Bloggers without makeup

Well, if the only reason you are a reader of this blog is because you believe I look like a cross between Elle McPherson and Sandra Bullock, you may want to quietly click away from this page.

For those of you that are still here, today has been deemed "Bloggers without makeup" day. The effort here is to obliterate unrealistic stereotypes about beauty. You know, like the misguided notion that you have to look like the ladies mentioned above to be considered beautiful. Jodie at Mummy Mayhem came up with this idea and has a blog hop there, if you would like to participate. (Thank you Jodie!)

Yes, most of us put on make up every day to try to make ourselves prettier. A little concealer here and there serves to enhance our natural features thereby making us feel more confident.  I am not against make up by any means.

However, I do believe it's time that society changes it's view on what you must look like to be considered beautiful.

Yes, Sandra Bullock is gorgeous. Amazing really, but so is my mother who has never been on the cover of a magazine in her life. She is not a size zero. She is not 6 feet tall. She has never gone to the beach in less than a tee shirt and long pants. She has never gotten a botox injection. She doesn't have a personal trainer or chef. Her hair is graying. Her laugh lines show even when she isn't laughing.

She is real. She is a good human being. That is true beauty. And there are SO many more just like her!

So, here is the real me. Elle McPherson by no means, but real and dare I say, bee-u-tee-ful?

Take THAT society!!