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    necessity of every lipstick‚ eyeliner‚ concealer‚ hair dye will make them beautiful‚ but what they don’t know is that it can hurt them with all the kinds of chemicals inside the products. All beauty products have chemicals inside them that can harm them by getting infections andor by affecting their health. Beauty products aren’t made for your health at all. They are made just so you can look pretty. There is no benefit within them because they contain such kinds of chemicals that are just absurd. As

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    Pink pouty lips‚ rosy‚ dewy skin‚ flowing silken hair; America has become obsessed with creating this near-impossible to achieve standard for beauty by which everyone should be judged‚ women‚ men‚ children‚ and now the dead not excluded. And what is not attainable in life‚ is made attainable‚ and almost mandatory‚ in death. Western obsession with beauty is reflected in how they prepare the body of the deceased. On the first page of the essay‚ it is said that that practice of embalming and primping

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    Everyone has beauty within them even if it isn’t visible at first glance. When asked what a beautiful woman looks like‚ a majority of the population will describe a Photo Shopped model they’ve seen in a magazine. These people are myths‚ they don’ actually exist. There is not one person in this world that is perfect and that’s OK because our flaws‚ strengths and weaknesses are what differentiate each and everyone of us to the rest of the world. Media doesn’t have the right to label beauty to a certain

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    "The Bothersome Beauty of Pigeons" In the essay‚ "The Bothersome Beauty of Pigeons‚" Bruce Ballenger initially compares the street vendors in one of Florence’s piazzas to the urban pigeons we are so familiar with. He elogently describes the vendors as marvelous spectacles who add culture and life to urban areas. While they are considered a neusance to a lot of people‚ they also hold a certain beauty. They are much like the pigeons‚ and there seems to be a war against both the illegal street

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    Beauty is Blossomed Not Made Beauty pageant children are judged based on individuality in looks‚ capability‚ poise‚ perfection and confidence. The judges call it‚ "the complete package.” Close up headshots‚ are given even for those as young as a few months‚ and they are made up to look like Primadonna’s posing for Vogue. Their eyes are accentuated with eyeliner and big eyelashes‚ fake teeth‚ as well as hair extensions‚ hair coloring‚ and make up caked on to a ridiculous extent. There is a lot

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    Power of Youth and Beauty Some say that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Others say that it(beauty) is only skin deep. A person that is considered to have overwhelming beauty can commit a heinous crime and be forgiven because they have such beauty. In a society that puts beauty on a pedestal‚ youth and physical attractiveness become valuable possessions. Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ prove all of these things to be true. Throughout this novel beauty reigns‚ it revitalizes

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    010489267 Eng. 0950-110 Reflections of Beauty and the Beast In the essay “Beauty and the Beast” by Dave Barry he discusses the different views on how men see their appearance in comparison to women. He talks about how “most men form an opinion of how they look in the seventh grade‚ and they stick to it for the rest of their lives.”(368) While women on the other hand “No matter how attractive a woman may appear to be to others‚ when she looks at herself in the mirror‚ she thinks: woof.” (369)

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    Xavian Arnold Dr. Patterson EN 112 27 April 2012 Beauty: Beheld in the Eyes of Society There is an old saying that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." However‚ there are definite social concepts of physical beauty. Most of the time‚ people associate beauty with something that is seen‚ instead of tasted‚ or smelt. Therefore‚ a more precise definition of beauty would sound like‚ beauty is the quality or set of qualities that give pleasure to eyesight. Many things may not be as beautiful to

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    film ‘American Beauty’ directed by Sam Menez‚ effectively contrasts the subtle beauty of life with the struggle of modern day stress and sadness caused by the materialism of modern Western Society. This is displayed excellently through symbolism‚ cinematic techniques and characterisation. The symbolism used includes the frequent use of the colour red and Ricky’s filming of beauty. Menez also employs a variety of Cinematic techniques such as camera shots and angles to explore the subtle beauty plus

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    films place on traditional roles and heteronormative beliefs. Beauty and the Beast shows this standard beginning from the very first scene. The townspeople participate in menial tasks and join in song about the odd behavior of Belle. Through these menial tasks and interactions between the townspeople‚ this scene exemplifies the structured gender roles of heteronormativity motivated by a male dominant society. The beginning of “Beauty and the Beast” opens up with the song number “Bonjour.” The scene

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