April 29, 2009

Body Image Week: Results and Contest!

For not much longer you can post your results here to enter to win the big prize.

I decided I love:

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my eyelashes,

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my fingernails,

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and my butt.

I do not like trying to take pictures of them with a phone. The flash on the first is deliberate to obscure my features; you can see almost the entire dorm room in the fingernails photo; the angle I tried at first made my butt look rounder, which wasn't really my point.

I mostly had to accept compliments on Friday, since I wore make-up for an interview. (People will comment when you do something above the usual to look nice.) I accepted it because I'm proud of my make-up skills, and I tried something new. The main color on my eyes is one I've only used for evening looks and I was happy I could adapt it to a day look. (Metallic emerald is not a standard day color by any means.)

I usually try to compliment my friends, but I ramped it up. And yes, many of my compliments got brushed off. I just have to keep to it until they believe me.

I still need to work on my self-image but I loved hearing everyone else's stories and hope we keep to the tenets of the challenge even though Body Image Week is over.

15 comments:

  1. Thanks. It took me awhile to love it (and I begin to hate it quite often when shopping for pants), so I thought it perfect to re-appreciate it this week.

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  2. Nice butt! And I also might just perish with fingernail envy...

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  3. cute butt...these posts have been interesting. I'm pretty happy with my body image, except the stomach region, which puffed out since I got married...so we are working out on Wii fit...to get back in shape.

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  4. What a fun way to post your results. You are beautiful! ;)

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  5. Great results post! So nice to hear a young woman say they love things about their bodies - so often in my dance classes I hear my students complain about themselves (one of the pitfalls of hanging around a) other dancers and b) a room full of mirrors!).

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  6. You are so lovely! And what gorgeous eyelashes!

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  7. Good choices! I like my eyelashes, too. :)

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  8. @NotNessie: Thanks! When I was a little girl, I thought long, painted nails looked so pretty. I grew mine long because I didn't understand they were fake! Oddly, I prefer not to paint them.

    @Serena: Thank you. And keep it up, if only because Wii Fit is fun!

    @Aubrey: Thanks. I love to take photos.

    @Lenore: Yay! I can't find many people who really like fingernails . . .

    @Leigh: It doesn't help that you're wearing a leotard and tights in a room full of mirrors! I always disliked that my hips and thighs were bigger than the other girls - no way to hide that! (Okay, so I wore a skirt when I was on my period.)

    @babygirlG: Thanks! I got them from my dad.

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  9. You have absolutely gorgeous eyelashes. If there were such a thing as an eyelash model, you would most definitely be one! I'm sure you never have to wear mascara, huh? (:

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  10. Good for you! I really should try to do that myself.

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  11. @Bookworm: Thank you! I do wear mascara with some eyeshadows that have a tendency to get on the eyelashes - it redarkens them. But I use a very basic kind. If I use the fancy lengthener stuff I end up looking like Minnie Mouse.

    @Insert Book Title Here: Everyone should do it!

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  12. You have very pretty eyelashes lol. I'm quite fond of my eyes (thank you mom and great-grandma!).

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