A 33-year-old mum who was trolled online for having wrinkles and lines on her face has clapped back at the critics.
Becky Jane Boulton shared an innocent video showing her eyebrow makeup routine but was horrified when it went viral – for all the wrong reasons.
The post garnered comments from people critiquing her looks and skin, saying she looks decades older.
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“I didn’t expect all the horrible comments about my face – someone said I look like Pat Butcher,” Becky, a Manchester-based stay-at-home mum and carer, told What’s The Jam.
“[People said] no way am I only 33 and that I look 20 years older.
“[They said] my skin shouldn’t look this way at this age, and that my makeup is disgusting.
“One person even said my boyfriend thinks I’m ugly but doesn’t have the guts to say it.
“I’m 33 and I’ve never had any work done.
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“I thought it was normal to have some lines and wrinkles by this age.
“I’d never looked at myself and seen an issue with my skin – or my make-up application for that matter.”
Becky’s initial video was sharing her eyebrow makeup routine, jumping on an “eyebrow blindness” trend – where people shared their preferences for shaping their brows.
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The mum was horrified when it unexpectedly went viral with 345,000 views, despite only having 700 followers.
She added: “I fully expected some comments about my eyebrow – that’s why I posted it – and that genuinely wouldn’t have bothered me.
“We all like different things. It would be really boring if we all looked the same.
“[But] I never expected the hate to follow to what I thought was a positive video.”
In a follow-up video to address the trolls, Becky shared a video of herself with no filters.
She wrote: “Madness that a video of my eyebrows can bring such nasty comments.
“This is my face…no filters.
“I’m 33, I’ve never had Botox or filler, so yes my face has lines and wrinkles.
“I like how my make-up looks…that’s why I do it this way.
“People really need to calm down.”
In the video, she shows her skin up close, moving her face to show her lines and wrinkles proudly.
She added: “I thought I’d post another video asking for kindness because even though I was OK, not everyone could receive hate like that and still be OK.
“Words can massively hurt people.
“I had a moment where I was upset because my phone was literally blowing up with notifications and it was just so many cruel comments, but I received so many kind ones as well from people who don’t even know me.
“I’d like to say to the trolls – your words will never bring me down.
“I’ve worked so hard on myself over the years. I lost a lot of weight and found a lot of self-love.
“Nobody is going to take that away from me.
“Saying all these horrible things to me won’t make you a better person.
“Remember I’m a human with feelings, I’m somebody’s child.
“My mum had to stop reading the comments because she found it so upsetting.
“These accounts are all no names and no pictures – they’re people hiding behind fake accounts who would never have the guts to show themselves.
“The kind comments I got were all real people, real accounts.
“We can all have opinions but if you have nothing nice to say just don’t say anything it’s that simple.
“Just be kind.
“Use your time to find your own self-love instead of trying to take other people.”
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