A health and fitness expert has demonstrated how different full-length mirrors can drastically change the way your body looks.
Bree Lenehan, 25, from Queensland, posted a series of photos on Instagram explaining how “mirror manipulation” is sometimes used in stores to make a shopper feel “weak”.
One day “bad body image” can be caused by many things. Seeing yourself in a mirror. He suddenly has a negative thought and it goes downhill from there,” he writes online.
“But most of the time what you see in the mirror doesn’t fit the reality of the situation.”
Bree Lenehan (pictured), a 25-year-old health and fitness trainer from Queensland, has shared a series of images showing how different dressing room mirrors change the way your body looks.
The images show that soft lighting is sometimes used to hide the “bumps” of the body, making the client feel “weak”.
‘Mirrors are all different! Especially suitable rooms. Some use mirror manipulation to make customers feel “slimer” or taller when they try on their clothes,” Bree said.
In addition to the mirrors, the images show how the lighting differs in different dressing rooms to change the perception of the body.
“Other stores use softer lighting to hide the bumps and bumps on our bodies,” Bree added.
“But there are also shops that use large mirrors or soft lights that cast a shadow on your body and exaggerate every feature.”
‘Mirrors are all different! Especially suitable rooms. Some use mirror manipulation to make customers feel “slimer” or taller when they try on their clothes,” Bree said.
Another picture showed how jeans from different brands of the same size can fit very differently on a woman’s body, as there is no standard size chart in Australia.
Bree said: ‘I can feel comfortable with one couple, while other couples just get my stomach bloated or refuse to zip! I found myself measuring more or less relative to jeans! ‘
“Depending on how your body has changed over time, it’s even fine to go one size larger or smaller.”
Another picture showed how jeans from different brands of the same size can fit very differently on a woman’s body, as there is no standard size chart in Australia.
Bree gained a huge following on social media by posting “real” images of herself in an attempt to change the conversation about body positivity.
“These posts are here every week to remind you not to face the 1 percent of the life of someone you see online,” she said.
“There’s nothing wrong with tummy, cellulite, stretch marks, scars, hip push-ups or whatever.”
Source: Daily Mail
