Look Sharp, Sconnie - Midwestern Fashion Nerd, Chronic Over-thinker

Why I suck at fashion blogging.

Alternate titles being:  "Why I'm a low maintenance slob"
or "Why I'll never be a model".

Over the course of the last year or so, I've read (/oggled) an obscene amount blogs. Obviously, such obsessive voyeurism results in its fair share of self-hate & doubt.

What it also results in, though, are glaring realizations about my lack of qualifications concerning blogging.

See: never manicuring/pedicuring my nails.

Refusing to relinquish my gnawing habit.


Often (read: always) forgetting to put in earrings.


Never styling my hair.


Leaving my requisite scrunchie around my wrist for 99.99% of the photos.


Always failing to realize that my bra is showing. 


Essentially: 
never looking perfect. 


But blogging was supposed to be imperfect. 
It was supposed to be everyman. 
It was supposed to be real. 

Now it's turned into a magazine subset - an outlet for professional modeling. 
And that's fine. 
If you're into that sort of thing. 

The downside here is that, unfortunately, I think that we all are. As much as we logistically like "the real" and the "authentic", 
it's often times the clean, the symmetrical, and the spotlessly beautiful to which we are truly and viscerally drawn. 

For example: would you rather look at pictures of my torn up Hobbit hands . . .

or these: 
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Would you rather see my out of control mane . . . 

or 
this: 

source
Which makes me wonder about magazines and our righteous morals. 

 Do we sometimes mentally crave one thing, while aesthetically craving another? Would we really like clothes modeled on bigger models? Would we really like makeup on "average" faces?

Are we doomed to appearance-based vanity?

Don't know. 


Cheers.



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9 comments:

  1. CollectionsAugust 13, 2013 at 6:10 AM

    I have to say that I'm not liking a majority of the blogs I used to like for this specific reason. I hate seeing everyone looking so perfect all the damn time. and also the constant professional foodie shots! give me a break no one's dinner ever looks that perfect! I really enjoy blogs where people look normal.

    and I chew up my hands too and haven't had a manicure in ages (bad gabys)

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  2. NorbyahAugust 13, 2013 at 6:16 AM

    i'd prefer to read your blog any day of the week. seriously. like you, i never have perfectly manicured nails. my hairstyle most days is just an attempt to control the frizz in this hong kong humidity. no one is perfect all the time, and i happen to prefer the blogs where people aren't afraid to admit it. in fact, there are really only a select few blogs in my daily blogroll that i actually read. most others i just glance at...i happen to like the 'bad gabys'

    xo
    n

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  3. KeitAugust 13, 2013 at 7:48 AM

    Really liked this post! ^_^
    I believe it's in our nature to seek the symmetrical and beautiful, anything else, is considered as a sign of sickness or genetic defect. It's part of our evolution mechanism and it's really hard to break through it. So I think it's natural to like pretty things and people.
    As for the blogging community...weeeeell, in a world full of dirt, people like to have their own personal space where everything is beautiful and spot on. I understand that need.

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  4. The DragonfruitAugust 13, 2013 at 10:22 AM

    I prefer something that's real, and your blog most definitely is! I love this post, its thought provoking. While we may appreciate something that "looks pretty" and perfectly put together, its not real. Its a facade. Life is messy, and if we're honest, we're not always perfectly put together. I'm laughing a bit because at this moment I've got my scrunchie on my wrist. #ScrunchieSisters

    The Dragonfruit Diaries

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  5. UnknownAugust 13, 2013 at 10:53 AM

    Hahah I often wonder this myself when looking at some of the top bloggers because like you my hair/nails/all around appearance is my actual every day look instead of perfectly quaffed hair and impractical clothes for every day life.........at least we know we are keeping it real bahahahah
    Brooke @ what2wear

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  6. AngelinaAugust 14, 2013 at 2:31 AM

    It's like 2:30am here in LA right now and I'm about to go to bed... but I am SO glad I checked to see if you posted today because I CAN SO RELATE TO THIS. I rarely do my nails. I never touch my hair. Never wear earrings other than my studs (which I never take off, really). I always have a hairband on my wrist. And I would honestly be in a t shirt and leggings all day if I could. I totally understand where you're coming from... although, you kinda ARE a model. You model for your blog. And I would rather have a real model and look up to her rather than touched-up fantasy faces. I wish there were less perfect models, more imperfect photoshoots and more "real" examples of fashion and well known people in real life. It would make the more insecure individuals less afraid to step out into the world and be themselves. Me, for example. This is why I really love your blog. You write about thoughts everyone thinks about but never says out loud. Keep keepin' it real.

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  7. Iris - ADASHOFFASH.COMAugust 17, 2013 at 6:05 AM

    If I want to read a magazine I would read a magazine. I love the fact that blogs are more personal and what makes you interesting is that you don't want to be perfect and are not scared to fail sometimes. These things happened to me during my short time of blogging: modelling with frizzy hair, chipped nailpolish, showing my bra, forgetting to close the top button of my dungarees, one strap of my dress slipping off my shoulder... And probably a lot more. Ah well, can't have it all. We are not models and we are not perfect! The most important thing is that you are still having fun blogging and that you don't bother with some people's expectations.

    xoxo Iris
    A DASH OF FASH

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  8. Eiva PoppinsAugust 20, 2013 at 7:19 AM

    I must say that I really like this post.. I think you're doing great and you dont seem fake like others! x :)

    Eiva: Brighton (UK) Lifestyle Blogger

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  9. AnastasiaSLAugust 23, 2013 at 7:07 AM

    If I wanted everything perfect I would never look at blogs. The media construes so many things into what they WANT to project that most of time I get caught up in a never-never-land outside of reality. So for me, its bring the reality BACK into the conversation. And once blogs get a little too perfect (weworewhat) I start suspecting they're no longer in touch with the world and my interest quickly fades away.

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