Photography: Becky Curl Originally Published on Thought Catalog. I can’t recall the first time I was ever told I was beautiful, but I remember enough to know that this ideal of “beauty” has followed me almost my entire life. From a young age, girls are praised for their looks and paraded around like little dolls for all of the world to admire. We get new dresses and bows and pose for countless photos as the flashes pop before our eyes, forever capturing ourselves solely at face value. “What a sweet little girl” and “Smile for me, Sweetie” are words that begin to be thrown at you from your very beginnings, but eventually these so-called endearing terms turn sour and often leave us feeling uns
80s beauty trends for 2017 The 90s had their fair share of influence in last year's beauty and fashion looks, but in 2017 the trends go back another decade. Prepare to welcome back 80s hairstyles, electric colors and edgy looks! Besides 80s-inspired runway looks in collections from Alexander Wang and other young designers, people getting excited for Star Wars movies like we haven't seen in years and Netflix rebooting the 80s vibe through the upside down universe of Stranger Things, no one ever thought this decade would actually make a comeback past fiction, sequins and ruffles. But behold the brightness of blush and eyeshadow palettes, behold the perms and messy waves, behold all things 80s
Photography: Becky Curl Originally published on Thought Catalog. Change will always be amongst the scariest situations we will encounter in our lives. It seems that every time we are finally falling into a peaceful rhythm and tying up our loose ends, the ground falls out from beneath us. The moment that you think you have finally made it, we are forced to reconsider what exactly “it” is. Often at these times of utter devastation, we are presented with different paths to choose from. Sometimes, the choice is an easy one; more often than not, however, our choice comes loaded with a plethora of blurred lines and “what ifs” which create roadblock after roadblock during our decision making proces
