In an age of filters and curated perfection, this is my barefaced aesthetic—vulnerability stripped to its essence. It's about raw honesty, where beauty comes not from enhancement but from the courage to be seen without armour.

The "no make-up" movement celebrates authenticity over artifice, and I take this further, revealing not just a bare face, but a bare soul. This is the aesthetic of the uncovered moment - when I find myself choosing familiar busyness and stress over rest, pressed against barriers of my own making.

My barefaced aesthetic isn't about rejecting beauty but finding it in honest places. The psalmic reference suggests that sometimes in the quiet ritual of washing ourselves in truth, we need to close our eyes to the distractions in order to truly see.

Sometimes we need to stop performing and start surrendering. Sometimes the most beautiful thing we can do is lift our eyes to something greater than ourselves.

This piece invites you to consider your own barefaced moments - when authenticity becomes more beautiful than any filter.