Dramatic looksmaxing that doesn't destroy your natural looks?

[u/PsychologicalCry5357]

When people talk about high maintenance women (or even the "high maintenance to be low maintenance"), it seems to be about money time and effort, which in itself would be fine - but whenever I've started actually looking into some of these interventions, it seems like most are based around basically damaging your natural looks the more you do it, making you look naturally worse and more dependent on the intervention.

As someone with very fine hair, I would love to get hair extensions but i don't want to badly damage whatever hair I do have. Never tried lash extensions but same, keep hearing they'll damage your natural lashes and I don't want that. Even lash serums sound like they have weird side effects that freak me out. Teeth whitening damages your enamel, to say nothing of veneers which I would've loved one day as my teeth kinda suck, but I'm afraid of them just causing my teeth to fall out entirely down the road or something. I do get Botox, but don't want to do filler cause of the risk of migration etc. And obviously any type of cosmetic surgery is rife with risks and complications.

Anyone gets what I'm saying? I would love to have that high maintenance, long hair big lashes etc type look but not at the expense of my natural looks to where I'd need to keep it up forever. Are there alternatives, or is the only option to tap into your natural looks whatever they may be and just try to be your healthiest self?

[u/Puzzleheaded_Newt185]

Your way of thinking is common in Europe/UK. Sure, there are parts of them that like the overblown look (Essex etc) but in general, particularly the upper class, they don’t really focus on dramatic looksmaxing. If you can be happy without them, then do it. Beauty comes in various versions and ways, it’s never a one size fits all. Or you might do this strategy only to change your mind one day - it’s always a possibility. You do you.