If one of your goals for the new year or just life in general has been to whip out some tape, grab the back of your neck, and stick it on that spot in the name of improving your appearance, then this is quite the time to be alive. Or at least it is according to the folks behind Nexsey.
Thanks to the world of viral videos, I’ve recently learned about Nexsey, a strong tape designed to improve your looks. Quite simply, the tape strives to undo the horrific thing known as, well, looking your age. Capitalizing on the widely-held notion that everyone is supposed to remain stuck in a time span in which their appearance should never exceed 25 years of their birth year, even while blowing out 30, 50, or 70-something birthday candles, Nexsey knows what they’re doing.
Is it no surprise that upon checking out their site (as of this writing, 1/6/17), that the following statement appears? SOLD OUT - Sorry for this inconvenience, but please enter your email below for a discount when we are back in stock! We’re a society fixated on appearance. We’re too thin, too fat. That person over there looks like a clown with that haircut, that person a few feet away thinks they’re all that wearing sunglasses indoors. Look how wrinkled she is. Look how bald he got. Wish I had his biceps. Wish I had her eye color. On and on it goes. We digitally change people in magazines, we acknowledge our supposed collective frustration about this, yet we often strive to look like the very illusions that blanket the majority of media imagery—even calling them “enhancements.” In fact, illusion—you know, not real, fake—is at the very core of Nexsey. On their glorified Box O Tape are the words, “The Beauty of Illusion.” So ladies and gentlemen, give up your $19.99 for an illusion. And sadly, people have.
A Nexsey video that’s been circulating via Viral Thread (credit: Glamzilla) features women who happily stick this tape to the back of their neck. This particular video is laced with phrases such as:
Of course I get that it’s a person’s prerogative to slap tape on their neck if they choose. Botox, tape (Nexsey maintains that theirs is a medical grade tape, FYI), cosmetic surgery, false eyelashes, hair clubs, and everything in between are all part of what I lump into the “whatever floats your boat” category. If it works for you and makes you feel better inside and out, fine. Go for it. But as someone who lost 70 pounds many years ago, I know what it’s like to be influenced by society’s standards and all the marketing hoopla that goes along with it. I eventually took my weight loss too far. I was propelled by the excitement of my success and my newfound energy. That, coupled with my lack of nutrition knowledge, and admittedly, the satisfaction of extending a big old, “what do you think now?” to childhood meanies and rude strangers past and present put me in a pretty unhealthy spot. The more I lost, I suppose I felt the more I gained in the way of undoing the hurtful comments I’d been dealt. I was shedding their bullying ways right along with my waistline, and it was addicting, oddly satisfying. It got complicated. Psychological. I’m back on track, but having gone through that experience makes me even more in tune to—and saddened by—society’s collective tendency to shame themselves and others over things like stomach rolls, under eye circles, hair loss, and saggy necks. Things like being well, who they are. Thankfully, you hear a lot about body and overall appearance positivity these days. Models are stepping out with the skin condition vitiligo. There are Down syndrome models. There are people with pink hair and no hair--at work, in the supermarket, jogging. Moles and stretch marks and flat tummies and gray hairs. We’re embracing our teeth, tattoos, freckles, frown lines, and yes, our age and whatever physical changes come along with it. This, my friends, is something I hope always sticks. ©Copyright 2011-2017, Jennifer Lea Reynolds, FlabbyRoad.com, Flabby Road and Flabby Road: Moving on & Leaving the Elastic Waistbands Behind. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Jennifer Lea Reynolds and Flabby Road with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
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1/21/2018 06:33:34 pm
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1/21/2018 06:41:49 pm
I never heard of this Neck Tape before. I just want to know the purpose of this thing because I don't really understand what the article is really saying about this. I mean I do understand that this is for the enhancement of one's beauty, but to be honest, I still don't fully get the function of this. I would like to know, of course, that is why I would like to ask these questions and I hope that you will be able to answer me. Thank you so much in advance.
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Viktoria
8/25/2018 09:41:32 am
Wow, the extent to which we can go to just to look a particular way. There are so many things that we do, perhaps some without even realising - i.e. holding our stomach so it looks flat, it can become a habit so strong and ingrained that becomes or normal. Thank you for sharing this.
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Jo
9/30/2019 09:02:43 pm
It is a good thing to hold in your stomach, maintain a healthy. Dog and care about your appearance. I think the tape is cool and gives you a confidence boost once you really are dealing with age...as in past 50
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Jennifer Lea Reynolds is a weight loss success story who enjoys living a healthy lifestyle. A fan of the elliptical, roasted asparagus and remembering to put the lid on the blender, she’s appeared in many national and local print publications. She lives in New England where she writes professionally about health and wellness in online publications including U.S. News & World Report, Reader's Digest, Woman's Day, The Huffington Post, and more. Categories
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