With new applications on the rise, we see a continuous trend in photo editing apps, from Instagram to VSCO and even AirBrush. Some photo editing apps can give you a variety of filters that one can pick from to match the aesthetics of your account, however, AirBrush is slightly different. With AirBrush, you can alter the way you look by adding different effects like teeth whitening, skin tone, reshaping, brighten and even more. This allows one to add touch-ups to a selfie or a picture with friends.

In fact, I personally enjoy using AirBrush, despite it making me look slightly different (faker) than what was in the original picture. I feel as if there is a shamefulness behind using an AirBrush app, but actually, there shouldn't be one at all. It makes me feel slightly more confident in myself. Because I am fully aware of my insecurities. I know that my teeth aren't white like the way I want them to be, that my skin tone isn't as tan as I'd like and that my eyes could be a little bit brighter, and if I am able to use an app that allows me to touch-up on small blemishes then I am definitely going to use it.

I'm not trying to catfish anyone. I am not creating an entirely new person with this app. Or even altering the picture so much that you can barely tell it's me. I just like having the option of editing certain parts of the selfie or picture I took.

For example, if I had a terrible zit in a picture I took. I can edit it out, and it looks as if nothing was there.

I do this for my own confidence. Because I feel as if I look best when my picture slightly AirBrushed. I understand my insecurities and maybe one day and I'm sure I can work on them but as for now I have an AirBrush app and as crazy as it sounds, it is a harsh reality of how I feel. I realize that not everything in my picture is going to look natural, and that's okay because it makes me feel better.

Life is really all about doing whatever makes you feel confident and happy. And in my case, if that means whitening my teeth in the slightly for an Instagram picture, then so be it. There should be no shame in it.