What is beauty?

So guys, heyyyy :D it's been ages! I apologise.. Uni's been keeping me pretty busy, and tbh my life has been pretty boring and uninspirational so I've had nothing to blog about.

So, anyway, I was watching Snog, Marry, Avoid today (taking procrastination to the extreme), and I looked at the presenter, Ellie Taylor (no Caitlin, not your dog), and thought 'Surely, to prevent a TV programme which aims to dissuade people from wearing lots of makeup and being "fakery obsessed", they should have somebody who wears no or minimal makeup', not this:

I mean, I have no problem with people wearing makeup, it's their choice, but the above seems like slightly flawed logic to me. You see, for some people, they see their makeup is an expression of themself, but what could be more of an expression of yourself than being yourself naturally. Me, I'm allergic to makeup, so I don't wear it. But I used to, for a brief phase when I was about thirteen, I worked through the pain/itchiness of wearing it cause I wanted to fit in with my friends at that time.

Quickly, however, I decided that getting an extra ten minutes of sleep in the morning is way better than getting up to put makeup on. I like being natural, it's what makes me different, it's what makes me me. And if people are bothered about the fact that I don't wear makeup, then, frankly, I don't particularly want to be their friend.

Everyone is beautiful just as they are, and if the people around you don't make you feel beautiful every day, then you're spending time with the wrong people, find people who make you feel GOOD about yourself. True beauty is in our personality and in our heart, so radiate that to people and people will love you for being you, no having to pretend or hide.

I used to have no confidence, I used to hate the way I looked and the way I spoke and most things about myself, but that was when I have friends whose acceptance was conditional upon how I looked and behaved. These days, I have the most amazing friends (you know who you are, you probably are the only ones reading this, to be honest haha). They make me feel loved and they make me feel confident in myself, I can be me around them, no pretending, and it's amazing! And I probably don't look beautiful most of the time, but I FEEL it, even when I'm making a fool of myself, I fee I can do it with style, because I've learned to LAUGH at myself and LOVE myself. So guys, thankyou for being the most SUPERMEGAFOXYAWESOMEHOT friends ever. I love you millions, and you're all the most beautiful people I know <3

Going to wrap this up now, cause it's got more deep as it's got later, and that'll get more boring. But I'll leave you with this: me wearing makeup, and me without makeup. Which looks nicer, and which looks happier and more comfortable with the way they look? Love yourself and people will be drawn to love you too :)