Beauty Products That Are Offensive, If You Think About It

[caption id="attachment_832073" align="alignleft" width="1068"] Bigstockphoto.com/black woman put wig cap and looks at mirror[/caption] If you really think about it, there are some products the beauty industry has come up with that are downright offensive. Some of them rob us of what makes us women, many imply that we’re never good enough unless we add something unnatural, and many blatantly suggest that a female is only as valuable as the level of desire she provokes in a man. I’m not one to preach everyone stop shaving their armpits (although, skipping the razor burn can be nice) and the beauty industry certainly does a lot of good things for women, providing little ways women can feel like their best selves. But we have to admit that some products take it too far. Here are beauty products that are offensive, if you think about it. [caption id="attachment_690943" align="alignleft" width="500"] Shutterstock[/caption]

Nipple covers

Nipple covers cover up the life source of the boob—the place where baby’s milk comes from! And leave only the sexualized parts, almost as if to say those are the only important areas. Hey, if men want to gawk at our boobs, then they need to acknowledge that we also give life out of them.     [caption id="attachment_710677" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

Anything made with diamonds

Diamonds are supposed to be forever. They’re not supposed to be something we rub on our face each morning and wash off each night, allowing them to go down the drain like sewage. Spending that much money on something that ends up in the same place as actual waste is just upsetting.           [caption id="attachment_699969" align="alignleft" width="469"] Shutterstock[/caption]

Thigh Blasters

Thighs don’t need to be blasted. To blast something means to eliminate it, destroy it, eradicate it, or erase it. Our thighs give us our womanly shape. Our thighs provide a very important canal through which babies slide on the birthing table. The implication that thighs need to go is offensive. Thighs make a woman a woman.             [caption id="attachment_705288" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

Va-jay-jay hue lip color

You may not know this, but it’s the lipstick industry’s dirty little secret: they design most of their colors off of the colors of vaginas. As far as vaginas go, there is a rather wide color spectrum. But still: talk about objectifying the mouth and making it out to be nothing but an area of sexual interest. We also use our mouths to speak, sing, laugh, eat, breathe and smile!         [caption id="attachment_620393" align="alignleft" width="500"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

Pheromone spray

Women create plenty enough pheromones to attract men as it is. In fact, we produce more than enough since many of us receive more male attention than we want. We do not need help hormonally attracting a man. If anything, we could use a little help repelling them. [caption id="attachment_704181" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

Waist trainers

The waist needs to be trained? Like a dog? Our waists don’t only exist to make us fit into sample size clothing or live up to some unrealistic male ideal of the female figure. Our waists hold some important organs! They don’t need to be restricted, minimized or trained.           [caption id="attachment_707513" align="alignleft" width="422"] Shutterstock[/caption]

Wife beaters

How are we even still calling tank tops wife beaters? It’s sad that the term has become so normalized that we don’t even hear ourselves say it when we say it. If we were forced to call these tank tops woman hitters for a day, we’d quickly rethink the way they’re named.             [caption id="attachment_708291" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

Va-jay-jay refreshers

If men want to enjoy our vaginas, then they need to accept them as they are. We don’t ask men to spruce up their downstairs area. Every man out there came from a vagina, and if men think vaginas need to change, they’re just plain ungrateful.           [caption id="attachment_703278" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

Labia dyes

Again, since when do we need to beautify or spruce up the vagina to make men want it? Women should not be putting their life sources at risk of infections, rashes and terrible burning sensations, all to deny what they actually look and smell like. As for the men out there, as far as vaginas go, you can take them or leave them as they are. Or, you can try to date an adult film star. Good luck with that.         [caption id="attachment_702594" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

Any product with the word “slut”

The empowerment and normalization of the term “slut” is not happening. Feminists are not reclaiming it. There’s no way to make it a strong, positive word. So nail polish and blush companies: stop putting it on your labels. Why don’t we try “boss” or “queen” instead?           [caption id="attachment_623962" align="alignleft" width="500"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

Designer water face spray

So, when designer water comes in a bottle meant for drinking, it’s $4. But put it in a spray bottle and it becomes $18? The mere creation of this product implies women don’t understand basic economics.     [caption id="attachment_705284" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

Lip plumpers

Lip plumpers, like the va-jay-jay colored lipsticks, are just meant to make your mouth look like a sexual organ. Do you enjoy your mouth anymore if your lips are plump? Does food taste better? Do you smile bigger? Laugh harder? Nope. Lip plumpers exist solely for the enjoyment of men.           [caption id="attachment_621385" align="alignleft" width="500"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

Anti-aging cream

We should all be so lucky to age—it means we get more years on this planet. Those are years we spend traveling, loving, learning, exploring and thriving. If we want to enjoy life then we shouldn’t be using products that imply we aren’t living it.         [caption id="attachment_717259" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

Anal bleach

Again, if men want spruced up downstairs regions, they can try to call their favorite adult film stars. Surely they’ll pick up their calls…In the meantime, if men want backdoor action, they need to accept that the backdoor isn’t pretty and perfect. They can’t have their cake and eat it too. And bleach it.

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