Like most people who are insecure and unsure...I use a lot of filters. It’s a bad habit to see yourself with a face that isn’t really yours. I mean, it’s me but me perfected in a way that unless I turn back time and/or invest some serious money to certain doctors...I will never achieve. I LOVE filter me. I think she’s prettier than I could ever hope to be. But this has given me a bit of a complex. I’m afraid to be seen in person or even worse...without makeup! “They’ll see just how fake those pictures are”
So even though I feel good about myself when I see my face smooth and flawless, in the end I’m left feeling ugly.
So...I’m doing something I NEVER thought I’d ever be brave enough to do.
#nomakeupselfie
Here it is, a spectrum of me. First picture is me, completely undone. Hair wet, no makeup, me as me. The pictures gradually ‘beautify’.
- No make up, hair wet
- Hair dry, still no make up
- Make up, hair dry/done
- Finished product, still no filter
- Filter one
- Filter two
- Filter three, what I usually post
Now, I’m not doing this for others to tell me I’m pretty no matter what. I’m doing this to break a barrier I have set myself. I want to be comfortable in my own skin and not be as fake as those filters make me feel and look. I want to learn to love me as me, flaws and all.
So there you have it.
Thank you for reading and as always:
Much love and God bless.
