Beauty and the Beast of Self Denial
The greatest obstacle to beauty is the beast that looms behind our mirrors and lurks in the shadows of our minds that goads self-consciousness to rear its ugly head. Time and time again, this beast may roar, ‘I hate my nose’, 'My eyes are too small', 'My stomach is too large', 'Why does my hair have to be so curly?’. It threatens to eat you alive each time you try to cross the bridge to the other side – where beauty lies. Lasting beauty begins with a self-awareness that goes beyond self-consciousness to self-acceptance.
We were all born beautiful by virtue of what every newborn represents – we can all learn to see the beauty of our faces and bodies through understanding our body shapes, proportions, colours that flatter us, lines, scale, fabrics. There is a special expression found in every feature of our bodies and in the colours of textures found in our skin, hair or eyes. You can capture your unique language of beauty...