Cosmetics or Care?

TV Commercials these days are flooded with cosmetics promising to make you look beautiful, glowing and young as well. Yes these “age miracles” target not just women but men too. Well, am glad at least somewhere the gender diversity seems evident. And it’s not just the T.V commercials but every online site shows countless number of reviews where people come out confidently saying “How much the product has worked for them”. With no second thoughts, this gives us assurance, about how effective the product is. But then I wonder is it enough to FEEL beautiful??

Can a cosmetic product alone make your face glow? Reduce the stress and wrinkles that comes out on your face after a hectic day, when you were so busy in your professional and personal life that you forgot to take care of your own self. They promise to remove the dark circles under your eyes, but can they remove that sadness and loneliness from your eyes too? Can they remove those sleepless nights that you had spent working which caused those dark circles?

Don’t you feel that the true happiness and peace within are the key aspects to make your face glow and eyes sparkle? Don’t you glow the most on days-

that enlightens you from within,

that make you feel proud of your own achievements, 

that give you relief from your own self-doubts and uncertain future…?

Last evening while I was getting ready for a friend’s birthday party, I instantly put on the sharp red lipstick, as the color was matching my favorite dark blue and red outfit. As I was busy in revolving the flared dress and clicking selfies, the very next moment my grandmother who is always observant of my make-up, commented “Don’t apply such dark make-up otherwise your face won’t glow any different after marriage”.

This made me question “Is it just a loud lipstick makes newly wedded glow? Or the same lipstick being applied after marriage has some special effects? “

And I wanted to tell her that “it’s not the loud lip color and other cosmetics that makes her glow but the happiness that comes into her life by someone’s mere presence. The peace and assurance she feels’ in her life when someone promises to stand by her side, no matter what. What makes her glow is the way she is loved and cared!!”

As beautifully quoted by Alexander Den Heijer "When a flower doesn't bloom you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower."

Have you ever observed how beautiful you feel inside and out when you get the love you want, care you need and respect you deserve? Don’t your dark circles disappear automatically after those peaceful sleeps when they tell you “catch you back tomorrow”? Don’t your eyes sparkle when they say, “take care”? Don’t you feel re-energized even in the most hectic and stressed days when you think about them, taking away all your pain and worries? Don’t you feel relieved when they share your load? Can any number of blushers make you blush the way you do when they understand your needs even before you express them?

 You don’t have to depend on anything to feel happy. Create your own Happiness and take good care of your mental, physical and emotional needs, you owe it to yourself!!

P.S: - Nothing makes you GLOW like getting true HAPPINESS that shines from within!!