Message girl band Blush’s new focus
on teaching girls about true beauty is having an amazing impact on the girls they work with
in Manchester’s schools.

Recent feedback shows that the group is meeting a deep need among girls in schools where they have been teaching sessions on self-esteem, body language and self-confidence. Jess Cook from Blush comments, ‘Our sessions expose the lies the modern media tells girls every day, like retouched photographs and plastic surgery. We want girls to see that make-up and nice clothes are fine, but when it’s all stripped away they are beautiful as they are.’

The band recently illustrated the principle by filming a photo shoot, showing the girls with and without makeup. The reason? To show girls that they believe what they say: To God, they are always beautiful.

One girl recently wrote to the band to say, ‘I’d been feeling so down about how I looked. There was a lad I liked but I soon realised he was only interested in one thing. I saw your video online and it made me cry… since then I have felt much more confident.’

You can watch the video of Blush’s ‘no make-up’ shoot on our website.

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(This article was taken from the Autumn/Winter ’09 issue of flow Magazine)

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