Purikura

If you've ever been to Japan and into one of their arcades, you may have seen a Purikura station/kiosk/game/photo booth-idk. In case you don't know, it is a sort of photo booth where your face is photoshopped to have bigger eyes, perfect skin, makeup, an "ideal" face shape. Depending no the particular machine, your body may be warped to have longer legs, smaller waist, and glowing skin.

My reaction/opinion to these photo booths?
Well, although I find myself playing around with them whenever I visit Japan, I don't agree with them AT ALL. Yeah I love how they make me look but I despise how they make me feel. After I use it I always find myself wishing I looked like that...at least to some degree. I'm not gorgeous, I'm not really skinny, and I definitely don't have great skin. Usually, I am perfectly happy with how I look accepting my flaws and trying to accentuate (what I find to be) my best features but when I see myself looking great in these pictures, it makes me a bit insecure.

My advice:
Be careful. Its okay to play around with them but please don't feel put down by them! Love yourself for who you are and be confident.

Here's an image i got off of google,

If you like the message behind this and feel the same way about these machines, make sure to follow me on instagram @eliselemans and please, please, please, comment below:)
XoXo,
~lemanade