My name is Beth, I’m a 34 year old mother of 3, living in Pennsylvania. Ever since I was a young girl, I can always remember not liking something about myself, be it my weight, my hair, my freckles, my eye color, how tall I was, or never having the beauty care products that actually worked. As a teenager I worked in a health and beauty supply / pharmacy, so I was always looking for the latest in beauty tips.

I would spend my breaks reading the health and beauty magazines, looking for hot new hair and skin ideas. I can only assume, that as a girl that sort of obsessive trait is part of us.

I was and still am a huge sucker for the new beauty care ads, specials, and hair make over breakthroughs. I don’t make a lot of money, and I like to get results for the money I do spend. However, every time I buy a new hair loss product it always seems to be a waste of money.

Health and beauty care products are very alluring, because you can get sucked into the wonderful illusion that advertising companies get paid to do. “Use our hair thinning shampoo and you can look like this,” (and you see a girl with flawless, thick, flowing hair). We get sucked into these health and beauty care advertisements, just from wanting to believe that our problems are that easily solved - as easy as taking a trip to the beauty store getting that new hair loss shampoo, or new weight loss management pill, and going home. If it was that easy then the whole world would have beautiful hair, flawless skin, and rock hard bodies, but we don’t listen to logic when we as girls are hopeful. The beauty care product companies are fully aware that we are that hopeful, so they know just the right tricks to make our dreams seem that easily solved. I wish my thinning hair was corrected with a new shampoo or conditioner that claims to be the ultimate in break through thinning hair technology. I wish my weight was that easily manageable, I wish I wasn’t aging in the face. But as part of life, thinning hair, aging faces, and harder weight loss is part of the road we all must travel. But how we travel that road is what makes us who we are.