Beauty obsession. Lose the cosmetics and let your natural beauty shine through.

Cosmetics-300x276I recently came across a FB post of a friend of mine with a picture of her sitting in her car with no makeup on. I was immediately shocked for two main reasons. First, she is never without makeup; I barely recognized her in the picture. Second, she was absolutely beautiful without the makeup in the pic. Don’t get me wrong, I always thought she was beautiful before. But usually when I always see a woman with makeup on I assume it is because she is either “hard favored” or hiding something less than attractive about their face. After all, why would one constantly makeup their face when they leave the house unless they were hiding something? I left the comment: “OMG, I have never seen you without makeup. you are so beautiful.” to which she replied: “OMG, I can’t believe this picture is up.” Obviously this post was not her doing. Her feelings on the matter broke my heart a little.

But unfortunately this is common. I see it in small doses all the time. People (women particularly) are obsessed with this idea of beauty coming in the form of flashy vibrant colors they paint their faces with. It doesn’t stop there either. They wear uncomfortable high heels to appear taller, push up bras to increase their bosom, toxic hair product to create the illusion of healthy voluminous hair. It’s a lot of work and pain.

Over the course of time we have built this idea of what “beautiful” is supposed to look like, and made that the standard by which all women compare themselves.

This is yet another example of how people choose fashion over function. High heel shoes are impractical. Face makeup causes premature aging, allergies, poisoning. That’s right, the toxins in makeup have been known to cause severe headaches at the very least.

Let’s bring back natural beauty. Lose the eyeliner, mascara, lipstick, foundation, blush, heels, and restricting bras. Think of all the time wasted making yourself up in the morning. All the pain. All so you can go out in public looking like a socially accepted clown. It’s ridiculous. Ladies, you are beautiful just the way you are.