No time for self-reflection as new trend sees women giving up mirrors

[Jazzy]

Women are giving up gazing into mirrors in an attempt to stop obsessing over the way they look in a new trend dubbed 'mirror fasting.'



The new movement, which was started in the US by a group of female bloggers, recommends people abstain from staring at their reflection.



It includes avoiding looking at reflections in computer screens and shop windows and has been dubbed 'mirror-fasting.'



Autumn Whitefield-Madrano, a 36-year-old freelance writer based in Queens, New York, told The Observer : I'd become aware that I had a mirror face.



Whenever I saw my reflection I'd open my eyes a little wider, suck in my cheeks a little and tip my chin down in an effort to make myself look more like I wanted to. It made me feel really vain.



Whitefield-Madrano began her first 'mirror-fast' in May 2011 and kept it up for a month, claiming she felt calmer after the experiment.

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No way would I mirror fast. How else would tell if I had spinach stuck between my front teeth or if my pants made my arse look fat!

 

[DrLeftover]

Sweet Jesus, what's next?







or is that making a religious comment?

 

[Sinon]

Sounds pointless to me. The inability to get my hair the way I want it would kill me.