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We live in a world full of fancy filters and air-brushed perfections. In a world, where beauty is weighed by the number of ‘likes’ and ‘hearts’ for the documentation of an Insta-famous life. As dismaying as it may sound, it is mostly women who fall prey to the misconceptions that beauty brands and multi-dollar companies propagate or feed the gullible in the guise of well-being.
In fact, I can’t even begin to recount the instances where women I know (including me), have been shamed for how we look. Having said that, I believe, we still have hope. For now, we have celebrity designer, Masaba Gupta lending a firm voice to every muffled whisper and taking one for the team.Â
Recently, Masaba took to Instagram and posted an emotional and uplifting message for all the women out there, who at least once, thought less of themselves.
 It’s taken me a LOT to put up this picture. But I felt like I had to. Of course, acne is common & weight problems are common and people deal with it and get over it with time. But what do you do when your bang in the middle of it? I’ve had terrible acne for 14yrs and by terrible I mean, most days it looked like I had a cigarette stubbed in my face. Dark scars on my face & in my head. There were days I would refuse to leave home without putting powder on my face & refused to put any lights on in the room. I’ve had men tell me they want to throw up when they see my face. I’ve run out of my house to school with concealer on my face because I couldn’t take it anymore.
So many of you must be bang in the middle of this. Some extra weight, a whole lotta acne. The truth is .. you have to go with it. That also means you have to work at getting better. Better health, better skin. Better everything. It’s well-being after all. Don’t live with what you don’t like. Punch it out of your system! You have to cringe when you see yourself in the mirror, cry until you choke. DO.IT.ALL.but once you’re done with that you have to run your finger down all the clear, beautiful spots on you & you have to do it every single day. Brush your teeth. Practice confidence. Practice self-Estéem. Practice strength. Because we all know it will be knocked out of us 3 mins after we step out of home.
Don’t expect to read an article about ‘beauty coming from the inside’ and expect to wake up the next day feeling like your beautiful. Doesn’t work like that. If beauty to you is stepping out with a face full of makeup then so be it. If it’s about flaunting your scars. So be it. But when you come back home & the lights are out. And every tear has been shed with every remark that hit you.. until you build your wall & you will be the biggest, bestest version of everything that has happened to you. Collect your scars & build them into something beautiful. #throwback
With just one post, Masaba has made it clear that you don’t always have to fit into society’s mould of what is beautiful and what is not. Own your scars and make your own calling because, at the end of the day, it is you who matters! And don’t let any magazine tell you otherwise. Thank you, for teaching us the right way, Masaba. Thank you, for putting it out there. Thank you, for being you.
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