Not too long ago, Jessica Simpson celebrated her birthday by posting a makeup-free selfie to social media, which was a welcome change from the usual glitz and glamour of celebrity culture.
However, a dispute that started as a simple gesture has infuriated a lot of people.
Jessica shared a candid photo of herself grinning at the camera on Instagram, writing, ‘43 makeup free (kinda. Hehe. Yes, I curled my eyelashes.
With her signature blonde hair slicked back, she flaunted her chic hoops earrings and stunning bejeweled necklace.
The singer of ‘I Wanna Love You Forever’ received praise from many of her admirers for embracing her natural beauty, while some questioned whether she was really ‘makeup-free.’
Some wrote, ‘What’s your skincare routine!?” in response to their admiration of her radiant complexion and question about it. ‘You’ve never needed makeup,’ as well. As lovely as usual, happy birthday!
Nonetheless, some of her fans called attention to the fact that Jessica appeared to be using concealer, lip gloss,
and mascara despite her declaration that she was going makeup-free. Nice, but not makeup-free, said one commenter. Makeup includes lip gloss, mascara, and concealer.
Some admirers expressed concern over Jessica’s post’s possible effect on her sensitive young audience.
‘You look beautiful, but don’t pretend you’re not wearing cosmetics! The clumpiness of your mascara is visible.
As many people in the comments are questioning why they don’t look this way without makeup, it’s reckless to post this message, someone commented.
‘This makes me sad for my young daughter growing up with social media,’ another person said.
It’s interesting to note that Jessica, who has been in the spotlight since her teens, has struggled with the demands of social media and its effects on her girls.
The mother-of-three expressed her worries about the artificial beauty standards that are promoted by Photoshopped images on social media platforms in a recent interview with Bustle.
‘Everyone’s down my neck, Jessica, you need to post, Jessica, you need to post,’ I was about to post a picture. Well, okay,’ she remarked. ‘After that, I go to post and say, ‘Oh, let’s head over to the FaceApp.’
That improves the appearance a little bit, I think. Well, it improves things somewhat. How come I feel that way?
How is that affecting my daughter? What we’re doing on social media is fabricating an ideal of beauty and staging our lives so that we appear attractive to the right person. Jessica went on.
Jessica, like many other women in the public eye these days, is juggling the demands of celebrity and motherhood;
her makeup-free selfie is just another example of how powerful celebrities are in influencing the public’s ideas of what constitutes authenticity and beauty.