Today I'm "un-doing".
I'm presenting a naked smile.
I am Brave and Beautiful is a beauty movement that is sweeping the globe. Colbie Caillat started it with her recent song and video called TRY. My blogging friends wanted to push this movement along and invited women from all over to share what they looked like without make up and I joined in. Colbie’s song says, “Take your make up off. Let your hair down… Look into the mirror at yourself, Do you like you? Cause I like you… “
Megan and her friend Cobi are behind this project. Their vision included creating their own video inspired by the song TRY. The talent of Robbins Creative made it possible for them to pull it off. You have to click play and see the beauty and bravery displayed and you might even recognize a few faces in there.
I’ve joined in with 101+ other blogging women from different backgrounds, religions, ethnicities, ages, shapes and sizes and we've all decided to be Brave and Beautiful! You can join in this movement, too, by sharing what you look like without makeup on. you don't need to be a blogger. Just tag your photo with #IamBraveAndBeautiful on Instagram and search the hashtag to see who else has joined in. ALSO, if you tag it with a second hashtag, #ColbieTRY, we just might be able to get Colbie Caillat’s attention since she was the inspiration behind it all!
Are you brave and beautiful?
I'm not.
I've been criticized. I've been told that I'm ugly. My ideas are a waste of time. I'm stupid. I'm just a "hick country girl". Being that I'm not good enough, pretty enough, young enough and smart enough. And at 54 years old, I'm just old. Throughout many years, I've spent a lot of time trying to evaluate who I am and why and it shouldn't be based on others' criticism.
If my appearance can't be socially accepted like this:
Then it will never be accepted like this:
And I don't mind.
I've always accepted the fact that no one could like me for who I am. Now that I've fully matured, I don't even care what others think. The painful words and actions don't hurt anymore. I really AM different. Who should give a knick knack patty whack? Me. I need to please myself and realize the beauty around me. I know who I am and what I love. I’m not perfect and never will be. I put my heart and soul into who and what I love. I just strive to do the best I can. That's enough for me. It seems to be enough for those who love me back.
I'm brave. I'm tough. I'm a creator. I'm a wife, mother, daughter, sister and conqueror of my self inflicted battles. My appearance is not beautiful, but I know my heart is because it loves so hard it hurts. That is power. That is bravery. That is my beauty.
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| Good morning, face! Let's get out there and have another kick ass beautiful day! |
Don't stop here. Get clicking around – its a blog hop! Below are more brave and beautiful women bearing more than their natural beauty. They all have a little bit of their heart to share with you. Some get very personal. Some share stories. For some this was very hard to do yet they gathered their courage and did it anyway. We hope as you click around (and YES pin these different posts!) you will feel the importance of it, the empowering effect it has and that it encourages you in some way.
1. BrassyApple 2. Peace from 6 Pieces 3. Is this Really My Life 4. Among the Young 5. Love Me Dani Marie 6. Sweet Charli 7. Kim Orlandini 8. XO, Ashton Tilton 9. She Calls Me Mama Leisha 10. Raising Memories – Canada 11. A Little Tipsy 12. Amy Cornwell 13. A girl and a glue gun 14. My Craftily Ever After 15. Maybe I Will 16. WhipperBerry 17.Paging SuperMom 18. All Things Thrifty 19. Ashlee Marie 20. The Project Girl
21. One Little Momma 22. Entirely Eventful Day 23. Diary of a Brown Eyed Girl 24. Tips from a Typical Mom 25. Utah Sweet Savings 26. Flats to Flip Flops 27. One Krieger Chick28. What Meegan Makes 29. Simply Kierste 30. Live to be Inspired 31. HoneyBear Lane32. Pretty Providence 33. Ma Nouvelle Mode – in FRANCE 34. MomEntity 35. Serger Pepper – in ITALY 36. Kiki and Company 37. Girl Loves Glam 38. Thrive
39. The Potters Place 40. Crafting in the Rain 41. Cooking With Ruthie 42. Delineate Your Dwelling 43. The Pennington Point 44. Bakerette 45. The Happy Scraps 46. Shannon Baird Photography 47. Tried and Tasty 48. Lionesses at the Gate 49. Fry Sauce and Grits50. Lolly Jane 51. That’s What Che Said 52. Sugar Bee Crafts 53. Your HomeBased Mom54. Happiness is Homemade 55. The Crafted Sparrow 56. R&R Workshop 57. I Should Be Mopping the Floor 58. Sassy Steals
59. Let’s Eat Grandpa 60. Being Spiffy 61. Sumo’s Sweet Stuff 62. Ginger Snap Crafts 63.Bless This Mess 64. Apronista 65. Dreaming About Someday 66. Frenchie 67. Tastefully Frugal 68. Four Marrs and One Venus 69. Your Sister Circle 70. Over the Big Moon 71.See Vanessa Craft 72. Infarrantly Creative 73. Family StoryTelling
