The Power of Looking Good - Conversation w/ Ruben Ramos
English with Dane

The Power of Looking Good - Conversation w/ Ruben Ramos

B1IntermediateNovember 18, 202543 min

Conversación en inglés para practicar. This conversation features my friend and celebrity hairstylist / make up artist Ruben Ramos @theawakeningofstyle We talk about the importance of feeling good about yourself and how that impacts how you act upon the world, if beauty standards are getting away from us a bit, if botox and other procedures are a "slipper slope", and more. Ruben's English isn't perfect, and throughout our conversation im helping him with small corrections to make sure we don't reinforce any incorrect structures. I hope this conversation illustrates that your English do...

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