Facetune the world

Diana
Mar 21, 2019
3 min read

I'm sure everyone wanted to alter their appearance at some point. As social media is a huge, and growing, part of today's society, definition and standard of beauty has changed. Apps like Facetune are digitally dominating, creating a certain amount of pressure to warp and completely change the way we look for only 4,49 €.

Knowing anatomical limits

Warping, stretching, thinning and much more can be altered by various apps. I'm focusing on Facetune, because it's the most popular.

When I open my Instagram feed, I see all kinds of pictures. Girls and women hashtagging the word perfection. What is perfection? A waist more narrow and smaller than your head? Or maybe a colossal buttocks that goes along with a nice big rack? Try lips as big and plump as they get and a tiny nose that's accompanied by neatly done brows and the thickest pair of unnatural looking lashes. The definition of perfection has changed. Yes, beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder but according to Instagram, baddies are taking over the world. Copy paste ''models'' are what's trending right now and I'm shocked when I see how quickly, especially young, women fall to their knees in order to be popular and therefor accepted. I've been brainstorming and a solid chunk of my inspiration for this entry comes from talking to my 15 year old cousin; she fills me in on whatever's popular with her peers. I am absolutely appalled by the fact how it's totally normal to wear tons of makeup, edit your pictures to oblivion and show other parts of your body because of a certain insecurity. We aren't talking about grown women, we're talking about girls who barely just hit puberty.

Extreme editing is anatomically incorrect. Body gets dismorphed to an extent when it's not actually possible to look like that in real life.

So my question is, why does the society support and encourage that? Major companies giving contracts and partnerships to women, whose job as an ambassador is to edit picture in order to promote or sell whatever they're selling.

Not long ago, I saw an Instagram post of some Asian model, who admitted she's editing her photos, because they sell more than the unedited ones and the company is more than fine with it, they even encourage her. Consumerism at it's best.

I wrote my comment, saying that it doesn't change if a person admits to editing their pictures heavily, if she keeps using it and sending the message out; how it's okay to warp your face and body but if you say you did it, it's forgiven. People were replying, saying that if a person admits editing, it's considered art.

It's a sick circle that doesn't end after you enter. Editing pictures makes you correct the flaws that bother you but deep inside you know they're still there. There is nothing artsy about being so self conscious and insecure because of all the popular and trending Insta baddies. Problem with social media is pointing out and even creating flaws, making people think they're not worthy just because they look different.

I myself have felt the pressure of not being good enough because I wasn't as thin as the other girls, or maybe my feet were too big and I had no boobs or butt. There was always something missing. Until I sorted out my emotional and mental issues, seeing those pictures made me feel even worse. Today I can look at them and think thank god I'm not like everyone else.

Don't be afraid to show THE REAL YOU

The real you might be different than everyone else but never be embarrassed or afraid of showing it. Find self love, your worth and qualities. Look in the mirror and ask yourself, do I really need to look like someone else in order to achieve true happiness? Is my nose really too big, are my lips really too small, do I really need to warp my body in a picture, is it gonna make me feel better?

You need to remember that social media is that and just that. It's online and yes you can create your own persona but at the end of the day when you log out or put that cellphone away, is it really you?

Everyone is unique, some just never show it.

So be the best version of yourself and strive for more. #selflove is important!

Millions of people can love you but none of that matters if you hate yourself.

P.S. In that good spirit, I'm adding a mini photo session I had with myself. None of the pictures are edited in any kind of way, I only used a normal black and white filter. Don't be afraid to show your flaws, everyone has them.