The importance placed on how we look & present ourselves has always played a disproportionally large role in how our lives unfold, but with the rise of social media (and especially TikTok), the pressure is greater than ever to employ all sorts of unconventional tactics to defy aging & flaws and mimic the airbrushed versions of ourselves reflected on our screens & posts. The debate on how far we should go to meet our cultural beauty standards is a long-standing & nuanced one, but the point of this post is to point out a new beautifying trend that focuses on highlighting & enhancing our natural, unique beauty, something I think everyone can agree is harmless and uplifting. The trend is color seasons, and the theory is that we all belong to one season: autumn, winter, spring or summer.

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