To find beauty treatments a bit cringe now

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SueSuddio · 13/05/2025 11:52

For years I've seen the beauty standard rise and rise, do you think we've reached peak?

I don't understand how and why people have the time and money to pay for it all - Botox and fillers are now mainstream, eyebrows now need laminating or tinting, nails are now expensive gels, lashes need extending, blah blah blah, all on top of necessaries like hair cuts / dye.

Now we've kind of peaked & it's got a bit excessive, does anyone else find these looks a bit cringe now? It's not my money or my life, but I can't help but think what a waste of time and money.

I know live and let live but I can't help to take an interest because as a woman I'm a target for these treatments too.

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Disappointedneighbour · 13/05/2025 12:14

It's always been cringe?

OnlyHerefortheBiscuits · 13/05/2025 12:09

it has increased in line with the "need" to spend ever more money on products and consumption - which is not a coincidence

what gets me is when you look back to the nineties, women could be beautiful in many different ways. Watch any MTV clip and you'll see female popstars all looking different; some with curly ringlet hair, some redheads with freckles, some olive skinned with straight sleek hair, some blond with bob style cuts, some grungy, some sporty, some girly, all mainstream though.... all different and beautiful. Just take the spice girls, each one a different look and personality - a concept that wouldn't exist today. The only differentiator we have now is brunette or blonde 😵‍💫

Fancytallglass · 13/05/2025 11:56

It's a fashion and style for some. Out of say 20 female friends only one does what you describe. The vast vast majority I know don't do any or maybe only get gel nails. But it's not their, or my, style.

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