regardless... we don't claim to be physically appealing in a conventional way (despite how truly rockin some of us are) so pretty people: PLEASE STOP PRETENDING TO BE GENIUSES! (and the moment you can fill in for me for a week at work, i will be happy to eat my crow)

that's all i have to say about that.

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WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END???!!!

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So they either dictate some kind if blanket trend that's useless, or else they give very poor instructions for an updo which, in any case only works if you have x length hair, or they do one of those features which supposedly caters to several different hair types and ends up like this:

Full page of model with straight hair: "Get the sleek look with x product and straighteners. Just smooth the straighteners down the length of your hair section by section, spray on some product x and you're good to go!"

Full page of same model with large, loose curls: "Turn heads with your curls! Just wind some sections round a curling tong, spray on some product x and you're good to go!"

Full page of same model with hair that looks pretty straight to me but is, they tell me, "wavy": "Ride the wave with product x! Scrunch dry wet hair under with a diffuser on your dryer, spray on some product x and you're good to go!"

Thus they cover the entire diversity of womanity, and explain nothing useful (like how to do a really good blow dry) with any clarity.

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Don't actors sell themselves on their visibility- their uniqueness and individuality? Surely a point will come where actors agents have to halt this gryphon-like melding of womens' faces, just so their clients can be recognized. What the fuck is the point of having Reese on the cover when no one can tell its her? What can she sell with a generic face? Not her latest movie or a line of new makeup. Maybe Noxema or clothes from KMart. This is a bad idea of a marketing standpoint, leaving aside the myriad complaints there are about body image.

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