What Makes Me A Beauty Guru?
I have lived my whole life seeking perfection. I wanted to look good but at the same time, I never quite understood how to accept myself.
I went to beauty college to be an esthetician after high school in hopes of learning the secrets to preserve my youth. I studied the esthetician course for skin care. My studies included basic skin care with the understanding of how ingredients in products affect the skin, skin waxing and make-up application.
I learned how to apply foundation, eyeliner, eyelashes, and contour the eyes with shadow and the cheeks with blush, using the appropriate cosmetic utensils. I lived make-up and all things skin. I guess I was a little obsessed back then.
Specialty treatments at the time were Alpha Hydroxy Acids, Glycolic Acid and Enzyme Peels. One of the perks of going to Cosmetology School was being able to sample hundreds of skin care products. All the high end products like Murad, MD Formulation, Yonka, Aveda, Dermalogica were in my beauty bag. I gained a remarkable amount of knowledge about ingredients. It only fueled my fire even more to take care of my skin.
Those skills were a wonderful prerequisite for a career in entertainment. As a Hollywood actress and body double I had to face my insecurities. I had no choice. Every day I had to look in the mirror because that’s how I made a living.
Playing dress up every week with the perfect hair, make up and wardrobe didn’t make for good therapy. When the lights and cameras were rolling it was definitely make believe. After the director yelled cut, I would revert back to feeling too thin or too fat. Never feeling beautiful enough. You would think after such success I could accept myself.
Being a body double is much like being a shadow. I learned so much from my shadow. Everyone that I thought was perfect had their own challenges and struggles. We all were so focused on external beauty that we forgot the foundation…inner beauty.
Then, around two years ago, I was enlightened by the works of scientist Dr. Alexander Schauss and Dr. Nicholas Perricone. It enabled me to delve into the foundation one must build to be truly beautiful…which starts within.
The beauty of your cells and a beautiful mindset are far more beneficial than any cosmetics or a fancy wardrobe.
Now don’t get me wrong. It’s great to have style and a healthy body image but one should not be so obsessed that we forget the underlying significance. I truly feel that we must work the inside just as much as the outside.
So I ask, how beautiful are you? Are you just as beautiful from the inside as the outside?
Ungenita Prevost is a Hollywood actress and body double that’s taken what she’s learned shadowing high profile celebrities & transformed it into a business. She writes, speaks and coaches women to live a beautifully successful life from the inside, out. To enter her inner/outer world visit Ungenita’s Beauty Blog.
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