"Beauty comes in all sizes, not just size 5" Roseanne

The video above is a commercial for the most popular skin lightening cream in India Fair & Lovely. Skin lightening is an international phenomenon. More and more women are purchasing these skin lightening creams as a means of achieving a lighter complexion. Not only are these creams harmful, but they don;t promote self-acceptance. In many societies darker women are considered un-attractive, but those are standards made by society. Embrace you;re complexion whether you are light or dark. Either way you are still very beautiful.

"Beauty comes in all sizes, not just size 5" Roseanne

December 5, 2011

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The Lighter the better?

December 3, 2011

Skin bleaching - destructive fashion or self-hate?

About three months ago at a well-known "massage parlor" operating somewhere in St Andrew, Coffee (not her real parlor name) was just about the only black-skinned girl working there.

She was given the name because all the other good ones used to describe an ebony goddess were already taken. The other 26 girls, all young, and like Coffee, devastatingly beautiful to the eye, catered to the steady stream of uptown businessmen, politicians a...

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Plastic surgery

December 2, 2011

"I have never had plastic surgery, and there are many pop singers who have. I think that promoting insecurity in the form of plastic surgery is infinitely more harmful than an artistic expression related to body modification."

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Teiko Dornor-Tagoe: Redifining Plus Size

December 1, 2011

By: NewNaturalista

London native Teiko Dornor-Tagoe is undeniably beautiful, intense and womanly. For the last four years, she’s taken the fashion world by storm as an international plus size model. She chronicles her experience in a blogthat’s not only entertaining, but also inspiring.

Teiko talks to NewNaturalista about being a “plus size” model in the fashion world – and you know we couldn’t let her go without talking about her hair!

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Red hair and freckles are beautiful

November 23, 2011

Let you're natural beauty shine.

Here we see Brazilian model Cintia Dinker who has risen to Super Model Status. She's not only beautiful, but she has unconventional beauty. It's not every day you see a model with red hair and a face covered with freckles.

Hope you ladies found this encouraging :)

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What is BE-YOU-TI-FUL

November 23, 2011

Being BE-YOU-TI-FUL is beyond looking good on the outside, its accepting what you have on the outside and accepting all parts of you.

We want you to not feel insecure with your outward appearance, rather EMBRACE what you have.

Be comfortable in your own skin whether you're tall, short, in-between, chubby, skinny, black, brown, white or yellow. Love every bit of yourself. Let what you think is your worst asset, your best asset.

BE YOU

BE-YOU-TI-FUL

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BE-YOU-TI-FUL

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We want our women to BE YOU and BE-YOU-TI-FUL. This section will feature fashion and beauty tips so you can learn to EMBRACE your outward appearance. This section of the website is a beauty blog with posts to show love to the parts of our bodies that society doesn't consider beautiful and empowering women to accept themselves.

Embracing ALL parts of you