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This is a somewhat tantrum. Somewhat advice. Nowadays we live in a society where the synonym of success is achieving beauty. I'm not saying that at all that's every single case, but it certainly helps. As a result, people get obsessed with it. People feel bad, people cut themselves, people commit suicide for "not being pretty enough". Seriously? I'm here to tell you all: you are beautiful. Shut up! YOU ARE!
Here's the catch though. This is fucking bullshit! Not the statement that you are beautiful, don't worry, you still are (phew!). The bullshit part of it is trying to make people believe that they just "are". Like "accept it!". That you don't have to do anything to be pretty.
Truth be told, everyone (and I mean everyone) is, in fact, beautiful. The problem is…that's easy to say. Most people that tell us that we are beautiful are.fucking.gorgeous. Like what the fuck does Beyoncé knows about feeling ugly? Yes, sometimes in the morning she wakes up and feels like crap, probably. But she's still Bey-freaking-oncé, right? It's so easy to just tell someone that they are beautiful, however, most of the times, especially when the fraise comes in a generic form (such as this one you're reading), it's not easy to make them believe it. You look around and the people telling you that you're beautiful are runway model beautiful, and you feel nothing like that.
No one looks like one another (well…except twins. In that case you're both beautiful). So there is something about you that is different. Something gorgeous. Trust me! We all have something, an angle, a light, a way that makes us beautiful. Myself, for example. I hate (HATE) how I photograph. So it takes me like 400 hours to take a decent looking picture. However…I don't mind how I look in the mirror. Yes, flaws here and there but, hey, I'm happy (take that fucking camera away from me, though). For a long time I stressed about which one was the "real me". Which one everyone else saw. The picture me or the mirror me ('cause if it was the picture me than we have a problem Houston!), and it made my life a living hell. I only found peace when I realized this: There's a little button, in all of us, called the "Fuck it!" button. My lovely mom taught me that. I accept the mirror me. So…that's me. Fuck it! everything (and everyone) else.
My point is. We are all - ALL - beautiful. And we also have flaws we hate. Trust me, even Beyoncé. We also have things, like a nose, eyes, mouth, hair…whatever it might be, that we find gorgeous. That's you! And don't fucking believe it if someone else tells you that you don't need to put makeup on, that you have to accept your true beauty. F.U.C.K.I.T! Your beauty is YOUR beauty. You're not pretty for anyone else. You're pretty for yourself. Your standard is yours! If makeup makes you feel pretty, enjoy it! Sometimes (most of the time) they are being truthful and you, truly, do not need makeup. Your skin is beautiful. So are your eyes, your freckles, your pasty lips, whatever. But if makeup makes you feel it. If you look in a mirror (or a picture if that's your jam) and feel like a diva, div'up yourself. Find that mark. Find that corner. Find that distinct trait that you are so proud of. You'll feel it too. Embrace it. Own it. And paint those motherfucking lips red, 'cause we are all fierce, gorgeous, confident (hopefully) bitches!
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