Meghan Markle, an ante litteram skin positivity icon with her book on freckles

Last month he published the children’s book The Bench (The bench), inspired by the father-son relationship between her husband Harry and little Archie seen through her mother’s eyes, immediately best seller according to the New York Times. My he Daily Mail reports the Twitter revelation of Carla Hayden, a Congressional librarian in Washington, that this was not the first manuscript signed by Meghan Markle who at the age of 13/14 would have ventured into a story skin positivity oriented.

The former Duchess of Sussex, a student at the Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles at the time, would write a children’s story titled A face without freckles is a starless night, also demonstrating that he had a strong nose for business by presenting her to the United States Copyright Office in 1996, just 15 years old.

Meghan Markle’s book on freckles

“Some people think freckles are weird, while I disagree why if I didn’t have freckles, then I wouldn’t really be myself!!! », writes Meghan in the book, by launching ante litteram a message of positive beauty and self-acceptance. The booklet would have been part of a school project and also contains a small bio about her: “Meghan Markle currently attends Immaculate Heart High School of Los Angeles, California, and enjoys watching television, spending time with his friends and participating in musical comedies. Meghan wrote this book in eighth grade as a school project and now she wishes to continue writing during high school. She also takes the opportunity to thank her mum and dad who have spent time and effort to support her, ”reads the back.

The back of Meghan Markle’s book

Always champion of pride freckles, Meghan proudly exhibited, even on her wedding day, freckles which she never wanted to cover with foundation and, indeed, enhanced and transformed into the strength of her beauty. In 2019, as guest editor of the September issue of British Vogue, the only condition he imposed was that of photos without retouching so as not to hide the freckles in the portraits of the women on the cover. The Meghan Effect she even changed the beauty rules: since she appeared on the real scene alongside Harry all the girls in the world have begun to want to have freckles like hers on their faces.

So much so that in the States a few years ago the fashion of tattoo freckles exploded, a semi-permanent tattoo that gives the face freckles that last up to three years. The technique consists of a series of micro punctures on the face with the insertion of natural pigments of 15 different shades into the skin. Alternatively yes they can draw on the face with the help of ad hoc pencils or stencils.

In the gallery the photos of Meghan and the right cosmetics to try to draw the dots on the face like hers.

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