Blake Lively is a stunning actress with legs that go on forever, skin that permanently seems to glow from within and hair some of us would sell internal organs to afford if it was for sale.
But when it comes to looks and beauty, the 29-year-old mum-of-two recently sat down with lifestyle site Refinery29 to chat about the lessons she wants to teach her girls, James, 2, and four-month-old Ines.
Because society, Lively thinks, puts far too much pressure on women to look perfect all of the time.
“We have really unrealistic beauty standards and beauty norms,” the actress said. “What you’re seeing on red carpets and in magazines takes a lot of effort and a lot of people. People don’t understand that it’s all very constructed. What little girls are seeing isn’t what [these celebrities] look like when they wake up in the morning—even though it’s no less beautiful.”
In other words, mamas, it takes a village.
Becoming a mother, and certainly having daughters, Lively explains changed how she views beauty and the standards we are always trying to live up to.
“There’s this awareness of what they’re going to be exposed to and what they grow up seeing,” she said. “For me, it’s important for my daughters to know that it’s not real life. They’re seeing me dressed up in all this hair and makeup, but they also see me without that. I want them to see both sides, because there is never just one side.”
Ah, Blake… (seriously; we’d still totally hand over our kidneys for those locks, though…)
