What is Beauty? By Simone Carter

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.  Francis Bacon

What does beauty mean to you?

You want to know what I discovered when I google the definition of beauty?

Beauty: a combination of qualities such as shape, color, or form that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.

Beauty is no longer the inner person but the outer person. Sadly, we no longer look at a person and see the inner them that shines through. We look at the physical person the shape, color, and form that is only pleasing to the eye.

Society has brainwashed us to only look as far as the physical appearance but what about the person on the inside?
Ever heard the saying,” beauty on the outside and ugly on the inside.” There are so many young girls that walk around with this idea that as long as they are beautiful that’s all that matters. Reality check, you should be more than your beauty. You should be a young woman of integrity, intelligence, and a heart that shines with a light only God can produce.

So how do we go about changing a young girl’s understanding and definition of what TRUE BEAUTY is?

About Author:

Simone Carter is a graduate from Loyola University Chicago with a Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations & Advertising.  She is currently a Graduate student at Northwestern University Health Communications program.  Recently she launched Symone’s Spoken Fashion Blog to help empower all women because she believes fashion starts by you accepting the skin you are in so you can slay in the nakedness of your soul.  She is a freelance writer for Sistah’s Place, Maya’s Blog Showcase, and Beautifully Said Magazine.  Simone is co-partner to Sistah’s Creative Media.
Website:  https://simonesspokenword.com/
Twitter: @Symones_World
IG: @SpokenFashion

Feature Photo credit: www.Culturenlifestyle.com artist Pierre Jean Louis
Article originally published at https://simonesspokenword.com/2017/07/03/what-is-beauty/