Love, love, love. I love how you documented the change in your photos. I recently wrote a similar article on beauty standards and how they've affected me throughout my life and the older I get the shift, as you describe. I too gave up make-up and try to build a life where my insides to be more valuable than my outside. The one thing I still struggle with is my face shape. My mom described it punitively as "round" and as a result I've always felt like long hair thins out my face and looks more attractive. However, I want to cut it shorter but am terrified because of the face message that remains with me. I still have trouble looking at my face in the mirror and the hair softens it at least, but it's still not what I want. Any thoughts on that hurdle?