It is true that we are society obsessed with physical perfection. You may not realize how much you've been programmed to think this way until you watch a foreign film. You may start off thinking the leading lady is 'plain' and then halfway through the movie you realize she is quite beautiful in a normal not 'Barbie Doll' perfect way. 

This obsession with perfection extends to what we eat and what we put on our bodies. The fruit aisle in any reputable grocery store is filled with shiny perfect looking fruit. You take a bite of a shiny apple and you find it lacking in taste and worst of all, it leaves a waxy taste in you mouth.

The quest for visual perfection has made us settle for image and not substance.

If this holds true for what we put in our bodies, it is doubly true when it comes to the products we use on our bodies. Well packaged creams that look and smell perfect. You read the ingredient list and there are so many additives you wonder where the real oils are.

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