The Countess of Turkish Plastic Surgery;Katie Price There was a time when gilded mirrors, tufted velvet, and ornate chandeliers belonged in Versailles. Or at least Vegas. Now they’re crammed into 2,400-square-foot tract homes in Tulsa and TikTok apartments with no closet doors. Welcome to Baroque on a Budget — a cultural moment where American (and Brits) have decided that if you can’t be rich, you can at least look rich… right up until your Afterpay defaults. It’s not just aesthetic. It’s emotional.   The logical next step of a system where wealth is fantasy, class mobility is stalled, and appearance has become a survival mechanism. This is the Bravo Universe made flesh. Real Housewives meets a Buy Now Pay Later plan. Tesco caviar next to your kid’s orthodontist bill. Let’s start with the truth: envy drives American taste. Not inspiration. Not refinement. Just weaponized longing in soft focus. The national style has become a patchwork of borrowed grandeur — Greco-Roman faux ...

Bella the Nepo Frankenmodel is the header because I didn't want to throw a jump scare at you, but it is still an example of a lot of plastic surgery. She's on the verge of taking surgery too far. She's paid 100s of thousands for painful, risky procedures. Was it worth it when she looks like a well-preserved 45? Good job! If anyone says it is just makeup, I will visit you and stab you because no amount of cosmetics does that. I was a makeup artist and am very aware of the limitations. So there! The pressure to always look perfect, young, fit, and beautiful can be overwhelming. These days, social media is full of Face Tune and photoshopped images flooding the internet with simulated-looking people posed to look their best using their most favorable angles and lighting; it can make one feel like this is what they should also look like. For some of us, we look at them, know what we are looking at, and wave it away for what it is, never allowing it to become some out-of-control ...