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I am an avid thinker. I try and make a difference in the lives of people around me. I make people laugh. My blogs might seem more on the serious side but don't let it fool you into thinking that I am a serious person. I am known more for my quick wit and ability to tickle ribs. I am also very passionate about parenting.
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Friday, July 17, 2009

Is Beauty Skin Deep?

About two years back, a lady from my apartment complex, approached my friends and I, to inform us that she had opened a beauty salon at her place. After telling us the list of services offered, she strode off, telling us that she also offers slimming solutions. We were left with our jaws on the floor and we had quickly make an exit lest we burst out laughing on her face! The reason her parting words left us flabbergasted was that she herself had serious weight issues and also has a teenage daughter battling the bulge. And SHE is offering slimming solutions??? She should at the least try it out on herself before wooing customers! Two years later, she still is in bad shape. Yeah, I know. Round is a shape, too.

I often had this problem with people offering a product or services which don’t seem to have an effect on themselves. How often have you walked into a hair salon and be greeted by a lady with bad, unkempt hair telling you that you should use so and so shampoo and conditioner?? Most often they have bad hair do’s too.

None of us are perfect. We all do have our physical flaws in the form of uneven lips or short eyebrows, whatever. That is what makes us, us. We wish it could have been different and of course, there are stuff we can correct with technology available today. But not all of us have the moolah to spend on such frivolous things.

I have freckles. Often at parlors, I am asked if I do anything about it. I have had them for years and I kinda like them now. Now when I walk into a salon, those guys think: hey here comes the lady with freckles. Let see if we can sucker her into getting one of them glycodermic peels. No thank you. I don’t need it. Now, that is too harsh a treatment on the face for simple things like freckles. It is normally done to correct severe issue like pits due to pimples and scars of that sort. I have good skin.

Yesterday, I was asked to meet a doctor at a salon I visited, to discuss my freckles. I played along. I met the doctor, who had the personality of dull metal. And she was discussing my freckles when she has so many pimple scars on her face. I just stared dumbstruck at her all the while thinking: Why the hell can you not take the treatment yourself before suggesting it to me? I had to really wipe the smirk off my face.

I understand that the employees of the salon work for not-so-great salaries. But surely the salons should offer the beauty solutions to their employees in a bid to boost employee morale, ensure employee satisfaction and the best of all, a steady stream of customers.

And we Indians and our obsession with white skin!! You should see the look on my face, when someone way darker than me at the parlor suggests skin lightening creams etc. Duh, use them yourself and let me know! What difference does it make what shade it is. I am open to suggestions on how to improve skin quality. I mean, let us focus on having good skin and stop giving unsolicited advice. I am done with these people. The next time, I have decided to be a little mean and just go ahead and tell them what I think and probably offer them a solution.

What say you? Have you had any such experience?

6 comments:

Swaram said...

Here I am ... n I think I havn't missed any of ur posts !!!!

Oh yeah, I see that I have not commented on the last one :P May be that made u feel so ;)

Swaram said...

I know a lady who used to sell some herbal milk shake to become thin n all the people had this qs mark on their face as to why not try it with her own daughter first :(. She had the money to spend it on that too!

And abt the complexion, I don't even know why people bother so much. People with flawless skin look gr8 irrespective of their skin tone. Whosoever said everyone has got to be fair. U know, I see even guys talking abt skin colour, how no girl might agree to marry them n all that. Ridiculous na :P

M said...

Arrey whenever I go to these departmental stores in singapore, its like AS IF these salesgirls were just waiting for me to enter..cos at the first sight of me, they'll come up to me and say "something for your dark circles ma'am?"

I feel like giving them a piece of my mind- 'yes why don't i lie down on a bed with face mask on and bloody cucumbers on my eyes while you give my engineering exams..HOW ABOUT THAT HUH?!'

Ah just don't bother. Really.
What do they know about beauty!

Anonymous said...

Oh God ! I am still laughing at the lady, who offered slimming solutions. Weird na ???

Small parlours - low budget ones ---OK, understandable. Its difficult to get customers only. Where can they spend on their employees ?

But branded salons, should follow certain guidelines for the ppl they employ, so that the customer walking in feels that - This is the place for my beauty treatment.

Agnes said...

I know what you mean, Butterfly. :-)

colours said...

and the parlours have given up on my pimple scars, freckles and so on - after they offered many solutions and I said "next time" multiple times.