74. Albion Gould 75. Life as Mrs. Larson 76. Tried and True 77. Play.Party.Pin. 78. Bite of Delight 79. Ink Happi 80. ObSEUSSed 81. U Create 82. My Mommy Style 83. Find it Make it Love it 84. The Contractor Chronicles 85. Novae Clothing 86. Mommy Makes Things 87.At Home with Sweet T 88. We Like to Learn As We Go 89. House for Five 90. Organize and Decorate Everything 91. Sassy Southern Gurl 92. The Creative Mom 93. Keep Moving Forward with Me
94. The Benson Street 95. Mom 4 Real 96. Sowdering About 97. illistyle 98. The Crafty Blog Stalker 99. A Fiery Red Life 100. Cupcakes & Crowbars 101. One Sweet Appetite102. My DayLights 103. Restless Risa
104. Sypsie Designs 105. Vintage Mother 106. Like Mother Like Daughter 107. 30 Handmade Days 108. Queen B and Me 109. Apples by Ashley 110. Boutique Cafe – in CANADA 111. Just My Little Mess 112. Bombshell Bling 113. Sarah Tyau 114. Taradara Make it 115. Capturing Joy 116. Ivory Lime Photography 117. Jenkins Kids Farm 118.Free Time Frolics 119. Bella Storia 120. Dana Ohlsen Photography
Ready in join in?Snap, hashtag and share! Tag @BrassyApple and @Peacefrom6Pieces if you can too!
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Very powerful! glad you shared and I think you are beautiful - mind, body and heart! I actually haven't worn makeup since my early 20's. Hubby says I am prettier without it and who else do I need to please? If you don't like the way I look, close your eyes or turn away! has always been my motto. :) Hugs!!
ReplyDeleteWhile there is nothing wrong with wearing makeup, I love that this movement tells that we don't need it to be confident or pretty.
ReplyDeleteI believe we are all made in the image of God, and that we all have our own beauty.
Joined in and tagged! :] I very rarely wear makeup because I much prefer getting more sleep vs. getting up early to get ready. It's fun to play around with it every now and then, but I am all for being confident and feeling pretty [awesome] in your own skin! :]
ReplyDeleteI'm with Farrah. I have joined in! I have personally been feeling pressure to do more. I have naturally long lashes, but compared to all of the fake lashes people wear, they don't really look like anything. I only feel a tinge of something when my children are complimented on their lashes... and all I can think is they are MY lashes. Since I don't wear makeup, I often feel myself pressured to want to in order to "enhance" my own features, but only to match what others have. Then it feels like an endless cycle.
ReplyDeleteAmen, Julie. I can go days without it and be comfortable with myself at home. In the public view; I'll use a little of it or for special occasions a lot more. If God wanted me to be born with ruby lips and painted eyelids, I would have been born that way. But I wasn't.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you joined, Farrah! Stay confident... keep smiling!
ReplyDeleteYay! Thrilled you joined, April! I believe women that DON'T wear makeup are the most comfortable women in the world. Their souls surface through their skin and personalities. You are so lucky to be one. Keep smiling and being beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYou don't need it Kristina. You are beautiful the way you are. Some women can get away with never wearing a stitch and be so amazingly attractive. I think because of the way we see ourselves in our minds it pours through our skin and it makes us unattractive. Like me. When you are picked on and laughed at throughout childhood and later years by other females, it develops a deep sense of doubt and ugliness. If you think you aren't beautiful it shows. You are a fortunate woman to have your natural beauty show through everything you do and say. You are beautiful inside and out. It's in your personality. Keep smiling because it's a gorgeous smile!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely movement! I added a tag to photo of mine. I rarely wear makeup anymore because I am lazy and a little confident ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining in, Mary! You go, girl!
ReplyDelete'I am not beautiful like you. I am beautiful like me'! Lovely words!
ReplyDeleteAnd I have to say... you ARE beautiful. With or without makeup and irrespective of your age. You look amazing.
I am a co-host for Wake-Up Wednesday Linky Party and would like to thank you for partying with us.
-Tanya
http://tanyaanurag.blogspot.com/
Thank you for taking the time for the visit, and for such kind words of confidence, Tanya. It means so much to me.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful post and a fantastic initiative! I love how many women are joining in this with you - awesome! Thanks for coming by and linking up at the #HomeMatters linky party! We hope to see you again this coming Wednesday!
ReplyDeleteI love this!!! I wanted to let you know I will be featuring it on this weeks Tuesday with a Twist link party on my blog, come by and say hello. Thanks again and have a great week. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kristen! It's a great movement. A reward for real women worldwide. :)
ReplyDeleteOn behalf of all women of this movement, thank you! It's awesome that you are helping to spread the word.
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