Sounds like a Lifetime movie, but it happened to me!  Has it happened to you?

Is that really you looking back? Which you is you?

   I was with a group of friends at Fleming’s.  When one of the ladies returned from the restroom, she said the have the best “skinny mirror” here.  Another replied, “Oh, I’ll have to make a break to the restroom soon and try it out!”  I felt lost in the conversation even though I had been following it from the start.  I had to ask, “what is a skinny mirror?”  One proceeded to explain that a lot of restaurants are using these mirrors in the restrooms.  “They make you look really good and really like your outfit” she added! I immediately thought about the mirror at Season’s 52.  I always liked that mirror and could not figure out why!  I remember always thinking, “I did not realize how nice this outfit really is” when I walked past it.  I was beginning to feel so deceived!  She then told me retailers are using it too.  She said Ann Taylor uses them.  I asked about Anthrolpogie.  I had just shopped there last week and even subconsciously made a comment to myself in the fitting room that they really have great angles with the lighting in here to make everything look good on you! She confirmed that “yes, they use them too!” Deep sigh came from me!

Am I the lion or the kitten?

How did I get so far and not know about these mirrors?  All the other women knew about them.  I was a little disappointed in myself for not being in the know, but I was more disappointed in this concept.  I mean there are two sides here.  The mirror company claims their mirror makes you look 5-10 pound lighter and gives you self-image confidence.  I get it!  Fake it until you make it…kind of! Maybe the mirror will inspire you to work out more, but what if you are like me and don’t know about the “secret skinny mirror?”  What if I think the dress or bathing suit looks good on me and then I catch a reflection of myself in a window while at the public pool….and I am not digging it? Yikes!  Do I curse the store?

Louise Hay does a lot of “mirror work” to help you learn to love yourself again, but you are actively involved.  With the mirror work, you stand in front of a mirror and repeat affirmations to yourself a couple times a day.  Overtime, your self-esteem and self-love improve.  So, the mirror can help your self-esteem, but with your participation and actual rewiring of thoughts.  What if we had a real mirror and just put some affirmations on the mirrors in these bathrooms?

For me truth is a huge deal.  I don’t like being deceived.   Authenticity is my moral compass!  So, while I like the idea of the mirror, I would prefer to know it’s a little artificial. I am one who likes to know all cards I am being dealt…Don’t sugar coat it!

So WARNING, there are skinny mirrors out there!

Don’t be deceived, You Are Beautiful!

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