I\u2019ve always been mesmerised by magazines and makeup. From the moment a shimmering blue powder was swept across my eyelids at my first dance competition (I was five years old), I have been a complete sucker for all things beauty. And it was the bold beauty editorials of \u201800s fashion magazines that inspired my career in print writing.<\/p>\n
My mother has always told me, \u201cIt\u2019s what is on the inside that makes you beautiful,\u201d but the beauty and magazine industry \u2014 and, as an extension, society \u2014 has taught me the exact opposite. It wasn\u2019t until I was struggling with my own image<\/a> in my teens that I discovered so many of the models who showcased those dazzling looks in magazines and on runways were essentially starving themselves to maintain their sample size. And I only recently realised that the problems within the beauty industry run much deeper than surface level: it\u2019s more than being told what we should look like.<\/p>\n The global beauty industry is a $532 billion beast that thrives off telling women they\u2019re not pretty enough, not fit enough, not feminine enough \u2014 just not enough. So, if I continue to embrace the ever-evolving beauty sphere, can I still call myself a feminist? And is it really that black and white?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A post shared by FLOSS (@florencegiven)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n