She’s undergoing soul surgery.
Breeny Lee, the Youtube vlogger, has cut off her hair and is not wearing makeup. She no longer wants to be the typical Instagram baddie. Her campaign, #soulsurgery, is about accepting who you are with and without makeup. The hashtag is to bring awareness to the high beauty expectations of Instagram community that influencers themselves cannot meet.
“Makeup, for me, has always been something I’ve used to cover up and feel confidence,” says Lee. “But it’s something that I need to get rid of to appreciate my black features, my black skin, and my dark skin.”
The Youtube vlogger documented a full week without makeup. Lee was nervous every day of stepping out of her house throughout all of Easter week and weekend.
“When you don’t have the crutches of makeup, you value what you can bring to the conversation,” says the Youtube vlogger. “But one of the hardest things was to give up the perfect perception that people have of me.”
Other women are joining Lee’s campaign by also going makeup free. Lee wants people to know that she is not against makeup, but she wants us all to recalibrate how she finds value in ourselves.
