So, after my other post, you may be wondering..."Does she think I shouldn't wear make-up?" "Is it time to throw out the curling iron?" "Should I let my hair grow without cutting it?"
The answer? Never! I would be a hypocrite to tell you those things (just one glance in my bathroom cabinet reveals a ton of make-up, lotion, a few curling irons, and a straightener, among other so-called "beauty products.") God did make you beautiful, but He also gave you creativity and style. There are many Biblical examples of women using "beauty products" to enhance their natural, God-given beauty: the Proverbs 31 woman wears purple (Old Testament high-class fashion), the Song of Solomon woman uses olive oil (Old Testament lotion), and Esther spends months in a royal beauty parlor before meeting King Xerxes. Even Paul acknowledges that women can and will wear jewelry and style their hair! In 1 Peter 3:3-4, Paul says "What matters is not your outer appearance--the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear, the cut of your clothes--but your inner disposition." If he thought that it was ungodly for women to style their hair, wear jewelry, or buy clothes they thought were flattering, he would have said so! (Paul was not known for mincing words--quite the opposite.) Instead, he said that, even if we wear those things, they aren't what makes us beautiful. Our inner beauty is still what matters. (Read about cultivating inner beauty here)
The difference is whether you let the culture around you tell you what's cute or beautiful or fabulous, or whether you decide for yourself what YOU think looks cute and beautiful and fabulous.
So don't eschew the make-up counter or throw out your hair styling products. Use the beautiful creativity God's given you to enhance the physical beauty He's given you.
And enjoy it.
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