Youthful eyes, bright with wonder and amazement stare back at the two year old as she discovers mirrors for the first time. She's happy and giggly as she plays with her reflection.835Please respect copyright.PENANAyBLSVKhvwg
835Please respect copyright.PENANAsXzxrNnMZ5
Once flawless skin has become covered in adolescent marks at the age of twelve. But she keeps looking in the mirror, seeing other parts of her that are still very pleasing. 835Please respect copyright.PENANACZctxSuJ6x
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.835Please respect copyright.PENANAWs2wWVLTKI
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 835Please respect copyright.PENANA5JD4yzQqaS
She continues to look in mirrors, grasping on to her self-esteem while others try to put her down. She won't let anyone tell her that she's unattractive. She doesn't believe them.835Please respect copyright.PENANAPNi92XaIur
835Please respect copyright.PENANA74DDiJCgvO
Vain835Please respect copyright.PENANAQJkxQIWg6k
Narcissistic835Please respect copyright.PENANAA1TEl30dHm
Arrogant835Please respect copyright.PENANAVH2EPRILOs
835Please respect copyright.PENANAsj7Wq0mK9D
Those were just some of the words she was called in High School at the age of seventeen. But in her mind, she's telling herself that she's beautiful, that what people say don't bug her. In reality, it's starting to get to her. 835Please respect copyright.PENANA8H93nERiNP
The constant noise of social media telling girls how they should look and act has become a virus; spreading from female to female. But she won't be like them. She won't give in to the false pretense of what beauty is.835Please respect copyright.PENANA31O7BIaFDO
835Please respect copyright.PENANA3RdTnbrWnh
Twenty years old, she's living with some roommates; women who have their own independent thinking. They see the way she acts, the way she constantly looks in the mirror after classes. Hearing words she says to them, about how they're just like every other girl; fake. 835Please respect copyright.PENANAgVwn9fezPM
They ask why she thinks like that; why she thinks that every girl is fake. She speaks of experience. She says that looking in mirrors and seeing how she looks keep her from giving in to false beliefs of beauty. Mirrors are her friends. 835Please respect copyright.PENANAhkr8rjO5Bu
835Please respect copyright.PENANAJlbDH3XlEZ
Twenty-one years old, sitting in a psychologists office and telling her story. The man across from her hands over a handheld mirror and asks what she sees in her eyes.835Please respect copyright.PENANAbeNpcLi8ru
835Please respect copyright.PENANAGJS7gRK8Wv
She looks.835Please respect copyright.PENANADFaHLGtgZi
The twinkle of her youth is gone.835Please respect copyright.PENANAzL3T5rVtSJ
Dull and faded.835Please respect copyright.PENANAt6zpGTxTny
Filled with bitterness and anger.835Please respect copyright.PENANAottuu5I2KF
A sharpness that could shatter glass.835Please respect copyright.PENANAGCUgVtigyF
Then reality strikes.835Please respect copyright.PENANA2EjVBoz8yA
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.835Please respect copyright.PENANAlJjvB6KSYN
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.835Please respect copyright.PENANA3kRIWpEkA9
She's been the fake all along.835Please respect copyright.PENANAi8l45T61ra
She looks in mirrors no more.835Please respect copyright.PENANACnDL38hWUe
835Please respect copyright.PENANAZ13poUKBNk
835Please respect copyright.PENANAL1ScpJcRBb
835Please respect copyright.PENANAoFqtY9xaQu
835Please respect copyright.PENANAyUPZ8IZiGQ
835Please respect copyright.PENANAJBgNLyfNNI