Fashion and Glamour

The receptionist echoed the decor, a human accessory precisely in tune with the restrained, almost severe chic of her surroundings. Glossy and cool in beige and black, she murmured into the phone, ignoring the rumpled young man standing in front of her. A slight frown threatened the smooth mask of her makeup -- her eyebrows, plucked to perfection, rose in two questioning arcs. Andre wondered why Camilla kept on hiring girls like this. They rarely lasted more than a couple of months before being replaced by another polished clone -- decorative, faintly unwelcoming, relentlessly blasé.
--Peter Mayle, Chasing Cezanne

Neptune's smoke and mirrors manifest in all their glory in the glamorous realm of fashion ...

Fashion can be a positive, creative outlet. While the effect is short-lived, you can have a lot of fun playing make-believe with your appearance. This is your chance to be as glamorous as Marilyn Monroe or as sweet as Meg Ryan.

Women receive the message that the models are beautiful, but that doesn't mean you need to look like them to be beautiful. Neptune can confuse you, making you think that beauty comes from the outside. However, nothing can beat the radiance of a true smile or a sincere expression.

While it's best to look like yourself as much as possible, a little help now and then from a few cosmetics can make you feel better and look better. Do this for yourself - being beautiful is not about making other people believe you so, but about feeling it yourself.

Some women feel they have to hold themselves up for comparison with models for admiration. Yet these "ideals" are merely projections. The models themselves don't look like that underneath all the makeup, out of the photographers' lights, before hours with a hair stylist. They may have a certain arrangement of features that is considered attractive this year, but a lot of art goes into creating the effects that we see.

More on Fashion and Glamour:

Fashion
Glamour
Color Grid
Fashion Grid
Fashion Profiles