How long do you spend getting ready in the morning?
If you’re someone who wears makeup, you might find yourself spending quite a bit of time applying coverup and foundation to try to hide your acne or so-called “blemishes.”
Well, there’s a new beauty trend this year that could save you a lot of time if you choose to participate in it. It’s not a new facewash or gimmicky peeling facemask. Nope! Instead, the newest beauty trend is to embrace your skin exactly as it is.
As a society, we tend to find people with clear skin to be the most beautiful.
You might find yourself watching TV shows or even scrolling through Instagram and being struck by how perfect someone’s skin looks.
And when celebrities dare to appear on the red carpet with less-than-flawless skin, they often get raked over the coals.
That’s what happened when Kendall Jenner showed up to the Golden Globes with a few blemishes on her face.
People saw the acne and (for some reason) decided to call her out on it.
But then, something kind of amazing happened.
Kendall Jenner acknowledged the fact that she had acne and then…just kept on living her life.
never let that shit stop you! 😎✨ https://t.co/uXlqwJxTPf
— Kendall (@KendallJenner) January 8, 2018
How dare she step out of the house and go to an event where other people might see her?! It’s almost as if she’s a human being who sometimes has acne on her face, but that doesn’t make her any less of a person.
I know. It’s pretty mindblowing stuff.
Kendall Jenner isn’t the only person who’s not letting their acne keep them down. Hailey Wait is a 17-year-old artist and musician whose recent post about acne has gone viral and maybe even started a movement.
Reminder that acne doesn’t make you ugly 💖 a heart full of hate does. pic.twitter.com/X7EQ12amQg
— PIGSS (@pigssart) December 10, 2017
“Reminder that acne doesn’t make you ugly — a heart full of hate does,” she posted back in December.
Her message hit home with so many people. How could it not? There are very few people in the world who have never had to deal with acne. And those of us who’ve dealt with it probably haven’t felt beautiful while doing so.
But why not?
i’ve dealt with acne for years and this tweet made me have a whole new look on it because you are so genuinely beautiful, with or without acne <3
— brianna marie🌹 (@xbmthxbrix) December 10, 2017
Who says that acne can’t be beautiful?
That’s why embracing your skin the way it is — no matter what bumps and “blemishes” might be there — might be the best beauty trend out there.
Wait now has more than 120,000 followers on Instagram and has encouraged others to share their own photos of what it looks like to accept and celebrate the skin you’re in…
That’s why you might see people make their own #SkinPositivity posts.
Planets everywhere lol #Skinpositivity #selfie #cute 💕💅🏽✨✨
A post shared by @gnh.321 on Nov 28, 2015 at 4:26pm PST
If you ask me, any beauty trend that requires less time spent getting ready in the morning is a trend I can definitely get behind.
It’s so refreshing to see people celebrate every part of their amazing bodies (especially compared to all those super wack beauty trends people participated in last year. Christmas tree eyebrows? Really?)
A post shared by Hailey Wait 🌙 (@pigss) on Dec 7, 2017 at 6:46am PST
Wait makes it clear in her posts that while she’s not ashamed of her acne, she also doesn’t want to deal with it forever.
“Cystic acne is painful, physically, and even though I still get breakouts, most of the spots I have left are just scars. I’m okay with that,” she said. “Honestly, as soon as I cut foundation out of my makeup routine and stopped giving a damn what people thought of my appearance and once I started caring more about my overall happiness and wellbeing, it started to improve drastically.”
A post shared by Hailey Wait 🌙 (@pigss) on Jan 14, 2018 at 10:41am PST
She’s also written about how annoying it is to get endless advice from the supposed “experts” of the Internet of how to deal with her acne.
“I know the intent is good a lot of times but if I didn’t ask, then I don’t need it,” she said in one post. Preach, girl!
A post shared by Hailey Wait 🌙 (@pigss) on Jan 7, 2018 at 1:58pm PST
“Whether you have acne or not, ur damn fine ok and you deserve love!!!” she wrote in another post. “Both can be beautiful.”
Got that? You deserve love no matter what your skin looks like!
A post shared by Em Ford (@mypaleskinblog) on Jan 9, 2018 at 2:05pm PST
Personally, I can’t wait to see this #SkinPositivity movement really take off. It’s time for all of us to stop trying to change every single little thing about our bodies and instead focus on, you know, being good people.
