Rita Ora candidly reveals her natural skin texture in an up-close selfie
With worldwide fame, celebrities are often praised, spotlighted and sometimes hated on for the bare minimum – I mean, helloooo the media! And while today I am contributing to that very idolisation, Rita Ora's nonchalant and certainly unintentional social media post, which features her natural skin texture, is one that I am more than happy to glorify.
Taking to her Instagram Story, Rita shared an unfiltered behind-the-scenes video from the set of filming her 'Ask & You Shall Receive' music video. And as excited as we are to receive all the BTS clips from the star-studded shoot, it was the reveal of her natural skin texture and pores, albeit brief, that had us reeling with appreciation.
Trivial, much? Well, lemme explain...
Although there is an abundance of makeup and skincare products on the market that claim to (and can!) minimise the appearance of pores, when it comes down to it, they are a natural feature of the skin that cannot be magically zapped into oblivion.
Now, as easy as it is to tell people to accept their natural beauty, like many, admittedly, it has taken me years to accept that my pores are completely normal. I mean, with filters galore, injectables and high-tech cosmetic treatments and surgeries – that are, largely unaffordable to the masses, may I add – it's no wonder that warped standards of beauty on social media have translated into real-life insecurities.
And so, with videos like the one Rita recently shared, we're one step closer to normalising real-life human features and reverting unattainable standards of beauty. 'Tis one small step for man, one giant leap for the girlies with large pores.
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