Beauty Standards are Kind of a Scam

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 We all spend way too much time staring at our own faces in the front-facing camera. And honestly? It’s exhausting. We’re constantly bombarded with these "perfect" images, but if you step back for a second, the whole thing is actually pretty wild.



It’s basicallly a business

Think about it: if everyone woke up tomorrow and decided they actually liked their nose or their skin, a bunch of multi-billion dollar companies would go broke. They need us to feel like we’re a "problem" that needs "fixing." It’s not about being pretty; it’s about making sure you keep buying stuff to chase a goalpost that they keep moving on purpose.




The "Ideal" is a total shape-shifter

My favorite (and by favorite, I mean most annoying) thing is how beauty "trends" change. One year, thin eyebrows are in. The next, everyone is drawing them on thick. Then it’s a specific body type, then it’s another.



Imagine trying to change your actual DNA every time the internet decides a new look is "it." You’re a human, not a pair of jeans you can just swap out when the style changes.

The Filter Paradox

We all know filters exist, but our brains still forget. You see someone on TikTok with "glass skin" and think, Why don't I look like that? You don't look like that because they don't even look like that. Real skin has pores. It has bumps. It has texture. If you saw half these influencers in person at a grocery store under those harsh fluorescent lights, they’d look just as "human" as the rest of us.



So, what do we actually do?

You don't have to go on some "self-love journey" where you look in the mirror and cry tears of joy every day, that’s unrealistic too. Just try to get to a place of neutrality.

Your body is basically just a biological spacesuit that lets you exist, listen to music, and hang out with your friends. It doesn't have to be "aesthetic" 24/7.



The best thing you can do? Mute the accounts that make you feel like trash. If you scroll past a post and your first thought is "I'm ugly," that’s your cue to hit the "not interested" button. Protect your headspace, because that's the only part of you that actually has to live with you forever.



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