It’s time for the Love EVERY Body Workshop #2. I really enjoyed the 1st one which was a letter to my body. You can read it here. It was quite hard to not go DEEP and write for days but I managed to keep quite positive. That is my aim. The whole point is that this workshop makes you feel more positive about yourself and your body over time.
Today I would like to introduce you to my assignment #2… my face…
Selfie
If you haven’t seen me already, this is me. Red hair, brown eye, freckles and a round face. You know what’s funny. My face is probably the one part of me I generally don’t have an issue with. If I look to hard than it gets a little shady. But generally I can say, that’s me and that’s fine.
I love the colour of my hair. If there is one part of me that I can safely say I have never wanted to change is the colour of my hair. It’s a reddish, auburn colour. I get the same comment at every hairdressers ‘is this your natural colour?’ and I love it. It has a bit of everything in it. Light streaks, dark streaks, gold, copper etc. I love it. My hair is dead straight so when I take the time to get it looking like the below, I get pretty excited. My hair needs wash every day which I can’t handle but that’s why I couldn’t have it too short. Just too much effort!
Pump up the volume
Moving on to my face, I have light brown eyes which I like, and my eyebrows which I get threaded every 2 weeks or so (I did them today infact!). I like my eyebrows. I can be make up free but have my eyebrows done and I feel alright.
Moles & freckles. I have them in bucket loads. Big ones, small ones, more in summer, ever more on holiday. I don’t mind them. I have never been bothered with my moles and I have never tried to hide them with make up or anything. They are just a part of me!
I have to say I’m not a fan of my side profile, I have an overbite.. (sounds so attractive) which means my top jaw is a little out ahead of my bottom jaw. Not immensely or that you would REALLY notice but I notice it. I was told to wear braces when I was about 12. They were the removable ones so as soon as I left the house I took them out! They hurt, were ugle and made me lisp. There was no way I was wearing them to school! I was supposed to wear one of the odd head things too at night. I put it on, then once I was in my room ‘asleep’ it would come off. I have a low pain threshold and the fact it dug into my face meant once again, hell no! I don’t regret NOT wearing it. I’d still rather have my slight overbite now compared 2 3 years of torture in my teens! It’s given me a bit of a point chin but at least a part of my face is slim!
(I hate side profile! This is one of the very few I have saved)
My lips are quite small but naturally quite pink and plump for now. I haven’t really worn lip colour until recently. Vaseline and lip gloss has been my friends for years now. The fact my mouth lets me eat means I have no qualms with it what so ever. It knows how to eat a chicken wink in about 40 seconds flat.
My teeth are ok. If I look too much I start to get annoyed at the little gap in between my bottom teeth and that I want them Hollywood white! But yes, I’m not spending a fortune on teeth whitening. Not for now anyway.
Overall I’m really just ‘ok’ about my face. I don’t dislike it which generally is a good thing. I like natural looking make up to the point where on a day to day basis it looks like I’m not wearing any. I don’t like my side profile, so catch me from the front if you ever take a picture please! Also… another positive and something I am blessed with is good skin. My dad is relatively olived skinned and doesnt seem to wrinkle, blemish or any of that sort of thing. I’m lucky that my skin has taken most of his genes in the sense that it is pretty blemish free. Unless I go seriously mad on a chocolate binge that is.
I love pink lip colour
Before I forget… my brain! Without which I wouldn’t be writing this! I have a pretty decent brain. Sometimes it lets my heart take over and wonders why the hell it lets go of the reigns! It’s a good brain. I’ve always been quite quick off the mark and needed a creative outlet. Hence why Pretty Big Butterflies is here. Good going brain. I owe you one!
A big thank you to Leah who started this workshop and is an inspiration for body positiveness for everyone!
Holiday skin is the best… yes I can be a bit silly but why not?
