There’s a certain sheen to Hailey Bieber. A kind of glazed, luminous perfection that extends from her meticulously-curated Instagram feed to the very pores of her seemingly flawless skin. “Glazed donut skin,” she calls it. And like a modern-day Midas, everything she touches, from skincare routines to oversized leather jackets, turns to gold (or at least, goes viral).
But beneath the glossy veneer, a question lingers. Does Hailey Bieber – or anyone, for that matter – truly “have it all?” It’s a question as old as time itself, whispered in the hushed tones reserved for goddesses and celebrities. We build them up, these shimmering idols, only to dissect their every move, searching for the flaw, the crack in the facade.
I remember once, years ago, standing backstage at a Marc Jacobs show. The air crackled with anticipation, the models a blur of hairspray and last-minute adjustments. Among them, a young woman with a quiet confidence, a certain stillness in the eye of the storm. It was Gisele. Even then, at the cusp of her reign as the world’s highest-paid model, there was a sense that she possessed an almost mythical aura. But as I watched her, I couldn't help but notice the faintest trace of weariness around her eyes, a hint of vulnerability that humanized the goddess.
And so it is with Hailey. Her “glazed donut skin” might be the envy of millions, but it’s also become a brand, a meticulously constructed image that, while aspirational, feels strangely out of reach for the average person battling stress breakouts and the relentless march of time.
The truth is, perfection is an illusion. A carefully curated highlight reel that obscures the messy, complicated reality of being human. And perhaps, that’s okay. Perhaps the real power lies not in striving for an unattainable ideal, but in embracing the beauty of our imperfections.
After all, who wants to be a glazed donut, forever frozen in time, when you can be a perfectly imperfect croissant, warm, flaky, and utterly delicious?
Because the real “having it all” might just be about finding joy in the journey, in the messy, imperfect moments that make us who we are. It’s about embracing the wrinkles and the laughter lines, the scars that tell our stories. It’s about recognizing that true beauty lies not in achieving some arbitrary standard, but in living a life that feels authentic and meaningful, glazed donut skin or not.
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