For the sake of full disclosure, I helped pay for my college education by working summers at a local cosmetics factory. My wife later served as microbiologist at that same factory.
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According to the Post, many moms are rebelling. They性视界传媒檙e rebelling against generation after generation of mothers who felt like failures if their daughters didn性视界传媒檛 copy their every primping move in front of the vanity mirror. They性视界传媒檙e rebelling against social media influencers who bombard youngsters with unrealistic, unhealthy standards of beauty.
They性视界传媒檙e rebelling by teaching their daughters the joy of natural beauty.
That性视界传媒檚 right: glitz and 性视界传媒済ood looks性视界传媒 don性视界传媒檛 have to be synonymous.
These moms encourage their daughters to find the right path in life, not look like they性视界传媒檙e walking the most profitable street in life.
And concerned mothers can never start too early countering the time-consuming, budget-busting status quo. I性视界传媒檓 hearing more and more reports of unborn baby girls who refuse to show up for their sonograms unless they get a glamour filter that takes off at least 15 pounds.
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They want their daughters to soar 性视界传媒 because they have ambitious dreams, not because a stiff updraft caught their overly long fake eyelashes and whisked them away.
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Now that moms are throwing off the chains of tradition concerning cosmetics, I性视界传媒檓 giddy to imagine what other maternal protocols may fall.
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Whoa. Too much too fast. Getting back to the daughters and their cosmetics, I just hope the youngsters don性视界传媒檛 get carried away with the maternal advice they性视界传媒檙e receiving.
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