I was surfing the net and I came across this interesting quote by Roman philosopher Plautus: “A woman without paint is like food without salt”. Actually it is kind of true… offensively true.

I am -without a doubt- against relating beauty to looks alone, and I’m also against referring to artificial interference as beauty. But I do believe in the power of makeup, and have to admit that makeup -”paint”- does work its magic on making a very average person look like a hot movie star with looks to die for. Especially nowadays that we have all these kinds of different makeup products, makeup artists and makeup trends.

Most of the time, in our part of the world, women come out like painted porcelain dolls. They look so different, so artificial, so fake, but many don’t mind the outcome and they actually LOVE it, sadly. And most of the men in our part of the world, are attracted to “painted” women, they don’t care what’s underneath all those layers of colors, as long as she looks “hot”.

And that’s why I said that Plautus got it right, he actually represented a big percentage of men, and women. And I find this quote really interesting, mind-provoking, and funny in a way.

But if I’d follow this pattern of thinking, I guess that if “a woman without paint is like food without salt” then “food without salt is like a man without money”… just like many men are primarily attracted by a woman’s looks, many women are attracted by a man’s bank account.

But thank God, there are still a few men and a few women who believe in true beauty and judge by what’s real and important.