On Monday afternoon, I saw a Facebook post that was doing the rounds. A young woman had found two pictures of Fashion Model and TV Personality, Kendall Jenner online. The two pictures were taken of Kendall at the Cannes Film Festival. One picture is the usual ' Instagram Selfie' style picture that the Kardashian/Jenner clan have made their own and coming from a hetrosexual female…Kendall looks fit.
Proper fit.
The light hits her face as if a Selfie God was on rota for the spotlight positioning that day, her face is contoured to within an inch of its life, emphasising her the model cheekbones that we all wish we had (Don't lie, we all practice biting our back teeth to see what it would like if we got genetically blessed…what, just me? Okay..moving on). And there is not a single spot, pore, line on her face. She is perfection.
The other picture is a photograph taken by the paparazzi on the red carpet. And lets say there is... a difference.
The clear skin, gone. The lighting on her face, gone. Heck even the 'Bronze' detailing on her dress turned into a different bloody colour! But my 'Midweek Groan' isn't going to be about what you may think it might be. It's not going to be about the 'Damaging effects pictures like this have on impressionable young women' *yawn* (and that sounds like an A Level essay title *double yawn*). My groan is about how much it annoys me when people think its ok to decide and tell others what they should post, what they should look like, or even what they shouldn't look like!
I see on Instagram, hundreds of Makeup Artists posting their mega amazing work day in, day out, from a close up eye picture, to a full on mega MAC'd up face. I then look at the comments and see things like-
"It's too much makeup"
"You look like a f**kingclown"
"Guys hate it when girls wear this much makeup"
"But you look sooooo unnatural"
"You wear this much makeup cause you're *f**king ugly*"
It's unnecessary. Really really really unnecessary.
And I'm bored of seeing it. I'm so beyond bored of it that a new word needs to be invented, Beyored? That sounds quite good actually.
We need to start encouraging people to do, say, look however they want without the fear of being ripped apart for it! You wanna wear 22 layers of foundation, you go for it. And you go rock the shit out of it too. Kendall Jenner is no fool, she knows that those images will be seen all over the world, and for her its part of her brand as well, but does she need to be torn apart online by people just because she wanted to use an editing app (or 5) to get rid of a few imperfections?
And its the same for us mere mortals as well. We shouldn't be afraid of putting up a picture that we spent 20 minutes editing (Just me again? K) for fear of getting a snarky comment on there. We've ALL received those little beauties. I've even had those comments said to my face! (BURN)
Is it a crime to want to feel good about ourselves? It might be that just posting a picture of you and your pals makes you feel good or it might just be that adding your favourite filter instantly boosts your confidence and you know what, if anyone has any problem with that…send them to me. I'll have a word.
Until next time,
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