Skip the Stilletos: Six beauty habits men wish you'd skip

Today, as I do everyday, I was surfing the three main sites that I go on to every morning: yahoo, facebook, and msn. There was an article in Msn that had caught my eye. It was written by a man and the title of it is the title of my blog. The article did not seem to be anything overly special and it talked about how guys, esp the this particular writer, liked women who seemed to be natural. At least that is the gist that I was getting. That to me was not that interesting. The interesting thing was the responses of many of the people. There seemed to be a lot of people who were offended at the fact that a guy was suggesting that a woman need not wear heels or to go a little less on the anti aging creams. My response to those women is what really do you want??
do you want to have guys look at you as merely objects? Do you really want to be just a possession that is looked upon as a decoration? A Christmas tree that puts ornaments on itself? (Nothing wrong with Christmas trees.)
Maybe in the natural world, mating is a game where we must be our flashiest in order to attract the opposite sex for reproductive/survival of the species purposes, but for me, when you are in a loving relationship, you dont need to have to paint yourself orange and pink to keep your partner. At that pt, your partner will be entralled with who you are, not what you look like.
Dont get me wrong now. I think clothing/jewelry/accessories is beautiful and it is what makes humans unique. I for one like to actually see people in traditional clothes because it shows diversity. It is just that when one becomes obssessed with the way they look to the pt of unhealthiness, is when I think it crosses the line. When we are so worried of aging, that we are scared of living: that to me wrong.
And can I say something.....I for one am getting sick of people on tv always getting made over. If you are mistaken, you may think I am against cleansing- I am all for grooming and bathing to those of you who are probably now thinking I am some sort of hippie liberal freak. (which I sort of am.....) But really, those people who get made over, they were beautiful from the start. They had their own mark of individuallity. But then, add some makeup, cut and dye their hair, and buy them some expensive pairs of clothes: and VOILA! They start to look exactly like each other. A stepford.
So maybe you can see where my point is leading up to. I feel it is fine for women and men to want to look their best and to want to dress well, but I think it is perverse in the fact that many feel it is neccessary to have to conform to a certain standard or certain look. I for one dont represent that certain "golden goddess" look and I am happy to say I am glad to not be that look. If you are that look, that is great- if not, that is great too. Be proud of who you are and be true to yourself.