Clean Up Confidence
Mary R.
Some people under-estimate their self-esteem. According to nytimes.com, in elementary
school, 60% of girls said they were ‘happy the way I am’ however, the figures
dropped from 60% to 29%, once girls reached high school. This just shows one
reason why girls' confidence level drops. On the other hand, this is one reason
why girls wear makeup. Now of course there are other things that go into
wearing makeup like to impress guys or just to fit in. However, a new article
on makeup from huffingtonpost.com states, "Before, it was
popular for kids to be sporting the latest flavor of Lip Smacker, but today,
I’m seeing a trend of girls who prefer to wear what I call ‘the mask,’ a
layering of makeup (thin or thick) that, if removed, would reveal a different
face underneath." Says Taylor Griffith, the author of the article.
Everything relies on "trends" nowadays. This is one other thing
that will completely make a girl’s confidence drop. Not only does she feel
pressured to have the product that is "in," but if she doesn't have
it, she doesn't feel like she fits in. From this little trend, this girl loses
her confidence. Can you see how it's so easy to let this happen? Especially
nowadays. Girls are growing up very fast. When I asked my mom, she said,
"In middle school, I wore blush and the basic makeup, but other girls
would go to the locker room and put on a whole face of makeup. Even then, there
were still girls that felt pressured to wear makeup. And now, you see USA
soccer players that have strong girls on their team, but then there's that one
girl that puts on all that makeup even when she plays." That girl's name
is Sydney Leroux, and she wears sweat proof makeup when she plays. Critics day
that if she’s wearing that much makeup, she can’t possibly be focusing on
soccer enough. But she still stands to prove everyone wrong.
I think it's time we stop comparing ourselves to other people in
magazines that have clearly been edited, or photoshopped. When you see one
magazine with a model that’s not wearing any makeup, and you notice that how
she looks is actually how she looks, let me know. I saw this video the other
day of this woman that came into a room and they took a normal picture of her
with no makeup. To me, she was beautiful just the way she was. But instead,
they took the picture, and made her waist a little smaller, face a little
skinnier, but digital makeup on her, and put her in a different outfit. They
showed the improved picture to the lady and she was so overjoyed on how she looked.
Of course, she looked like every other girl on a magazine, but at the time, she
didn't think about that, she thought about how pretty she was. It was a big
confidence boost. The director of the film never showed the lady her actual
photo, and she never knew what she really looked like.
So with that, I think it’s time we do something about this. When someone
says "you run like a girl," say, "yes, I run like a girl, so try
to keep up." There's no reason for you to lose confidence over that.
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