Feeling Picturesque

[brightlotusmoon]

This is the second photo I've emailed to myself from the Pixi Plus smartphone. I like it mostly because it hides the redness on my face. Also my hair looks good. Also, I don't look thirty-two. I really just posted it to showcase the glasses, which I'd bought months ago but kept as backup. They're too pretty to use as backup. They're children's frames, named Pony in the color Cafe. I love them.
I'd uploaded a different but similar picture on Facebook, and while it showed the glasses well, it also showed how red and scarred my face was. Intellectually and rationally, I understood that I looked fine and youthful and pretty, but all I could see in the photo was ruddiness and fading blemishes. Concealer is one of my best friends in cosmetics. Ah, the joy of emotional body image issues. Even my therapist says I look fine.

Comments

[lovefromgirl.livejournal.com]

For the win! :)

Did your skin change when you hit 25? Mine has. It's like being 13 again. Ugh. I don't even know where to start with it.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

My skin didn't change until I hit 30. It actually got better. But I am still completely convinced I have blemishes, scars, clogged pores everywhere, etc.