As a beauty
blogger people will always have misconceptions of who I am and what I stand
for. The biggest is that I am
egotistical and all I care about is how I look and how others look. This isn’t
true. Yes I like wearing make-up and having nice skin and I adore helping
others to achieve a nice complexion and find products that they will love just
as much as I do, but that isn’t all there is to me, or any other beauty blogger
or vlogger for that matter.
What is
really important to me is actually that you are a good person, that you are
beautiful in the inside. People have this view that because I talk beauty and
wear make-up that I won’t want to be your friend or talk to you unless you are
visually appealing to me and it’s definitely not true.
You could be
the most gorgeous person to ever live, a James Dean doppelgänger and if you
don’t have a heart, if you put others down, if you act like you are above
others then I won’t want anything to do with you.
In the words
of John Green “That’s always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people would want
to be around someone because they’re pretty. It’s like picking your breakfast
cereals based on colour instead of taste.”
I’m not just
speaking for me, I’m speaking for many people. People have this judgement that
if they are attractive then life is going to be easy, that they are above
others and that everyone must put up with their crappy personalities, I won’t
and many others won’t either.
What is
important is that you understand flaws, that you are kind, caring, loving and
don’t just judge everyone by how attractive they are. It’s important that you
know you are exactly like everyone around you, whether you can apply make-up
better, have clearer skin or were just blessed with good genes, you are still
human and when that’s all stripped off you are exactly like those around you,
no better, no worse.
I’m not
saying that you can’t know that you are attractive, I mean if you know you’re
pretty, you love your body whatever, own that, but understand that there is more
to you than meets the eye. Don’t be a horrible person and expect others to put
up with it because you’re attractive.
Be kind, be
giving, be understanding, be polite, helpful and grateful. What is really
important is your inner beauty. No one wants to be friends with someone who is
attractive, but makes them feel insecure or unhappy.
To
summarise, don’t expect people to put up with you because you’re pretty, just
be a good person and stop thinking you’re better than everyone else because
you’re not and no one wants to be your friend.
I honestly
don’t know where I planned to go with this post when I started it, but I got
somewhere in the end.
Do you think
inner beauty is more important than outer beauty?
Have people
made misjudgements of you because of your blog, hobby, studies or job?
