Is Fake Fabulous? - By Billi

I wouldn’t say that I am one of those girls that are obsessed with all things fake. You know, the ones that turn up to a club looking like bleach blonde tangerines with huge balloon tits, caked in layers and layers of makeup, lashes the size of sun visors and nails so long they can’t hold their drinks properly. I’m not like that at all, but I do like to enhance what nature gave me in more subtle ways. I wear acrylic nail extensions, but they look natural. I dye my nail, but it is a nice natural looking shade. If it is a special occasion I might wear hair and lash extension and put on a bit of tan but again, it all looks natural.

I would definitely say that I draw the line here. You will never see me getting a weekly spray tan or visiting a plastic surgeon for implants or a face lift. But just because I don’t do it myself doesn’t mean that I don’t understand why some women do. These days there is unbelievable pressure for women to look ‘perfect’ at all times. Unfortunately you are more likely to get a job, meet a decent bloke and have loads of friends if you are attractive. Sure, if you look nice but are a total bitch you might not keep the job, man or friends, but society places tons of pressure on us to look the part none the less. First impressions have always been extremely important and it is a scientific fact that people warm to their attractive fellow humans more quickly than they do to ugly people.

It’s really maddening when you hear a bloke defending his porn mags to his girlfriend by saying ‘but darling, I don’t want you to look like that’. Of course he does! If he didn’t then why would he be wanking over their images and not over you? Most blokes (notice how I said most) would love to go out with someone who looked like a porn star. The girls in the naughty mags and movies look the way they do because they are the male fantasy come to life! So it’s total bollocks for men to say they don’t really want that in their lives, of course they do!

So where does this leave us ‘real’ ladies? Well it looks pretty bleak from where I am standing. We may giggle at the orange girl in sky high heels with her ass on show but you can bet she has been chatted up more times than us on an average night out. She may look ridiculous to the rest of us, but to most men in the average bar she will look like a pretty good target, if slightly easy.

So in conclusion, if you were expecting me to finish this rant with a line about how natural beauty is better than enhanced beauty I can’t really say that I agree. I guess it all depends on what you want in life. While I would never encourage anyone to model themselves on the 99% faked people in The Only Way is Essex, I do think that a little bit of subtle enhancement does a girl good. I enjoy going out and looking gorgeous with my fake nails, lashes and tan because it makes me feel good, not because I care what others think, which I believe is what separates me from the plastic girls. They do it for male attention and end up with the wrong type of male attention. So as long as you don’t fall into the trap of looking like a porn star to attract men, you should be fine.

--Billi