I had the delight of interviewing various VCU students who pledge to take on the challenge to loving themselves by give up their beauty crutch as a part of Her Campus VCU’s beauty crutch challenge. The challenge will begin on Feb 23 and end on March 1. I hope you start the challenge to loving yourself because you are beautiful with or without your beauty crutch!
Diamonique Conwell
What’s your beauty crutch?
Straightening my hair
What made you want to give up your beauty crutch?
Because I feel that I want to build confidence in myself
What do you hope to gain from doing the challenge?
Contentment with myself in its natural state without any
Do you plan to do this in the future to help you with future insecurities?
Yes, I plan to continue to do the challenge and I plan on doing it with my siblings
What’s a word of advice or quote related to your beauty crutch?
Hair does not define beauty
Diamonique with her beauty crutch
Diamonique without her beauty crutch
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Angie Judson
What’s your beauty crutch?
Wearing make-up and push up bras
What made you want to give up your beauty crutch?
Ever since I cut my hair short I felt that I had to wear make-up and push-up bras to enhance my femininity. I want to feel liberated
What do you hope to gain from doing the challenge?
I hope to gain liberation
Do you plan to do this in the future to help you with future insecurities?
Yes. I feel like it would be a good idea to give them up using the beauty crutch challenge
What’s a word of advice or quote related to your beauty crutch?
You are your own worst critic and that means everything is going to be better than you think it is
Angie with make-up
Angie without make-up
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Nahom Petros
What’s your beauty crutch?
My Beard
What made you identify this as your beauty crutch?
When I realized that I started liking it when people started saying that they like me with my beard
What do you hope to gain from doing the challenge?
I hope that my beard grows thicker so when I so cut it again I’ll have a fuller beard.
Do you plan to do this in the future to help you with future insecurities?
Yes
What’s a word of advice or quote related to your beauty crutch?
Insecurities are a waste of time
Nahom with beauty crutch
Nahom without beauty crutch
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Tia Campbell
What’s your beauty crutch?
My glasses, I don’t like to go without them.
What made you want to give up your beauty crutch?
I feel that it makes my face look slimmer. I don’t want to rely on them anymore to feel beautiful.
What do you hope to gain from doing the challenge?
I hope to increase my self-confidence. I also hope to be able to go outside without my glasses without being hesitant or reluctant
Do you plan to do this in the future to help you with future insecurities?
I can say yes but putting it into practice would be the challenge
What’s a word of advice or quote related to your beauty crutch?
Glasses don’t make me, I make me.
Tia with beauty crutch
Tia without beauty crutch