Oven-baked Tans and Bleach-blonde Hair? I Don't Think So

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There are many different definitions of the term "beauty".

 "The quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest)," courtesy of Dictionary.com; or, "The quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit," via Miriam-Webster Online . Both of these definitions are analytically correct, which is the reason why i think the world has taken too literally.

Beauty doesn't just come from appearance, which is what i think most people perceive it out to be; it is so much more. Beauty should be natural, a trait unique to you and only you; something that you have that no one else in the world possesses; that in itself is simply beautiful. Natural Beauty is when you are able to recognize the assets that make you, you, and being confidentially able to show it off to the world. You know when you have achieved true Natural Beauty when you are able to accept who you are as a person, imperfections and all, and still love living life and those who embrace your diversity. 

But does natural beauty come from going tanning twice a week? Wearing only the "cool" and expensive brands? Does it come from applying so much make-up, you look like a perfect porcelain doll? Or from freaking. styling. your. hair. every. single. day. ? IT might help you look beautiful, but it's not beauty. It's not the real you. It's not the unique you. 

walking the halls of Kennedy suit as a REPUGNANCE to me. Most girls i see are decked out in super tight, revealing clothes; loaded with powdery faces and artificially straight/curly hair, or look like they just popped out of the oven at 350 degrees with the "Gingerbread Man". 

Now I'm not trying to hate, honest. If you think that is who you are and it makes you feel beautiful, then go for it; be my guest. 

Just answer me this: if every other girl is doing the same thing, how will YOU stand out? How will your own style and God-given beauty shine? Don't you want the world to see how you truly are? Why are you changing yourself? If people don't accept your appearance or just you as a person, then that's their loss. 

Don't be someone you're not.