http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/29001 "Leave a girl without food or water, but don't deprive her of her make up, hair and nails", states Lydia, a beautician at Papillon Rouge beauty salon in Moussaitbeh, Beirut, Lebanon. How Lebanese females look after their appearances began being documented through different generations in December 2009. Almost every street in Beirut is populated with beauty salons, which are not seen as pampering sessions, but a way of life in Lebanon, even for the busiest of mothers and the poorest of people in society. Females are brought up from a young age influenced by their mothers, having beauty parties, teenagers and women having regular beauty appointments. Maya Hilal, founder and owner of Spa-Tacular Salon and Spa opened in July 2009. The idea was inspired by her daughters' visits to the hairdressers. "It was a very bad experience, the place was dull, and there was no colour. So I thought, why don't I just do a place just for kids?" Hilal explained she was supplying a social demand and creating a cheerful place for children. "It's nice during holidays, during weekends, it's a pampering thing, and a hygiene thing. It's the way you bring up your kids". The First National Bank in Lebanon offers plastic surgery loans, promising surgery to women who are under the age of 64 and employed. Which makes plastic surgery accessible for almost everyone. With an increasing number of female teenagers undergoing Rhinoplasty operations, Carine, 17, fell into the craze. "Everyone did it this summer, they came back to school with band aids on their nose. So I said ok, I hate my nose too, it's ok if I did it, its not a big deal". As Lebanese women grow older, these social expectations in Lebanon do not change. http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/47636/my_photo_pic_small.jpg http://www.lightstalkers.org/Natalie Naccache-Mourad <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1278999/1_small.jpg' /><br />Young girls wait for their make-overs at a nine-year-old's beauty birthday party held at Chez Lulu Beauty Salon for children, in Beirut, Lebanon. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1278999'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1278999 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:53:44 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1278999 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1278999/1_small.jpg' /><br />Young girls wait for their make-overs at a nine-year-old's beauty birthday party held at Chez Lulu Beauty Salon for children, in Beirut, Lebanon. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1278999'>view full-size image</a> Natalie Naccache-Mourad <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1182105/3a_small.jpg' /><br />A young girl has her hair straightened at an 8 year old's birthday party at 'Spa-Tacular Salon and Spa' in Beirut, Lebanon. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182105'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182105 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:31:08 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182105 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1182105/3a_small.jpg' /><br />A young girl has her hair straightened at an 8 year old's birthday party at 'Spa-Tacular Salon and Spa' in Beirut, Lebanon. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182105'>view full-size image</a> Natalie Naccache-Mourad <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1182099/9_small.JPG' /><br />Raneem, nine, poses with her birthday hat at her beauty birthday party held at Frizzy's Chez Lulu, in Beirut, Lebanon.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182099'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182099 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:31:09 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182099 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1182099/9_small.JPG' /><br />Raneem, nine, poses with her birthday hat at her beauty birthday party held at Frizzy's Chez Lulu, in Beirut, Lebanon.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182099'>view full-size image</a> Natalie Naccache-Mourad <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1279002/Kteer_Jeune-4_small.JPG' /><br />Carine, 17, seven days after her Rhinoplasty operation in Beirut, Lebanon. "I got it done because I hated my nose, it was really really big, and most people in our school do it, it's not a big thing. I said ok, I hate my nose too, so it's ok if I do it, it's very common" A well-known, successful plastic surgeon in Beirut specialising in ears, nose and throat, knew he wanted to become a plastic surgeon at the age of nine. When asked if Arab women are increasingly losing their features, he stated they had no distinct facial characteristics anyway. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1279002'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1279002 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:55:58 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1279002 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1279002/Kteer_Jeune-4_small.JPG' /><br />Carine, 17, seven days after her Rhinoplasty operation in Beirut, Lebanon. "I got it done because I hated my nose, it was really really big, and most people in our school do it, it's not a big thing. I said ok, I hate my nose too, so it's ok if I do it, it's very common" A well-known, successful plastic surgeon in Beirut specialising in ears, nose and throat, knew he wanted to become a plastic surgeon at the age of nine. When asked if Arab women are increasingly losing their features, he stated they had no distinct facial characteristics anyway. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1279002'>view full-size image</a> Natalie Naccache-Mourad <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1182069/Kteer_Jeune_2_small.JPG' /><br />(R-L)Carine Halaby, and her school friend Nour have their hair styled in preparation for their high school leaver's prom in Beirut, Lebanon. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182069'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182069 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:57:30 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182069 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1182069/Kteer_Jeune_2_small.JPG' /><br />(R-L)Carine Halaby, and her school friend Nour have their hair styled in preparation for their high school leaver's prom in Beirut, Lebanon. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182069'>view full-size image</a> Natalie Naccache-Mourad <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1279005/Kteer_Jeune-6_small.JPG' /><br />Ghida, 18, and Carine, 18, wait for their limousine to drive them to their high school prom in Beirut, Lebanon. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1279005'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1279005 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:57:49 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1279005 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1279005/Kteer_Jeune-6_small.JPG' /><br />Ghida, 18, and Carine, 18, wait for their limousine to drive them to their high school prom in Beirut, Lebanon. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1279005'>view full-size image</a> Natalie Naccache-Mourad <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1182096/18_small.JPG' /><br />Rola Eid, banker and mother of two, uses a nail-drying machine at Top Coat nail spa in Beirut, Lebanon. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182096'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182096 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:54:46 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182096 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1182096/18_small.JPG' /><br />Rola Eid, banker and mother of two, uses a nail-drying machine at Top Coat nail spa in Beirut, Lebanon. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182096'>view full-size image</a> Natalie Naccache-Mourad <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1182102/18_small.JPG' /><br /> Women enjoy themselves during a birthday dinner at a British pub in Beirut, Lebanon. All women in the photograph have undergone Botox injections. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182102'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182102 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:54:46 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182102 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1182102/18_small.JPG' /><br /> Women enjoy themselves during a birthday dinner at a British pub in Beirut, Lebanon. All women in the photograph have undergone Botox injections. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182102'>view full-size image</a> Natalie Naccache-Mourad <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1182072/Kteer_Jeune_4_small.JPG' /><br />Samia Makarem, 71, at her doctor's surgery before she undergoes a Botox injection in the Sin-El-Fil region of Lebanon. Makarem resides in the mountains, in Ras-el-Maten, Lebanon, she underwent Botox injections after repeatedly being accused of frowning too much by her family and peers. Makarem has never dyed her hair.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182072'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182072 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:54:46 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182072 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1182072/Kteer_Jeune_4_small.JPG' /><br />Samia Makarem, 71, at her doctor's surgery before she undergoes a Botox injection in the Sin-El-Fil region of Lebanon. Makarem resides in the mountains, in Ras-el-Maten, Lebanon, she underwent Botox injections after repeatedly being accused of frowning too much by her family and peers. Makarem has never dyed her hair.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182072'>view full-size image</a> Natalie Naccache-Mourad <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1182075/Kteer_Jeune_5_small.JPG' /><br />An elderly lady has her hair washed after it being dyed in a Pace e Luce Hair Salon in Beirut, Lebanon<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182075'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182075 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:54:46 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182075 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1182075/Kteer_Jeune_5_small.JPG' /><br />An elderly lady has her hair washed after it being dyed in a Pace e Luce Hair Salon in Beirut, Lebanon<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1182075'>view full-size image</a> Natalie Naccache-Mourad