This is a short video for Dove’s Real Beauty Campaign. It’s a real eye-opener to women all over the world who aspire to achieve the ‘perfection’ that we see in models and celebrities…
One of the biggest issues with girls all over the world is makeup and beauty. We’re obssessed with looking flawless with bright eyes, flowing hair and pouty lips. We love the idea of looking ‘perfect’. And it doesn’t help that the ever-growing celebrity culture seems to produce more and more of these ‘perfect’ women on a daily basis.
The actresses, singers and models we see and look up to all seem to be stunning beyond belief and it’s every girl’s wish to want to be able to look like them…
But in our hastiness, it seems we’re really starting to forget what real beauty is. Do we ever see these so called perfect women at home, without makeup, away from the spotlight?? Do we see them in their natural state without having spent hours and hours with a stylist working on their hair?? No, and the truth is we never will. We have to remember that the celebrities we see today are almost engineered to look perfect. It’s what draws us in to the celebrity culture…
If all our favourite actresses walked around LA in trackies with no makeup on whatsoever and their hair tied up in a bun, would they be as half as appealing to us as they are now?? But the thing is we’re now so used to seeing these women all over the covers of magazines labelled ‘The World’s Sexiest Women’, we’re used to hearing our guy friends talk about how ‘fit’ or ‘hot’ they are, that it’s sparked our desire to want to be them…
But tons of makeup and chemicals sprayed onto our hair will never ever ever portray who we are. At the end of the day we’re going have to take it all off and reveal what’s underneath all those layers of foundation and mascara. And if we’re not happy with what we see then, we’ll never accept who we truly are. We’ll never be confident in our own skin and we’ll have trouble letting people into our lives… And why does it have to be this way??
It’s heartbreaking to see so many beautiful girls hidden away under a makeup mask! EMBRACE YOURSELVES!!! Walk out without any makeup on one day and think to yourself, ‘I am beautiful, this is the real me, take me as I am or leave me!’ I assure you this self-confidence is 1000 times more sexy than layers of makeup. Letting people know that you love yourself and that you’re accepting and enjoying your natural beauty is so much more of an invitation than knowing a girl is hiding who she really is!
Don’t you think it’s scary to think that some of your friends may have never seen what you really look like because you’ve never ventured out without makeup?? Trust me my lovelies, it doesn’t have to be this way! You are beautiful whether or not it’s society’s typical idea of beauty! You never have to hide the real you away from the world!! If someone decides they don’t like the way you look, forget them, it’s their loss :) To someone out there, you are the most beautiful girl in the world without having to make any effort!!
Love yourselves!! YOU. ARE. BEAUTIFUL!!! ♥ xx
What would we consider to be ‘perfection’ without society?? ♥
It’s a question that’s always on my mind and I think we need to ask ourselves this more often before we start putting ourselves down…
If ‘modern society’ hadn’t painted the picture of a beautiful woman being skinny… Would so many people strive so hard to be that?? If society hadn’t labelled sexy as flat stomachs and big boobs… Would so many girls have such low self esteem now??
Don’t get me wrong, this doesn’t just apply to women. The ‘modern man’ should now be bronzed with perfectly a perfectly sculpted chest and a fair amount of muscle… Any man who lacks in any of these areas just isn’t ‘man enough’…
We’re so caught up in this idea of perfection that so many genuine, caring, loving and honest people are looked over because they don’t fit in with society’s idea of a perfect human being. Isn’t it scary to think that our mentality towards people may have brought about the insecurities and depression of so many teenagers??
That’s why I like to think of society’s perception as a mere opinion. Just like different people have different tastes in music, modern society has a particular taste in people. And there are no rules that say we have to agree with it.
So the next time you’re looking for your other half, try hard not to start by looking for someone ‘perfect’ but take them for who they are, fall in love with them, and make them you’re own perfect - nobody else’s ♥
Let everyone have the right to love themselves my dearies!! ♥ xx
