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In a world of Instagram filters, plumped up lips, contoured faces and let’s not forget the perfect shaped symmetrical eyebrows is it any wonder that beauty has now became completely distorted. It only takes a quick scroll on an Instagram feed to see thousands of images of surgically enhanced faces filtered to perfection, this trend is now featured on the high street as the number of young people having cosmetic surgeries is on the rise. It is now a common sight to see young girls walking around with overly plumped up lips, fake eyelashes and of course the mermaid mane of hair extensions.   Gone are the days when just a few coats of mascara, a little bit of lipstick and blusher were deemed as the normal beauty regime among the masses. Now it has turned into a mini make up transformation which requires around 10 products before application of any make up even begins. The aim now is not to enhance natural features with makeup, it is to completely transform facial features ...

Life in limbo, feeling lost, just a few phrases we seem to throw about when life is taking us on a not so pleasant path, or when life just seems to not be happening the way we had pictured it to go. You may feel you are up against a brick wall stuck in the same situation with little or no progress been made whatsoever. I myself am no stranger to the limbo club, actually I have probably spent the good part of the last 10 years in limbo. Constantly stuck in some strange transit stage living in temporary situations and the frustration of not being able to lay down any solid foundations. For lack of a better word I may now still be deemed a loyal member of the limbo club. Yes, I am still in limbo mode, I don’t know which way my life is going or even where I will be living in the not so distant future, not to mention the whole career path. Most of my fellow thirty somethings people would have a full-blown anxiety attack if they were i...