What had happened was 🙈

So what had happened was. I gave myself a waist and some curvesss. Brightened my eyes until they were shining like Rihanna’s diamonds and filtered the already beautiful atmosphere. No big deal, just another day on these Instagram streetz but for some reason I kept coming back to the post. Something in my mind kept saying, “But Omotayo these your eyes are too white.”

The eyes abi. Okay o 👀

A few days ago I had watched one of my favourite YouTubers confess to doing liposuction.
I was confused and jealous, let me be real. because I also want a super flat stomach, but I’m outchea in the suck-belle struggle. But as manz must always be able to claim natural beauty (another super vain thought 🤷🏽‍♀️) can’t do what you’re doing. The haterade was much.

But, as we see, vanity begets vanity. What’s the difference between doing lipo physically and visiting Doctor Facetune, please? In my mind I can judge everyone for choosing the easy way out but, aunty yellow, ma, you af equally come and do your own so, y u mad, bro?

External standards of beauty are constantly changing. Physical beauty is also designed to fade - that’s how the Manufacturer designed the product. But truthfully, it’s our perception of our value - internally - that influences our dissatisfaction with our bodies.

That’s why it doesn’t matter how much anyone tells us we look beautiful; if the voice in our heads are saying, “I know I’m okay but if I had a bigger bum/smaller waist/ bigger breasts/ narrower nose... thennn I’d truly be beautiful,” we’ll still feel inadequate.

I think the solution is to learn to receive love. To hear the good and focus on what’s admirable, not what we wish we could alter.
Funny thing is that whatever body part you’re dissatisfied with is such a tiny part of your overall look; you have sooo many other beautiful features!

Even Apostle Paul said it,

“Finally, brothers and sisters, fill your minds with beauty and truth. Meditate on whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is good, whatever is virtuous and praiseworthy.” (Phil 4:8 Voice)

But. I’m preaching to myself. Because I still haven’t deleted Facetune 🙊