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20 Day Photo Challenge # 20

Self-Portrait:

It is amazing how we can all change over the years, and taking self-portraits can either have a positive or negative effect on our self-esteem. A few years ago I use to take tons of photo's of myself, as in my eyes I look good, these days I often edit photo's of myself as I am not happy with my dull, spotty complexion. Looking at the comparisons, I can see the difference in my confidence, before I was full of myself, and now I try to hide. I don't however believe in too much makeup or expensive products or procedures to improve one's looks, as we are given something unique in nature, and one day someone will come along and love us for being unique even when we don't love ourselves. I'm not saying I would not mind if I were living an ugly duckling story, but sometimes we all have to make do with what we got, because being yourself and being unique makes everyone attractive in their own way.

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