Shaved, waxed, hairy, my armpits and legs have experienced all these. Curly, wavy, straight, my hair were all these. And all were made by my own choices.
I've seen many advertisements selling waxing, shaving and laser hair removal. I am also glad to see 'au naturale' movements that embrace what is naturally there.
It is so easy to get caught up between ideologies and some boys and girls might feel the need to subscribe to one set of beliefs.
Beauty standards change through time, depending on the kind of aesthetics and beliefs of a certain generation? (Remember when it was cool to shave your brows with a thin line?) It is so refreshing to see that the current youth adhere to the more realistic expectations.
It is important to see why it is so -- the past have seen the ridicule of brown or dark skin wide waistline, fluffy hair, stretch marks and acne scars. People were trapped and made fun of when they don't fit it with these standards. Luckily, we have become more accepting of our flaws and imperfect selves.
Again, it is so easy to get caught up in a belief, no matter how good or bad it is.
My point is, being beautiful truly lies on your freedom to choose, not being afraid of what people will say with your choices, and accepting how others want to make themselves look. Of course, there should a sense of responsibility with these choices.
You want to show off your hairy armpits?
You want to wax your armpits?
You want to dye your armpit hair, braid it?
You want hairy legs?
You want to wax it?
You want your dark skin?
You want to whiten it?
All of these are fine because of the first word. YOU.
Beauty standards are only evil when you criticize and make fun of people for what they are or what they want to be. I don't see anything wrong with using whitening soaps the same way I don't see anything wrong with loving your natural dark skin as long it is YOUR CHOICE.
There is power in respecting your own choice and respecting other's choices. There is beauty in making yourself pretty because you love yourself and not because you want others to love you.
YOU DO YOU. YOU LOVE YOU.
Improve yourself base on how you see fit and not according to what other force you to do.
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