You might know my opinion about facelifts and Botox: I'm against it. Fullstop.
But that is not the theme I want to write about today - I just thought that the headline "Haughty Faces" might not be that attractive :-)
The older I grow the less tolerant I get to endure haughty faces. It's bad when you meet them in the street. Very often they belong to very young women, who, dressed to the nines, are unsure and fight back any possible advances that they actually want so much.
Then there are "famous" people. Here I show you one of Germany's most famous hairdressers.
He is doing the hair of Chancellor Angela Merkel - if that is a recommendation. He has been on TV recently - but I don't know why he is looking at us like this.
I mean: he is a hairdresser - and not the Queen of Sheba?
And here you see the poster I see when walking past the Russian ticket office.
This is a conductor - whom I don't know, but he might be quite famous.
Be it as it may - if he looks at me like that I would prefer not to make his aquaintance.
There is an American psychologist, Dr. Wayne Dyer, who suggests that, if you see such a face at the breakfast table, over the long run you will become clinically depressed. I would.
And now let me show you the worst case: shop window dummies.
What were they thinking of when they created these???
Do they think that I will buy anything these - well: DUMMIES - are wearing? ?
You bet - I don't!
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My mum always told us 'Smile - you're so pretty when you smile'. Well, I knew I was never pretty, but I also knew that I liked it when others approached me with a smile. I teach a course on Personal Boundaries for people working in jails and one thing I always say is that one can 'deliver just about any difficult message and have it well-received if one delivers it with a smile'.
Botox - never. I've earned this face - and I have to be able to smile WIDE for my grandchildren!
Britta, you look gorgeous! I love this pic of you. :)
The other day I saw a man standing in line at the post office. He was tall, fairly slender with ball cap on. He looked to be about my age. Feathering over the slope of his ear was a swirl of grey hair over his brunette head.
It looked so appealing. There is nothing like simply being who you are. All efforts to the contrary, quite simply, show as being such.
My dear Britta, *you* are witty and pretty.
Yes Britta, very good post...We will make quick acquaintance with a person, if he/she has a smiling face..
The examples you cited in your post to prove your point was intelligent ones..
I am very shy to pose fr photographs, so I often look at some other places to avoid that haughty look..
I like frowning. It keeps the smiling happy-clappy people away!!!
I smile a lot...that's why I have laugh lines :)
I agree with your thoughts on Botox and haughty faces britta.
BTW you look lovely!
Dear Pondside,
I love it when mothers give their children good advice (a few weeks ago I stood at a cashier and a young woman said to a very small child: "Smile! You must smile!" - but it didn't. Then we looked at it's mother - she did neither - and I think the little one mirrored his mother). Your teaching persons who work with prisoners sounds very interesting - and that subject is vital for others in normal life too!
Dear Suze,
thank you - I purr like a cat at the cream pot!
A wisp of white hair among brown abundance sounds cute - it reminds me of Japanese art, where they avoid total harmony. Too much perfection seems a bit boring, isn't it? I discussed your topic "Where does a story come from" so long with Husband, that you used the time to write a new post. But I will catch up.
Dear Tomz,
I cannot imagine why you are shy when looking at a camera - you look good, so maybe you just need a little routine? Think of the person you like and think that the eye of the camera is the eye you are looking into - flirt with it - and bingo!
Dear IG,
I thought a very, very long time about that. And ah - I don't believe you. I am utterly convinced that one can laugh with you VERY much. To write such a hilarious blog you must be able to see the comic in normal events... When I was young I always thought the lone wolfs interesting - now I think that it is bravery to be happy (and being happy doesn't mean to be stupid or ignorant) But that might be a new post :-)
Dear Hostess,
I love laugh lines! I love faces that show that their owner has feelings, and is an individual (and I have seen a lot of "improvements" that even an airbrush couldn't hide - in 'real' life there are scars). And as Pondside said: to be able to laugh widely is luck!
