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.676Please respect copyright.PENANAfpg38SGF0T
676Please respect copyright.PENANANk6tBP1Nqn
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. 676Please respect copyright.PENANAkFrZiTLl8V
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.676Please respect copyright.PENANA2kAwYn8GkG
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 676Please respect copyright.PENANAeuZDigSr6q
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.676Please respect copyright.PENANABS6pO91QCN
676Please respect copyright.PENANASRi5QGotS5
Vain676Please respect copyright.PENANASgS3xOGgXi
Narcissistic676Please respect copyright.PENANAXwECcGM72y
Arrogant676Please respect copyright.PENANA45iiVqW5vC
676Please respect copyright.PENANALL5VfWbOKa
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. 676Please respect copyright.PENANA7IAx3U0QPI
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.676Please respect copyright.PENANALTccBNT6Te
676Please respect copyright.PENANAcv37cPDblj
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. 676Please respect copyright.PENANAe0wNj46UuU
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. 676Please respect copyright.PENANAFtpW35kFCo
676Please respect copyright.PENANAHGjbssD3Tt
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.676Please respect copyright.PENANAP9AOWt56lP
676Please respect copyright.PENANAAMCHy5I5mg
She looks.676Please respect copyright.PENANAoJy8q3vFyY
The twinkle of her youth is gone.676Please respect copyright.PENANAH7u0evhvbH
Dull and faded.676Please respect copyright.PENANAUrGXqNuE96
Filled with bitterness and anger.676Please respect copyright.PENANACzs6UfjnL4
A sharpness that could shatter glass.676Please respect copyright.PENANAAqg7mo2Ayh
Then reality strikes.676Please respect copyright.PENANAJhxXRLXnd5
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.676Please respect copyright.PENANA7XLZUvbEUW
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.676Please respect copyright.PENANAjYYncNgoUB
She's been the fake all along.676Please respect copyright.PENANAFEPsCLHvVh
She looks in mirrors no more.676Please respect copyright.PENANATsbcRgJXG2
676Please respect copyright.PENANATA9eeFNssj
676Please respect copyright.PENANAow6qJ7ESn5
676Please respect copyright.PENANA73lEiq7LNG
676Please respect copyright.PENANAhBqOmnzRcV
676Please respect copyright.PENANAlhPnJyHGkw