"I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie World....!"

I'm just gonna say it. This world has gone from natural to plastic! We are living in a materialistic world full of "Barbies". Yes, real life, talking and walking pieces of fake asses with fake hair, nails, lips, nose and boobs. If you don't agree, then that is not my problem.

I remember my first plastic doll....hmm such a long time ago but this memory stuck in my mind and made itself comfortable to stay for good lol. It was the Christmas of '98, I was 7 years old and I knew what I was going to get! Finally my very own Barbie! As I unwrapped my gift, starry eyed, I admired and dribbled all over the box with the plastic thing in it. "Wow.... she is sooo pretty! I wish I'd look like her when I grow up" was my initial thought at that moment. Nothing has changed in the world we're living in today. Grown women (and this time I will emphasize the word "GROWN") around the world STILL want to look like Barbie and strive hard to emulate this plastic shit.

Is this what the world has gone to? People constantly going under the knife, changing and reinventing themselves because they are simply not satisfied with their looks? Deforming their faces, thinking, "Hey I'll look even hotter if I get another nose job for the 5th time!" Or "Ugh my DD boobs aren't big enough because I can still see my toes when I bend over." You get the drift.

                                           oh hell, even Barbie's not happy with her plasticky good looks..


I have nothing, I mean NOTHING against minor plastic surgery that can improve the way a person feels about him/herself. If it is necessary, then freakin go for it, but if it's starting to become an addiction and it is starting to transform your once perfectly normal appearance into something totally unrecognizable or even worse..like Barbie (LOL!), then please, for the love of chocolate, STOP!

Beauty should not be measured by the amount of makeup a woman has on her face or the amount of plastic surgery done to "improve" the way she looks, but rather the natural beauty she exhibits without looking like she's been rolled around orange mud and has been viciously attacked by a permanent marker around the eyes. I love seeing women just looking fabulous with less makeup on.  It gives me hope that there are still sane and thinking females (although as rare as they might be) roaming around the face of the earth feeling good about themselves without the need to look like Barbie.

We are all created differently, and I am sure that there is a reason for that. We ALL have flaws (not just you!)  which makes us human, we all have our own little insecurities that we can learn to love, and we are all just us which makes every single person unique in their own way. So forget about Barbie, we're not a bunch of 7 year old kids anymore!

Fashion Recession.

Did you notice how Opportunity Shops a.k.a. "Op-Shops" have become suddenly cool to the mainstream shoppers after the recession hit the world?

Well yes, recession has greatly affected today's fashion and how people spend their money.. fashion-wise.  Before the recession, I, myself, did not even think about shopping in an Op-Shop. The only time I ever went there was when I was with my grandma (mind you, Op-Shops used to be like truck stops, only there weren't any trucks, but grandmas and old people who don't have grandchildren). But now, in the present time, I have no choice but to give in and actually go in the shop by myself (without my grandma to hold my hand) hoping to find something affordable and decent that I can wear without having that "blast from the past" effect.

Vintage shoes, tops, dresses, skirts, leather satchel bags and layers upon layers of vintage-inspired accessories are the common sight you'll see "fashionistas" wear as they roam downtown with their equally "fashion recession" styled friends. Oh and don't forget the black wayfarers to complete the look!

My point is: Recession has made fashion affordable for everyone and it makes Op-Shops (and grandmas) look cool.