Standards of beauty in today's media have become too high for the regular woman. Women are constantly being told that they're not beautiful enough which is an outrageous thing to tell anyone, let alone women.
Makeup, for example, is something that a lot of women (and some men) are very interested in and love doing, myself included. However, there is this stigma around makeup that women either have too much on or not enough. Personally, I love makeup and I love watching YouTube videos by Jaclyn Hill, MannyMUA, Nikkietutorials, and so many others.
I admit I put on more makeup than the average person, but I don't do it for anyone else other than myself. I love makeup and it's something I pride myself on. Because I put on more makeup than average, it takes me a little longer to do my makeup in the morning which can bother some people. However, if I don't wear makeup one day, I have had people come up to me and ask me why I'm not wearing makeup like it's required that I wear it.
Celebrities like Kim Kardashian West and Khloe Kardashian have recently made the plastic surgery/botox look popular among young people. However, there is still a stigma around this. Years ago, YouTuber Michelle Phan got a lot of backlash when she got fillers in her chin. But why was this such a big deal?
It's not my place to tell someone else what they can and can't do with their body. Beauty should be what each individual person thinks is beautiful for themselves, as long as it isn't coming from anyone else. If I want to do an outrageous makeup look for no reason, no one else should be able to tell me if it looks good or not.
Everyone has insecurities about their body. Like I don't like how my nose has a giant bump on the top of it making it look like I have a broken nose, or I don't like that my stomach is larger than I would like it, but if I choose to do something about it, like getting a nose job, no one has the right to tell me I can't.
The most popular standard of beauty is the thinner the better. Any model on the front of a magazine is most likely a size zero, which is not realistic. 70.2 percent of men and women in the United States are considered overweight, so showing a very skinny person in most advertisements as the social norm is not practical for most Americans.
This is causing many women to be insecure about their weight. But as long as you're healthy and you are happy with the size of your body, no one has the right to tell you you're not beautiful.
The pressure to be beautiful is gigantic and almost too much. Women are constantly told to be beautiful but the fact is, there's no such thing as a correct way of being beautiful. There are so many definitions of 'Beautiful' that there is no set definition.
My point is, if you're doing something to make your self "prettier," make sure you are doing it because YOU want to, not because you feel obligated to.
If you're reading this and that dress you just bought didn't fit just right, or your lips just aren't full enough, don't worry, because you're beautiful the way you are. Listen to yourself and what you think is beautiful rather than listening to someone else.
