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 wrote [Freckleface Strawberry] when my kids were little. It’s about the idea that we all have things we struggle with, especially physically. In a lot of children’s literature, people grow up and change. The ugly duckling becomes the swan. In my story, she grows up and still has freckles, and still doesn’t like them, but it doesn’t matter as much. The things that loom large in childhood, you gain perspective on as you get older... It’s that idea that we adjust, that our physicality is not as big a deal as we think. We struggle with differences, or looking dif- ferent, or feeling like you want something else. It doesn’t completely disappear. But it becomes proportionally smaller than the other things in your life that you care about.”—@juliannemoore @juliannemoore photographed by @inezandvinoodh with @yad1m using @valentino.beauty, Style Director @ronbreezy, and @jimmypaulhair. Julianne is wearing Spike lipstick in Red Fiesta by @valentino.beauty. Top by Bottega Veneta. Available for pre-order soon. Text by @whitneymallett. 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.