There is a conspiracy going on between the beauty industry and the light bulb industry. Oh and I am about to blow that shit wide open. They would have you believe they have nothing in common. They are just bringing light to the dark world. Lies.
from google images
You see they have different types of light bulbs that affect the way your image is viewed in a mirror. In particular restroom mirrors. Everyday I go to the middle school faculty bathroom, as it is the nicest, and the flourescent bulb makes me look as though I should be turning into a zombie in moments. Panic strikes my soul, and immediately I think I need a new dye job, a new keratin treatment, fresh makeup, and new clothes. Then I get home look in my mirror with nothing but natural light, and am floored by my statuesque beauty.
Blasted evil light people got me again. Damn you. I will not be tricked by your magic light beams into buying beauty products I do not need. I imagine the beauty industry is paying the light people millions of dollars to fool us into buying their products. As all women are beautiful and do not need to cover it up with colorful face paint.
The urge is so strong to go and buy something, I am left wondering if the mirror people are in on it as well.
Rise up women!
I have found a solution!
Start going to the bathroom in the dark.
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I wonder about it myself half the time. In my mirror at home I look fine, but in public mirrors I look so worn out and tired. Man, what gives?!
They want us to think we look tired and worn out. But we look amazing!
While this post is very funny, it is also very true. Lighting does impact perception and feeds an industry of “making ourselves beautiful.”
It is very true. In the words of Ani I have the kind of beauty that moves.
well said! I say we break all the public bathroom light bulbs in a fit of beauty-fueled rage.
Oh that sounds like fun!
I swear they have “ugly lights” in my hair salon. I always look old and tired compared to my young and beautiful stylist. Now, of course, I am old and tired, but geez!
I know exactly how that feels. I put on full makeup to get my hair done because of it.
I have a disdain for the lighting and mirrors in fitting rooms.
Oh fitting rooms are another whole blog. Do not even get me started.
TOTALLY. You would think, if their goal is to sell MORE clothes, they would have the most flattery lights available. 🙂
FLATTERING — sorry.
Flattery lights sound great! Lights that tell you that you look hot.
I agree 🙂
It’s the same with mirrors. I once had a mirror that made me look 35 pounds heavier than I was. It must’ve been manufactured by NutriSystem.
I didn’t even think about the diet companies. They have got to be getting a piece of this pie as well.
Brilliant observation (no pun intended)! It’s so true…there is no make up I have ever bought at a cosmetic counter that looks the same once I left the store. Let’s not even talk about the jeans that looked so great in the fitting room, only to be returned once I got them home!
I have taken to ordering jeans online in a couple sizes trying them on at home and then returning the ones that don’t fit.
I too have noticed this and wonder about all the wasted resources that go into products that need to be replaced…why can’t we just make a product that last and move on to bigger and brighter things with our resources. You should check out “The Light Bulb Conspiracy” http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/light-bulb-conspiracy/
I am running to check this out right now!
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Thanks for the reblog!
Lights are deceiving and so are mirrors and none of the stuff solves the problems you want to solve unless it’s lipstick adding a little color. Oh woe!
I have yet to figure out how to work lipstick.
Too funny!
I also see a conspiracy in Atlanta where the car shops pay the road people to not only not fix potholes etc but to make them worse…
The roads in New Orleans are like a mountain terrain, but it’s because no one in New Orleans is willing to pay for new roads.
If I look tired, I probably am. If it looks like all the make-up slid off my face, it’s because I don’t wear it on a regular basis. (Only at church on Sundays, and only thne because I don’t want to scare the little children.) Another masterpiece! Sandy
I bet you look wonderful everyday!
So true! I try my best to avoid the dreaded dressing room flourescent lights. Ugh!
They are quite awful.
Yeah, you’ve got a point. I hate the way I look in my own room’s mirror but love my appearance in the bathroom’s.
Those mirrors and lights are tricky. Watch out.
OMG, it all makes sense! Thanks for exposing the truth!
Anytime. I am a truth machine.
Funny post! Well, putting on my contact lenses is saved for the last task — therefore, when I look in the mirror right when I wake up my image is too blurry to see the monster, lol.
Nice Strategy!
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