will have to go out the window!
If you still can't decide, I suggest getting a sweeping side fringe before anything to drastic to see if you like it!
Hope you enjoyed!!
Ellie xxx
- It takes ages to style in the morning
- It takes about a week to figure out how to style it properly without heat
- Once it starts to grow out it's even harder to style; middle-length fringes are even worse to look after
- It can exaggerate your forehead, can show that you're trying to cover it up
- If you hate it it will take ages to grow out, it could take a whole year or more
- It makes you really hot in PE, you sweat really badly
- Above said sweat makes hair greasy, as does running your fingers through your fringe every two minutes in fear of it starting to clump; a telltale sign of greasy hair
- Previously mentioned grease makes the skin on your forehead oily, giving you the worst breakouts ever
- You have to get it cut every three weeks or it starts falling in your eyes
- Getting it cut so often costs you more money
- People will point it out if it's bad, many people don't have a concept of respect and just say what they're thinking
- This will make you extremely paranoid and you will check the mirror every three seconds
- Your hair has to look "perfect" all the time, it has to look perfectly straightened - no more roller-curly hair or messy side-partings, it has to look perfect every. single. day. This is if its a full or side fringe, a sweeping side fringe is excluded in this
- You can never decide which way to do a side ponytail/plait on: you can't do it the side with the fringe because the other side suddenly looks very bare and you can't do it the other side or your fringe sort of sticks out. If you have a full fringe you can't do a side plait at all
- It can look very dominating and harsh on your face in a ponytail
-Suddenly eyeliner can look to much so your trademark winged liner will have to go out the window!
If you still can't decide, I suggest getting a sweeping side fringe before anything to drastic to see if you like it!
Hope you enjoyed!!
Ellie xxx
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
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