What Does "Glowing" Skin Look Like
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Glowing. It's quite possibly the word we women most overuse when describing how we want our skin to look. But when you get right down to it
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Here is the literal definition of the term
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Main Entry: glow
Pronunciation: glo
1 a: to shine with or as if with an intense heat b (1): to have a rich warm typically ruddy color (2): flush
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Because I know you ladies are bright--just look at some of your favorite books--I hereby challenge you to capture in a few words what we all really mean when we refer to glowing skin. I will compound the challenge by suggesting we avoid the equally vague and overused term "radiant".
Ready, set, go! What--in the most descriptive terms possible--do you think "glowing" skin looks like?
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