To not understand how everyone on insta and tiktok is so beautiful

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Is it really just filters? I know a lot of them are young which probably helps but when I look around in real life most people are just normal. I rarely see people I would say are exceptionally attractive - is that because they are all too busy posting on social media to be out and about?!

On insta / tik tok they are everywhere, these people who look like models. No wonder it is so detrimental for our young people because it’s making me feel bad about myself and really I’m old enough to know better.

AIBU to just not understand how it’s possible? They can’t all be filtered?

Thank you. Sorted

I see so many girls IRL with instagram contouring and they either look very dirty or like clowns.

And have a ring light attached to your neck.

I'm surprised this isn’t a thing, actually.

Really, OP? No one in real life looks like that, because it's not real. Loads of make-up, good lighting, filters.

Exactly, it looks good on a photo at a certain angle with filters, but in real life looks so strange.

Same with lip fillers

What does annoy me is the amount of men who follow these thirst traps and then people in real life don’t match up.

Really good lighting, makeup, filters, angles etc etc. You need to follow some insta v reality accounts, I highly recommend Bree Madison https://www.instagram.com/breeelenehan?igsh=Y2M2YzBsOTJ3eW1i

She really shows what all those things can do to an image and shows photos of her without all that, she seems wonderful!

I can make myself look a 10/10 with makeup and filters, when I'm not really. I don't actually post these, but I've played around with it for fun.

My partner has lovely cousins who are really ugly, great people but ugly sister in Cinderella ugly.

They look utterly beautiful in their instagram pictures, why ? All their family who they have on it know they don’t look like that.

Why, just why?

Yes. I cannot understand the thought process of people who leave the house like this. The whole point of contouring is to create shadows and emphasise high points on your face to change your features. This might fool someone in a photo but how can you expect to not look absurd in direct sunlight with no shadows?

Everyone is beautiful. just depends who is looking and what they see.