You Are Beautiful {a guest post by Libby}

Hello there,

My name is Libby, and I'm going to tell you something which you should already know, although you probably don't realise it all the time--even though it's always true.

You are beautiful.

Do you hear {or, rather, read} that? You, my dear, are beautiful. And him, and her, and you too. It's true. Sometimes, you won't realise it. Sometimes, you'll be called names. Sometimes, you'll think that you are too fat, too thin, too tall, too short. Sometimes, you will think that you're the exact opposite of beautiful, but we know that you are beautiful.

Don't get beautiful confused with perfect. Frankly, we'll all get spots and dark circles and scars. But these spots and dark circles and scars don't make you ugly--they make you human.Oh--and you know that rumour, about how everyone apart from you is always immaculate? It's just a rumour! Because as much as I believe Kani, Elsie and Olivia are eternally gorgeous and perfect, they're not, because they're human. Some people are more photogenic than others, but that doesn't make them more beautiful, or you more ugly. Whenever I share outfit posts, I try and hide my face, because for a while I felt I wasn't good enough to share my style. But now, I'm getting more comfortable with realising that it takes time to be natural in front of a camera, and I know I'm not ugly. My hats are a fashion statement now, like below.

And please, promise me one thing: you will never let anyone else deny you your beautifulness because of what they say. Make a bumpy nose or a freckled nose or a wrinkly nose beautiful. Because, remember they are a part of you. And you are beautiful.

{this was written in nail polish, lipgloss & eyeliner}

So, yes, I like pretty dresses and flicky eyeliner and styling my hair. But to me, that's just pretty and an outer shell. I don't think that's quite the same as beauty. Beauty is more innate than that. It's also something creative, something unique, something just waiting for ignition. So create your utmost beauty not just through following a trend but through the poetry you writes, the colours you combine, the photos you take.

Go, be beautiful. Tell me, what makes you feel most beautiful?

xx

Libby

13 & 86 simultaneously.

a picture taker & pretty-thing maker,

also, word weave, & book reader.

dress lover,

tea drinker, {coffee too}

cat snuggler and a blogger.

{blog, twitter, flickr}