3 Years Ago, This Woman Stopped Removing Facial Hair. She Had No Idea How This Fateful Decision Would Change Her Life

This story happened to an ordinary girl from Copenhagen. One day, Eldina made an unusual decision — to stop removing her facial hair. And it completely changed her life. She became famous, the press wrote about her, and she was on TV. And her decision also helped other women to be happier. How? We’ll tell you how.

To fit the standard of beauty.

Before moving to the capital of Denmark, Eldina grew up in a small town. According to her, all people in such places try to fit into some kind of beauty standard. And when she got older, she was disappointed by the fact that women have to spend more time and money on maintaining their appearance than men.

“I wouldn’t say it’s something that happened suddenly, but I became increasingly frustrated with having to remove hair for no apparent reason. I see men go outside without removing hair, so why do I have to? I realized that I could spend my time much better. I’m not against shaving or removing hair, but it’s the expectation that every woman should do it all the time that annoys me.”

To make an unusual decision.

If you want to change the world, start by changing yourself. That’s what Eldina did when she decided to stop removing facial hair. After all, she has the right to look the way nature created her.

The standards for men and women are different in the society we live in, not only Eldina, but other women who have spoken to her, feel this way: “A lot of women have written me and told me that they also feel pressure to remove all of their body hair, even though they don’t want to. But they feel pressured by society to do so, or have been bullied for having hair on their bodies.”

“A lot of women have written to me, saying that they felt like they were the only woman with facial hair or with prominent body hair. Where in reality, there are so many, and having body hair as a woman is not an extraordinary thing. I have gotten maybe 100 negative messages from men, and maybe 4-5 from women.

In terms of difference for me, I have gotten a lot of attention for — well, not doing anything, basically. When you think of it, it’s really strange, because a man wouldn’t go viral for having prominent eyebrows, so why would I?”

Who you are is more important than what people think of you.

Being true to yourself is very important, and there will always be people who love you for who you truly are: “I think my advice would be, that if people don’t like you, you can always find new friends. You can always find other groups of people who will accept and value your thoughts and feelings. And do you really want to be liked for someone you’re not?”

Following the beauty standards for today’s age might not be for you, and that’s okay. According to Eldina: “I think that the beauty standards are super random. They change all the time. Something that’s very important now could be completely irrelevant in 10 years. So I can’t see why there is such an expectation for people, especially women, to fit into these standards.”

The unexpected result of that decision.

Despite the enormous amount of anger the woman initially received from the internet, the decision had an unexpected result. Initially, Eldina said that her moustache and unibrow helped her ’weed out’ potential love interests.

In her new look, the Dane admits, she has started to receive even more male attention. In addition, Eldina feels more feminine and beautiful than ever. Moustache and unibrow became a filter that distanced from her all the men who demand women to be perfect all the time. In their place, the heroine of this story got gentlemen who are willing to accept and respect her decisions.

“I want to convey the message that we are all different, and that’s okay. There’s no right or wrong but every person, despite their gender, should have the right to do as they want with their appearance,” said Eldina.

Today, more and more celebrities, and just ordinary women are calling for body positivity. What does that mean? That every person has the right to look the way he or she wants, without paying attention to the opinion of others. After all, everyone has their own concept of beauty.