8 Things That Won’t Happen When You Choose Natural Beauty
The instant sanity savers of avoiding a glam lifestyle
Beauty isn’t something I think about nor focus on for myself. I’m a pretty simple woman who doesn’t fuss over makeup or hair. I like to keep myself presentable but not over the top because I just don’t have the patience to get dolled up. It seems exhausting.
In our daily toolbox of things we use to make ourselves more attractive, there are two free tools that outshine everything: A smile and a personality.
Nothing you wear is more important. Not the business attire, not the makeup, not the $400.00 pair of shoes with matching handbag. Because let’s face it, you could be all those things wrapped into one big ball of refinement and still be a douche.
There’s no false advertising in a good old, free-of-charge smile backed by a genuine love of who you are. This is what radiates long before someone notices your labels.
Aside from saving a ton of money and time, there are plenty of benefits to sporting your own fundamental beauty. Let’s dive into an array of instant sanity savers when you choose natural beauty over glam.
- When a random stranger tells you you’re beautiful you’ll know they’re referring to the actual you, not your latest eyebrow stenciling job plastered to your face.
- When you get into a bar fight you won’t have to worry about your opponent ripping your fake hair off. Your locks are au naturel, baby. If they want to scalp you they’ll have to work a lot harder. So hard, in fact, that they may just give up and walk away.
- When you roll over in the morning next to Dexter St. Jock, whom you dragged home from the bar last night, you’ll still look the same. He won’t see a whole facial imprint on your pillow and may consider a second date. For him, it’s easier to stomach waking up next to actual you, rather than drag-queen-gone-wrong you.
- On your next date with Dexter, the two of you merrily run home from the bar in a downpour. Since you’ve chosen natural beauty, your eye makeup won’t be dripping down your face making you look as though your eyeballs were pecked out by a raven like in that old horror flick, The Omen.
- You’ll never be late for a date with Dexter, or any man.
- The only inner-tube hanging around your mid-section is your actual muffin top. It’s not the unnatural looking line underneath your dress caused by your Spanks rolling all the way down, like a condom before it’s pulled on.
- Your boobs won’t do a bungee plunge when Dexter skillfully unclasps your bra with one hand. The twins will be exactly how and where he imagined them to be, right around your waistline.
- When people come visit you in the hospital they won’t be shocked.
All jokes aside, the truth about choosing natural beauty is just that…the truth. If a stranger pays you a compliment like, “You’re a really beautiful person. I don’t know what it is but you just shine,” you know they’re seeing the actual you.
There’s no compliment more genuine than that.
When I look in the mirror I don’t see ugly but I do see basic because I consider myself fairly basic in appearance. But the way I see myself doesn’t discount how others see me.
Although I visually see ordinary I don’t feel ordinary. I feel like magic most of the time. I’m fully aware that my personality is way out in left field and because of that I attract many different kinds of people, and they’re all good.
So, next time a male coworker shows up at work sporting a fresh cut, TELL HIM he looks all fresh and clean. If a female coworker shows up not wearing her false eyelashes for a change, tell her she looks gorgeous without them.
If we can find opportunities to recognize another human being by telling them they’re beautiful or that they shine, why wouldn’t we?
Imagine the ripple effect if everyone was bold enough to go out on that limb and acknowledge natural beauty?
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