It was a personal opinion of course not the universal truth. Most of the banter here is opinion isnt it while we are on the superficialities of the topic; but your point is well taken. Most was a bad word. I take it back. I should have used a clearer term when I was actually thinking of those women who use it as a badge of beauty but could really use a little bit of help to look their best and I tried to clarify but I suppose it got lost.

While I agree that it’s all superficial (and I think being superficial in the right context), I think you’re missing the point that it’s just your opinion, but you said it like it was a universal truth when you originally said that very few women look good natural. I don’t think you’re one of those people who thinks they are only beautiful with makeup on, but I kind of feel bad for people who do, and I think it just reinforces that feeling in them when they hear stuff like that from someone attractive. For example, I get up 15 minutes early (and let me tell you, it’s a bitch when you get up before dawn every day to begin with ) every morning to blow dry my wavy hair straight. I like it better that way, but I like it better for me, not everyone else. If I said something like “very few wavy haired women look good with their hair natural”, that might make a lot of wavy haired women feel bad, don’t you think? It was the implication in your words that I and others objected to.

You are entitled to your opinion which I’m not going to call bullshit like you called mine. I was simply calling out the women that seem to think natural always is such a great thing when infact you need SPF protection at the least these days and natural can very well age you and make you look like hell. Some women enjoy it, most don’t. Yes I’ll go on a limb and make that assumption. And yeah a lot of women hold up the natural cause like it’s a war sign that they are untouchable. Really it is purely superficial I don’t know why you’d think that it isn’t a valid viewpoint just because it’s superficial.

No one in their right mind would imply makeup should replace and change you who are or alter you completely for that matter. However I’m not going to go down that route. It’s a thread about the film industry for crying out loud really how much more damn superficial can it get than that?

SDM & Saira, My gosh ladies. Seriously I’m a fan of the gems Saira so rarely graces us with and she needs her own blog. She’s in the thick of it, the pro. I’m just an amateur at this shit.

Here is her myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/noureendewulf and her imdb profile: http://imdb.com/name/nm1715275/.

I loved West Bank story. And how awesome was it that the director spoke about peace between Israel and Palestine when he accepted the award. The only reason it might seem like a bollywood musical is because it is a musical. There is nothing else in common between West Bank Story and bollywood. So Ardy, you might want to watch again–considering how well it did at film festivals (including sundance) you might be alone in your opinion that it is “cheesy”.

worry not, I’m a regular reader of JOAT’s blog… you just sound like you have a lot of fab tips to contribute