Dear Britta,
you are so beautiful! Really a wonderful woman!
I totally agree with you.
I don't like women or men who hange their faces using Botox or other way. Is so beautiful see "reale" people also with over time faces!
I like this post!
Bisou, Babi
Dear Britta
Oh You look GREAT! You are really beautiful! I love this humorous post, Britta. "The Quickest Facelift Is A Smile" It is so true!! After reading the post, I wondered for a while "where does haughtiness come from?" Probably it partly comes from lack of imagination? What do you think of it?
Blimey Britta, that is a lovely photograph of you. No wonder you don't agree with botox or facelifts - you don't need them!
And I agree. Haughty is a horrible look!
My dear Britta, I read a few years ago that the Japanese, rather than trying to downplay a crack in earthenware, will fill it with gold-- to accentuate and celebrate its history.
Looking forward to your next post, already.
Sorry, but in contrast to your opinion, I think the designer of your dummies has quite a lovely sense of humour,indeed, along with a good touch of irony.He may have even thought of your favourite E.F. Benson's ladies, or he saw your image on the April-30th-Blog.
Yours is a lovely smile - a facelift to you and a 'moodlift' to others. (But DO wear a black bra next time!)
Dear Babi,
thank you! I see the pressure they put on people in media to stay 'forever young' - we are happy that we don't have to succumb. Even men - so sorry a sight! (And not kidding anyone)
Dear Sapphire,
thank you! Your thought is very interesting: lack of imagination as the reason for haughtiness. That is great - they cannot feel how other people live or think, and are valuating them only by outer signs (fashion, money, properties).
Another reason might be fear - a horror to lose what they have - "don't come near! don't touch me!" - when there is a feeling of inadequacy, either of having not really "earned" their values - or having done very, very much to earn them (even a genius has to work to become famous - though I know some really famous people who are very modest)
Dear Annie,
thanks! The need to feel "better" than others indicates low self-esteem, I think. (And sometimes only one photograph is bad - might be that the famous hairdresser - oh, sorry, they call themselves 'hair-art-directors'in Germany now - is a laughing comedian at home)?
Dear Suze,
that is a beautiful way to see age - worthy to be protected and not thrown away only because it has gotten a few cracks in life, which will inevitably happen to everyone - but only by that one gains experience, and, if one is very lucky, even wisdom.
Dear Anonymous,
thank you! I see your point: those dummies are on display in a very posh store in Hamburg, and it might be a mocking of their customers (but then they forgot to tell their sales-ladies not to bring the joke any further - they look at you as if they jumped out of that shop-window :-) In Hamburg we lived in that very dapper quarter around the Elbchaussee (more light at night because they feared burglars, security vans that transported their children to school etc pp). And very strict rules on what is right or wrong, even in fashion - my smokey-pink Cashmere winter coat was abhorred and admired. Look at Diany Vreeland's quote on my blog-design - a little bit of paprika is sexy! Can you believe that they even wanted to tell you what colour your bra should have?
This post is utterly hilarious--and your own quite genuine smile stands in perfect contrast with the poseurs you so brilliantly send up!
(PS: Thanks for adding Prufrock's to the blog roll! And, over there, you will now be able to follow--forgot to add the gadget before.)
I am so glad to have found your blog through Nicki's site! I love this post!! It is oh-so true, but peppered with humor. Loved it!
Dear Susan,
thank you! I'm happy to hear from you - and when I am back from Munich (where I have almost no access to the Internet) will look up your blog. See you! Britta
I love to be with people who always smile. Their age doesn't really matter! A smile can make people look and feel younger. I guess it's just a matter of always uplifting yourself! :D
Dear Alexis, I believe that too: that lifting your spirit is a great way to feel and look good. And it is always the question: why do I want to look younger? Of course one is not thrilled to find a few new wrinkles - but there are many ways to come to peace with that. I saw your homepage: I accept people doing that (if the media didn't brainwash them) - for myself I found anather way :-)
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