Looks aren't everything..

... sure we say that, but deep down we all know that your appearance is important. We're all consumed in wanting to look good 24/7. Getting caught up in the latest fashion, and what's "in". I miss the saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Beauty is blinded to what society had molded to what the standards of beauty is. Your toughest critic is yourself when it comes to staring into that mirror. I'm guilty of waking up in the mirror and the first thing I say is, ugh I have a lot of work to do before going out. It takes me at least an hour to get ready and get out of my house to do anything.. I feel so self-conscious with out make up, but having it there is like my safety mask of letting the world know what I really look like.

I work in a retail store with bright lights and mirrors everywhere.. and I honestly think that I only got hired for the way I look. I had a group interview and I saw how the other girls dressed, had their hair and make up done and thought well I look like I would be able to work here, no offense to the other girls and once I got the call and saw that the other girl weren't there, I knew that I was right.

I've spent years trying to perfect how I'm portrayed by others. It's sad to say but I know that I'm the kind of girl that people know of as the girl who loves her make up, hair and clothes more than anything else. But is it bad to think that there's nothing wrong with wanting to look good? I feel like I'm so caught up, I'm tryna stop and see the beauty in other things too.

-Lim