This video has been years in the making and I'm finally comfortable enough to share my thoughts and experience on such a vulnerable topic

I agree 100% .. so much expectation to look a certain way when we are all unique in our own way. Great video Lizzie!!

Thank you Lizzie!! This video has so much truth and is so needed for this culture.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing your thoughts. People are turning into real life filters and it's becoming sad to see young people strive towards these impossible standards. And great shout on the ufo 3, it's my faveourite beauty device so far!

Thank you so much for this video. I love all of your videos Lizzie. You are such a beautiful woman and a joy. I have been criticized most of my life, so I understand how you feel. I am a plus size woman, and a very feminine woman. I love wearing dresses and florals in everything. A lot of people dislike plus size people, I have struggled with my weight all my life, I have a hard time losing weight, I have degenerative disc disease, sciatica, and arthritis, so at times it's hard to just get up and walk but I do the best that I can. I think everyone is beautiful, everyone has talents that they can share with others. I wish I saw your videos when I was in high school. You have really inspired me on my girly feminine only dresses journey along with Inspired by Nikki.

I see only an accepting and nurturing spirit whenever I see you You are still the girliest girl I know Thank you for walking with me on my own journey in enjoying the feminine part of me that so craves self acceptance! All the best to you You’re such a lovely lady who shares my joy in beautiful dresses and all things feminine

Thank you so much for making such a positive and honest video, Lizzie!! You are a truly beautiful person inside and out. I would love if you made a video about your self esteem journey, since this is something I have struggled with a lot and am still working to overcome. It is so wrong that we live in a world where other people think it is okay to give others unsolicited criticism just to make the criticizer feel better about themselves.

We each have our unique beauty, and the filters or nose jobs, lip fillers, etc are making everyone look more the same, and more unnatural. Brats dolls is exactly right! I’ve had that same thought too. I remember the first time I saw a brats doll at the store years ago and was very put off by the way it looked, it didn’t look like a toy appropriate for children or anyone. I am curious, if you remember, what age were people telling you negative comments about your appearance, and who did it mainly come from? It’s always tragic when it comes from family, because there’s hardly escape from that. I’ve been wondering if a lot of it starts in middle school / junior high? It seems like that is when a lot of children feel very self conscious and vulnerable, but many are also very nasty to others at the same time. I am curious, because I was homeschooled 6th-8th, and when I went back to public high school, it seemed like the other kids had been through almost a war zone of cruelty. They thought I was very lucky to be homeschooled during that time. Anyways, I think I somehow escaped the worst of those times, or I was oblivious - which does happen to me, haha, perhaps a blessing in disguise. Anyways, I’m glad you are recovering from some of those old wounds. Forgive them and let go of those old burdens, and live in the present with healed wounds that don’t bother you anymore.