LOVE IS THE MESSAGE Love is more than a feeling—it’s a way of seeing, a process of uncovering, a journey of becoming oneself. For the debut issue of @notes_on_beauty_, we asked: What does it take to truly see yourself? To love yourself? To unlearn the myths we’re told—and reclaim beauty on your own terms? “I had to learn that beauty could be me, could be mine. I had understood beauty to be over there, on others, mostly because I understood beauty to be feminine. And while I was a feminine child and adolescent, I wasn’t supposed to be, so my femininity made me wrong, not beautiful. I had to unlearn that beauty means looking like everyone else. When in fact, beauty is looking like no one else.”—@jordan_roth @jordan_roth photographed by @inezandvinoodh with @yad1m using @valentino.beauty, Style Director @ronbreezy, and @jimmypaulhair. Jordan is wearing Very Valentino foundation, V-Lighter primer in Rosa, Colorgraph eyeliner in Rockstud Noir, Twin eyeliner in Black & Nero, and Spike lipstick in Red Fiesta by @valentino.beauty. Available for pre-order soon. Photography by @inezandvinoodh. Editor-in-chief and Creative Director @nickvogelson. Beauty Director @yad1m using @valentino.beauty. Style Director @ronbreezy. Hair @jimmypaulhair at @susanpricenyc. Manicure @theguythatdoesnails @seemanagement. Lighting technician @jodokusdriessen. Art director @makroop. Digital technician @akabriananderson. Production Director @lisaolssonhjerpe.