This makeup artist embraced her acne by turning it into literal star constellations on her face
If you struggle with acne—or have ever experienced a particularly bad breakout—you know how much it can impact a person’s self-esteem. But many women (and men) are beginning to embrace the beauty of their skin, bumps and all, and makeup artist Rocio Cervantes just came up with an amazingly creative way to do so.
On September 17th, Cervantes tweeted a series of images of herself during a breakout. She wrote that she wanted to do a look that wouldn’t cover her acne, so she decided to put star-shaped stickers on top of her pimples as she applied foundation.
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"I’ve been super frustrated not be[ing] able to do makeup so this came out of frustration lmao but I really like it and I hope anyone dealing with any skin condition can know they are not alone!" Cervantes wrote.
I’m posting them lol I had an idea of not covering my acne so I thought why not put star stickers on top of them&then my foundation especially since right now I’m struggling with a lot of break outs but at the same time I want to do makeup so I hope y’all like! it made me happy pic.twitter.com/KzgaDeuWZs
— like she created the fucking rainbow🌈 (@Rocioceja_) September 17, 2018
Cervantes tweeted that she was partially inspired by her own insecurities.
"It saddens me because yesterday I was wondering what it would be like if I didn’t have acne like what it would be if I had clear skin then it made me really ashame[d] of myself for thinking that because I am beautiful I just have to really tell myself that more often," she tweeted.
It saddens me because yesterday I was wondering what it would be like if I didn’t have acne like what it would be if I had clear skin then it made me really ashame of myself for thinking that because I am beautiful I just have to really tell myself that more often
— like she created the fucking rainbow🌈 (@Rocioceja_) September 17, 2018
Cervantes even inspired others to embrace their skin.
My heart was pounding posting this! @Rocioceja_ most recent post gave me the courage to post about this, my vitiligo. I don’t talk about it a lot as I still struggle with accepting it. Head over to my insta to read more 🖤 https://t.co/JyIBMsIobc #vitiligo pic.twitter.com/vOecjWxneL
— ☽ 𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚡 ☠︎︎ (@lxndrclr) September 19, 2018
really about to do this when my cystic acne decides to do me dirty
— B R I T ♡ (@brittonxangel) September 17, 2018
everyone that’s ever dealt with cystic acne or any acne really needed this, I needed this, this touched my heart I love you you’re beautiful
— thee/thou (@firesigndoll) September 17, 2018
hey. this makes me feel a whole hell of a lot better about my spotty face. beautiful makeup on a beautiful face that looks like mine. thanks for this ❤️💛💚💙💜
— novelty singing bass fish (@spenshi) September 17, 2018
It’s so encouraging to see makeup artists like Cervantes embracing their skin, and we hope that this awesome look gives others the confidence to do the same.
