#i.e. wear sunscreen and dont get skin cancer

[weedlovingweed]

i am watching a video about how the 'clean girl'/'natural beauty' 'trends' are still like classist because they are based in genetics and like. Procedures and Surgery and like sure but also.

idk it seems like people talk about it in a either/or way, where you either have to wear makeup to cover flaws or do skin care/dermatologist/surgery/etc to Fix flaws but also... you don't? have to do any of it. it literally doesn't matter... if you wash yr face and moisturize regularly & use sunscreen if you're going out you are giving you face the things it needs to be healthy (not 'perfect' or like. 'trendy' which why are we trying to be. who cares... look like you and be an individual...)

it's just stupid to me (which i admit i really don't care what other people think and i just accept my appearance as it is without need for enhancements, at least not skin cosmetics)... i know as a gnc lesbian i have less like. tie to feeling like i need to fit Feminine Gender Roles but it doesn't make sense that people can NOT just see themselves as people/animals/living beings with bodies for function rather than exclusively as like aesthetic objects

the video is specifically comparing the full glam insta baddie mid 2010s look to the clean girl type thing now and i haven't really worn makeup regularly since 2014 but still... like just because it became more affordable for women to get concealers and etc to cover their Disgusting Blemished Faces doesn't make that somehow better than people not clogging their pores and being encouraged to only use skin care products. societally and because of capitalism people popular media/culture will NEVER be fully accepting of peoples' natural bodies because how will they sell you anything? they need to toe the line between 'loving and accepting yourself as you are' and 'buuuut you need this product to REALLY love yourself/take care of your skin/make you look better/etc etc'. so just be yourself and do only what is necessary for HEALTH not for some nebulous 'beauty' that will absolutely change in like 5-10 years. esp people who think that getting cosmetic surgery or fillers will make them fit the standard.

you are going to be left behind when the standard changes. you are either going to look 'so 2023' in 10 years or you will have to get more surgery to fit the new standards. wouldn't you rather be able to laugh and smile and cry and enjoy the vastness of feeling, expression, etc instead of numbing your face and losing your ability to really express yourself?