The little girl in this video probably doesn't even know what the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty is. But I'm thinking of nominating her--as their poster child. Here's why...

Oh, and before you jump all over me and suggest how she's "just mimicking her mom", let me state up front that I have a daughter myself and I get the whole wannabe-like-mom thing. So hear me out. Or better yet, here HER out:

I get laugh marks.

I get bags...and this vanishes those bags...it's not like a cover-up or foundation...

Banishing Cream--I also use this before I go to bed.

 Times have changed but when I was little, playing "mom" or dress-up meant wearing my mom's high-heels and maybe her lipstick. And it was all about the costumery. Not about the flaws. It was about aspiration and role-play. But now there seems to be a trend in skin care (and skin repair) in which women are starting to use more serious skin care at a much younger age.

Case in point from Cosmetic Surgery Times (9/1/08): "Millenium Research Group found that this year, 26 to 35 year olds will represent more than 20% of cosmetic botox patients compared to only 7% in 2007." That sounds statistically significant to me.

I don't know about you, but when a young (very young) girl can identify "laugh marks"--even just in playing around, there's something slightly disturbing about that. And I'm not even going to get started on the possibility that she's using a hydroquinone cream on her skin every night. How does a young girl get to this point?

Finally, lest you think that this video was some one-off idea done on a whim, the cliche "there's more where that came from" applies. And, as a mom, that turns my thoughts to something of a much greater concern: internet safety.