Halsey believes constantly looking at yourself through an Instagram filter must be ‘damaging.’
The Without Me hitmaker recently launched her debut beauty line, About-Face, with the aim of making people ‘love’ themselves as they are.
And Halsey has admitted she had to ‘make peace with her face’, because she couldn’t ‘control’ the angle or edit of paparazzi shots of her, and she’s compared it to when people use a filter on selfies and then feel ‘disappointed’ with what they look like in real life.
Love you: Halsey believes constantly looking at yourself through an Instagram filter must be ‘damaging.’ The Without Me hitmaker recently launched her debut beauty line, About-Face, with the aim of making people ‘love’ themselves as they are
Reel/Real: And Halsey has admitted she had to ‘make peace with her face’, because she couldn’t ‘control’ the angle or edit of paparazzi shots of her, and she’s compared it to when people use a filter on selfies and then feel ‘disappointed’ with what they look like in real life
She said: ‘I’m exhausted with this industry of Instagram filters. It’s gotta be damaging to your brain to constantly be looking at yourself through an altered lens and being disappointed with what your face actually looks like.’
And the star said she knows what that feels like because when she first started getting publicity she would go out and [paparazzi would] take pictures of her: ‘I can’t control the angle. I can’t control the lighting.’
And she felt like she could not control ‘my good side or my bad side.’
She added, ‘The pictures would come out and I would just have to look at them and go, “Okay. That’s what I look like.” I don’t get to change it. I have to make peace with my face …That’s what I want About-Face to be: loving and appreciating what you look like.’
The real Halsey: Here she is seen with no makeup on for a tutorial for her line
The 26-year-old pop star – who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Alev Aydin – also admitted that she feels her ‘most confident’ when she has a bald head, even though society might not deem that her ‘prettiest look.’
And Halsey wants to encourage her young fans to feel ‘brave enough’ to be themselves and wear whatever make-up makes them feel happy.
She added in an interview with Byrdie.com: ‘I want young people to feel like they’re brave enough to leave the house with, like, lime green eyeshadow and black lipstick on.
Over it: She said: ‘I’m exhausted with this industry of Instagram filters’
‘I have a pretty good idea of what my “prettiest” look is, by social standards, but it doesn’t mean it’s what I want to look like. I definitely don’t think that my most ‘Hollywood’ look is when I have a bald head, but it’s when I feel the most confident.’
And she admitted it ‘breaks [her] heart’ having no idea when she’ll tour again.
The Nightmare hitmaker was forced to ax her Manic World Tou’ last month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has admitted it has made her question whether she is ‘losing really important years’ of her life.
A stunner: Seen in 2019. ‘It’s gotta be damaging to your brain to constantly be looking at yourself through an altered lens and being disappointed with what your face actually looks like,’ she said
Speaking to Byrdie.com, the singer said: ‘It breaks my heart not knowing when I’ll get to do the thing that I love again. It makes me wonder, am I losing really important years?
‘But also, if that is true and I ended up only getting to have a couple, I would take having a couple over having none any day.’
Halsey – who is currently pregnant with her first child with boyfriend Alev Aydin – also admitted she ‘completely spiraled’ being in quarantine and going from having a busy schedule to being home alone with nothing to do.
With child: The songbird recently announced she is pregnant with her first child with boyfriend Alev Aydin
That was before the Be Kind singer launched her own beauty brand, About-Face.
She said: ‘I completely spiraled. I went from waking up and someone text[ing] me a schedule of everything I’m doing that day, every single day, to being home and being like, ‘Am I gonna re-watch ‘Euphoria’ for the fifth time?’
In a statement announcing the cancellation of her tour in support of her 2020 album ‘Manic’, Halsey – who had managed to play some concerts before the pandemic saw venues shut down – wrote at the time: ‘Despite our absolute best efforts, there is no guarantee I’ll be able to tour the currently scheduled dates.
‘ I miss seeing all of you in the crowd every night more than anything, but I need to prioritize your health and safety. That being said, the Manic tour is now officially canceled. As much as we wanted to hold out hope that this tour could eventually happen, our priority is now getting your ticket money back to you immediately.’