{"id":13624,"date":"2017-02-20T03:34:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T03:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=13624"},"modified":"2017-02-20T03:34:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T03:34:37","slug":"instagram-star-posts-makeup-free-selfie-make-powerful-point-self-acceptance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=13624","title":{"rendered":"Instagram Star Posts Makeup-Free Selfie to Make a Powerful Point About Self-Acceptance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Both me, both real, both totally acceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Carys Gray (<a class=\"body-el-link standard-body-el-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/busybeefitness\">@busybeefitness<\/a>) is a 20-year-old student from Wales with more than 131,000 Instagram followers. She often posts selfies of herself working out or modeling cute fitness clothing:<\/p>\n<div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 57.581018518518526% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BQLWBY-BNVu\/\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Carys Gray || Cardiff, UK\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@busybeefitness)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-02-06T16:42:38+00:00\">Feb 6, 2017 at 8:42am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"body-el-text standard-body-el-text\">But on Wednesday, Gray posted a photo revealing a very different side of her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-el-text standard-body-el-text\">&#8220;Slightly different #REALITYCHECK today,&#8221; she wrote in the caption. &#8220;Social media\/Instagram will show the good days, the good parts of people and their lives \u2014 and that&#8217;s OK! That&#8217;s what social media is for! But here&#8217;s a reminder that next time you see something on social media that you think is &#8216;goals&#8217; that it&#8217;s not the full story, it&#8217;s not how that person will look or be alllllll the time &#8230;. I&#8217;m still struggling to accept myself on the right .. .&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-el-text standard-body-el-text\"><div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BQicByfhCT_\/\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Carys Gray || Cardiff, UK\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@busybeefitness)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-02-15T15:57:38+00:00\">Feb 15, 2017 at 7:57am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"body-el-text standard-body-el-text\"><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"body-text body-el-text standard-body-el-text\">In the photo on the left, Gray is wearing makeup and looking flawless. On the right, she&#8217;s makeup-free, with red patches covering almost half of her face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-el-text standard-body-el-text\">Gray has eczema, a chronic condition marked by patches of dry, itchy skin. Although she&#8217;s been dealing with it her entire life, she was suffering from one of her worst facial flare-ups yet when she decided to take the photo pictured above. &#8220;I was close to tears, and I usually try and post about things I struggle with, so I decided to post about it,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-el-text standard-body-el-text\">While her flare-ups can be unpredictable \u2014 &#8220;the hardest part is finding out what is causing the flare up at that time and then eliminating it from my lifestyle,&#8221; she says \u2014 Gray noticed this one when she came out of the shower one morning after sleeping with traces of mascara on her lashes due to haphazard makeup removal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-el-text standard-body-el-text\">Regardless of whether her skin is acting out, which can make her feel self-conscious, the condition affects Gray&#8217;s daily life. She has to moisturize her entire body at least twice a day, use special products prescribed by her doctor, splurge on special makeup designed for sensitive skin, and be extra careful to avoid wearing clothes that can potentially irritate her. She&#8217;s on a long-term steroid treatment to keep things under control and relies on a strong topical steroid treatment to sooth flare-ups, even though it can ultimately thin and damage her skin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-el-text standard-body-el-text\">Although Gary knows that opening up about her eczema won&#8217;t cure her condition, she was moved by the number of people who responded to her post as it&#8217;s proof she&#8217;s not the only one who struggles with this sort of thing. Her best advice to others going through it: &#8220;Try to embrace your insecurities. Don&#8217;t allow your skin problem to define who you are or what you are doing with your life,&#8221; she says. It&#8217;s advice everyone should take to heart, <em data-redactor-tag=\"em\">before<\/em> using filters to hide their imperfections from the world.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Both me, both real, both totally acceptable.&#8221; Carys Gray (@busybeefitness) is a 20-year-old student from Wales with more than 131,000 Instagram followers. 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