Beautiful.

Con-fi-dence (noun) :full trust; belief in the powers, 

trustworthiness, orreliability of a person or thing.

Beauty (noun) : the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arisingfrom sensory manifestations.

Being beautiful is more than how one looks on the outside. 

In my opinion, beauty is more than skin deep. As cliche as it may sound, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. While each person may have his/her own definition of beauty, I believe confidence is beautiful. 

The utmost assurance in yourself is amazing, magnificent and luring. The presence of a confident person has the ability to silence a noisy room and turn the heads of both men and women. 

There are a plethora of females who lack confidence and security which contributes to their dirty looks and their condescending speech in regards to a female who is confident. 

What many people fail to comprehend is that beauty is not simply how one looks on the outside. For example, when females feel the need to apply pounds of make up before leaving their homes, that is a sign of insecurity. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with make up, but if an individual deems it necessary to wear make up to leave the comfort of one's home, than there is an underlying issue within that person. 

The clothes one wears, the shoes to match, and the accessories that top off an ensemble are not what makes somebody beautiful. A "bad" chick will always be a "bad" chick no matter what she decides to put on. 

"Sweat pants, hair tie, chilling with no make up on", according to Drake, that's when a women is the prettiest; And I couldn't agree more. 

If a female refuses to give credit when credit is due, than there is a problem. 

By credit I mean, if a  female looks great from head to toe, and another female simply gives a dirty look, or tries to find a single thing wrong with that "bad" looking female, than there is an issue of security and confidence. I have no other choice but to deem somebody else insecure if she cannot own up to the fact that other females are capable of looking good. 

It boggles my mind that I've been the subject of dirty looks by so many of my female counterparts. 

It's as if I stole their money, killed their families, or talked negatively about them. But in reality, I'm in my own world and mind my own business. I've come to the conclusion that my confidence might be disrespectful to them. My posture and "swag" may be something worthy of dirty looks but I don't see why. Can't we all just get along? Not to be corny, I know we all can't get along, this world is not perfect,  But why must I be the subject of "hateration" from my peers. I felt the need to ask the former question in a Facebook status one afternoon, and an intelligent women by the name of Uraidah Hissani said it best:

"When a woman is strong & has attitude, 

other women will either

 a) admire her or 

b) envy her... either way you get looks ;-)"

What she said is very true and I don't know why I couldn't reach that conclusion myself. 

I am a firm believer in being effortlessly chic. 

Because when you try hard, that's when you die hard. It's a shame to say, but there are too many females who try so hard. I'm not sure what their reasoning for trying so hard is, but I've taken an educated guess and concluded that they are in need of male attention. They want to look good enough to command the attention of that one boy that has always been of interest to them. 

I understand why girls want to look good for the opposite sex, but when it comes to the point of going an extra ten miles just to look good for a guy, I think that's a bit much. But we all know that I am a serious feminist so let me not transcend this post into something way off topic. 

Instead, I will end with an all too cliche quote by the ever so confident and beautiful Maryilyn Monroe:

“I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. 

Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, 

and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like 

this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity.”