Modern beauty and social media

Social media managed to build golden glamorous bridges and opened new undreamt ways for the cosmetic industry to grow more obese in spite of all economic downturn. It got deep under young children’s skin; most of the times with the little help of their parents, at an age so cruelly inappropriate that neuroscientists like Manfred Spitzer, (medical director of the psychiatric hospital in Ulm, Germany) felt the need to write about all this in highly regarded volumes, one of which called "Digital Dementia" where he concludes that reliance on digital devices results in dependency. “In reality, using digital media in kindergarten or primary school is actually nothing but a way of getting children addicted. And additionally, the multi-tasking that comes with smart phones, tablets and computers inhibits concentration and impedes the development of the right side of the brain.”

Addiction to beauty has not always produced happy, tolerant or generous people (and I’m not necessarily thinking of Snow White’s step mother). Everybody must know by now what’s going on inside the experimental labs where well-known cosmetic companies still use animals to test their beauty products on (especially if they sell to China) in spite of new harmless testing methods discovered. It’s enough to mention on a beauty blog cruelty-free make-up and suddenly Gollum pops-up reminding you the Precious is his! Isn’t that what the right-side of the brain was supposed to deal with? Empathy, expressing emotions, music, creativity, intuition? Hmmm, maybe Manfred Spitzer was right after all! Good news though is people gradually started to realize the consequences and the impact of their choices and are willing to do the shift and discover more about cruelty-free natural cosmetic brands.

Regardless of the age factor, glowing and radiant skin remains a cocktail of a healthy body and mind, and I do agree that there is nothing wrong in occasionally cheating that in order to achieve a better us (as long as we’re not tempted in replacing our person completely on long term), but just like in every other aspect of life it’s safe if we stay within good old boundaries.

(I’ll leave an interesting link for you guys in case you’d like to check more about Manfred Spitzer’s opinion on addiction to new media:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ueg55KUQa0)