I love your haircut!!!

I completely agree with your summation of true beauty, though I think there's probably a discussion to be had about where natural beauty begins and ends. Is a fake tan any more or less of a body modification than a tattoo or piercing for instance? My preference errs on the natural, because I think there are few things more sexy than individual perfections and imperfections (sucker for freckles, for instance). If everyone looked the same, how on earth would we judge desire? As it goes, I think you're utterly gorgeous, which when coupled with intelligence and personality forms properly the hottest combination of all. I'm also incredibly jealous of that mahoosive ring.

You my friend are Beautiful

Natural is always better than fake. The general idea of "sexy" is far from my idea of sexy.
And you my dear are naturally gorgeous.

I <3 this blog and couldnt agree more! Love that you are a mommy too :-)

Tattoos and peircings are modifications, not artificial features. I agree that when one brings changing original skin colour and anatomical features into the mix, then we are entering falsification territory.

Modifying is not the same as falsifying and that's why I love SG. Very much.

YAY!

I have to agree with you, I prefer a more natural looking woman

That's why I added:

and you know you're gorgeous with the scars and all of that. It is frustrating not to look like a size 2, twenty year old porn star...... but then again...... we have substance.

I have.... but he's less aware of my awesomeness.

I don't know what happened off site, & I'm (vaguely) aware of those types floating around here - - the type looking for a Megan Fox/Angelina Jolie/Maxim magazine type model - - but I think you, and the models you highlight here are a perfect rebuttal, and proof positive, natural is in it!
(Regardless of how good this song is)

That ring is MASSIVE!

personally i find the terms "confident" and "content" more important that the physical aesthetic. Still photographs are all well and good but it's only seeing how a person moves and interacts with the world around that really brings out a persons beauty for me.
If someone if happy and confident within themselves then you can "see" it. It is so much nicer if people can be happy with themselves "as they are" but if someone wants to change themselves or their appearance in one way or another, and importantly, it works, and makes them feel confident and content then it can only be a good thing?
...so yes, personally i think natural beauty and confidence is as good as it gets, but i also love that fact that the world is such a rich place where people can also be happy as super-real hyper stylistic representations of themselves as well... it's just very sad that our social rules and pressures warp this into so much sadness and pain for so many.
... and ur selection of pictures is fab.. including the ones of you, you are indeed a very lovely and natural beauty and you should definitely be very proud of yourself, your gorgeous