Normal Is Beautiful

Make-up. Photoshop. The media. All of these things affect our perception of what is considered beautiful. What many women don't realize is that the standards we set for ourselves are completely unrealistic. The beautiful models we reblog here on Tumblr- and even our fellow peers on Tumblr!- are likely wearing a faceful of make-up and are possibly even airbrushed through Photoshop. And even with that knowledge, we still covet their beauty, putting them on pedestals and claiming we ourselves are flawed.

Why is being normal a flaw? Nobody is perfect, which means everyone is normal. Normal is beautiful, too.

This blog is for girls and women of all ages to submit pictures of themselves without make-up, to be brave and share our true faces with one another. And then, possibly, we might begin to take tentative steps toward accepting ourselves for who we are; flaws and all.

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I’m usually in natural mode, kajal is for some special days, and heavy make up is actually kept for bellydance performances only.

This is the first time I have seen myself without mascara on in a year. I wear mascara 24/7. In the pool, at the gym, while I’m sleeping, when I’m sick.

The mascara sticks in the second photo are the sticks that I own and use. I have a stick of mascara in every bag I own, and I’m willing to spend 15$ on a back-up stick if I’m with friends and forgot some.

Mascara isn’t make up to me. It is just as important as brushing my teeth, wearing underwear, and washing my hands. I can leave the house in my pj’s, with my hair messy, not wearing a bra, but I can’t let anyone see me without mascara on.

I’m still not confident enough to go out in public without any mascara on. I don’t think I ever will be and I’m not trying to be. This “submit” tab has been open on my computer for days, and pressing that button seems almost impossible.

Mascara is my safety blanket.

I’m submitting not because I think I’m being brave showing myself without make-up, but because it makes me sad to think there are girls out there who feel like they can’t live without it. I’m 21, and I’ve never worn make-up, or jewellery for that matter. I grew up with my mum constantly at me for not being like other “normal” girls - normal meaning wearing make-up, dying my hair, getting my hair styled and wearing jewellery. It’s not just media that affects our perception - it can be our family. I was just never interested in any of it but I grew up feeling horrible about myself for doing so, not because I’d see girls looking pretty in the media but because of my family. This is the way I have always looked, and probably always will (except with more wrinkles!) xx

no makeup whatsoever. :)

Anonymous said: Hey there! Your URL "Normal Is Beautiful" doesn't exactly express the right message you know? Maybe something like "Bare Is Beautiful". I'm sure you understand the problem with the media portraying what "normal" is. The word "normal" is a problem in itself. Just making a suggestion! Anyways... I love this blog! It's a great idea!

Hmm. Maybe “Natural is Beautiful”? (assuming it isn’t taken)

I took a life lesson from my mother (who never wore make-up and never wore jewelry) that you are your own beauty. Beauty is confidence and love of self, not diet pills and make-up.

I don’t wear any make-up and never intend to for multiple reasons, but my main reason is that I am beautiful as is and I don’t need hundreds of dollars worth of cosmetics to prove it!

Normally I dont wear make up its too much of a hassle for me really lol but if I do ill wear some mascara and lipgloss and maybe some foundation if I feel like it :3 I dont feel like I need to wear make up all the time because sometimes it feels like im wearing a mask and im not showing the real me.

Fresh out of the shower and then something like 45 minutes later. Also I hadn’t tweezed my brows in a while in the before.

Most girls say they can’t leave the house with out makeup, I find it hard to leave with my mane for some reason I feel I look way better with big hair.

This is me after a day of cleaning the basement and packing. I don’t often wear make up but my insecurities come from other imperfections you don’t see in media that makes me feel less than beautiful. I have a nerve disorder and I don’t have control over the left side of my face, not my eye or my lip. Trying to feel beautiful with my differences isn’t easy, but I’m trying.