28/02/2025
Marvellous makeovers – you couldn’t make it up!
Makeovers are amazing!
As a man I've never had one and I'm not sure if men do have makeovers, but I have watched them on TV several times.
I've seen those typical programmes where members of a family recommend or nominate somebody who could really do with sprucing up.
It often goes something like this.
Members of the family will talk about someone in their family who perhaps doesn't take care of their personal image. Maybe they're too busy. Maybe they've gone through something in life like a divorce or bereavement. Or maybe there's some other reason
Whatever the cause might be, members of the family arrange for that family member to you have a makeover. When it's done well the makeover will fully range from hair styling to make up and a change of wardrobe.
The recommended person will have a hairstyle which matches their face and brings out their features. They will have makeup applied by a professional who knows how to choose the right products to enhance the features of that individual.
They will have clothes in colours that suit and flatter them and when it's all done, they are presented back to their family as well as (interestingly) to themselves.
The family reactions are always lovely to see, but often it is the amazement in the faces of the individuals, as they view their transformation, that is the most moving. It can be very emotional to witness the impact it has on them, as they perhaps recognise where they had let themselves go and/or lost sight of themselves as they have navigated through life’s challenges.
I mention makeovers here and, in this context, because the transformed person who had the makeover is the same person as they were before the makeover!
In essence what I'm saying is that we all have that beautiful person within us and with a few tweaks and adjustments we can enhance ourselves and not only discover but also uncover the beauty we already possess.
So, part of our self-esteem journey is taking the time to do what we can to enhance and to beautify ourselves. Recognising the things which complement us not only externally but also internally in terms of our character traits, our personality and the things which make us unique and make us who we are.
Once we can identify them, we can work on them and enhance them, whilst at the same time putting off the things which are less attractive and might drive people away.
Making things up doesn’t make you attractive – we don’t have to pretend to be what we are not – to attempt to attract people to ourselves. That, to me, is unreasonable. But we can make concerted efforts to enhance who we are, as better people, by believing in ourselves and being the best version of who we are.
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