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Farah Bashir's avatar

Such a fab read. x I 100% agree, it's just too easy to blame beauty standards and it's important to hold clinics accountable too.

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Barbs Honeycutt's avatar

You made some fantastic point there. Smoke and mirrors! I am wondering how common these instagram faces are in real life. I have only one colleague with visible lip fillers and when I saw her the first time I had to do a doubletake because the contrast with everyone else's face was staggering. I am still unsure if in a good or bad way. Which says a lot! She would have looked perfectly fine in an IG photo at a brunch with her friends, but to see her at a desk felt out-of-place. Did this happen to anyone else?

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Anita Bhagwandas's avatar

I think generationally I’ve seen a lot of gen z with it, and then outside of london too! So I think it’s almost quite big pockets of society depending on where you live.

Interesting about your colleague - did anyone comment on it?

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Barbs Honeycutt's avatar

Ahh well, British people are made of something else. Geordie shore docet ;) I think you're right though, it might be more common than I expected. I don't know if anyone commented on her tweaks, might be a bit over the line at work

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Lynn Rugh's avatar

Anyone who buys it.

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Jason Chastain's avatar

Dammit, ladies, save your money. Natural lips are superior. Thin lips are beautiful.

Glossy swollen lips look like you’ve been punched in the mouth… obviously not an attractive look.

Pretty much just color your hair, and style it. Dress well, and you’ll look great.

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Studio Tom Rowland's avatar

Completely agree. Prefer no make-up, too

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