Hi lovelies,

When #nomakeupselfies exploded onto the Instagram scene, it felt like both a turning point and a significant concern for many. After all, while it’s difficult not to support a movement so firmly rooted in self-love, the pressure that this brought to lay ourselves bare also exacerbated fears around our bodies not being good enough, or not living up to the expectations our online activities set. 

Luckily, as the makeup-less selfie becomes far more of a social media norm, and celebs including Lady Gaga, Drew Barrymore, and Jeniffer Aniston prove just how beautiful a makeup-less look can be, much of this fear has since faded. In its place, countless women are realizing that no makeup selfies can actually be a positive force for good, and a great way to learn the following crucial lessons.
# 1 - A more natural form of self-love
While self-love in its truest sense applies to all of your forms including your makeup-wearing self (which many women are incidentally now reclaiming as the ultimate form of self-love), genuinely learning to love your body also requires you to embrace your natural look. In this sense, makeup-less selfies can prove crucial for eliminating the lingering insecurities which may continue to hold you back if you never lay yourself bare, and can help to uncover the true, natural beauty that will likely leave you feeling more confident than ever. 

# 2 - A realistic idea of what you don’t likeWe all have specific insecurities about our appearances, and these are the things that we most often attempt to cover or detract from when we’re wearing a full face of makeup. Unfortunately, the lasting knowledge of their existence can still shake our confidence when seen from certain angles or while smiling. By comparison, a makeup-less selfie that leaves things like stained teeth bare can help to highlight those lingering insecurities and push us into seeking realistic solutions like the full-smile restorations offered by Apa Aesthetic. This can then help us to feel more comfortable in our skin than ever before, and it might not have been possible if you simply kept on covering the issue with things like bright lipsticks, or pictures taken from your most flattering angle.

# 3 - Compliments you can take to heart
While a fully filtered, makeup-rich photo can receive a whole load of likes and flattering comments, it’s difficult to take these compliments to heart when you know they’re based on a version of yourself that’s so far from the truth. However, putting a makeup-less selfie out there and still receiving plenty of impassioned, wonderful comments can help you to feel a whole lot better in a far more genuine sense. This, in turn, can contribute to your generally appearance-based security, and your ability to love yourself as you are, rather than as you’d like to be.

Makeupless selfies might be doing great things for social media in general, but they could also teach you a thing or two if you let them.