Beauty Blogger Linda Hallberg Shares Her Struggle With Eczema in Inspiring Video

I follow more beauty bloggers on Instagram than friends at this point. It makes my feed a steady stream of selfies and flat lays, and I love it. But Linda Hallberg switched it up on me, taking a break from posting about her favorite glittery makeup to share a photo of her bare upper back. It was startling at first, until I realized it was for a really powerful reason. In the photo's caption, the Stockholm-based beauty blogger/makeup artist shared her struggle with eczema. "We're all human and this is how my skin looks like most part of the autumn/winter," she wrote. Hallberg is definitely not the only one dealing with eczema right now, and we're sure many of her 858,000 followers find her honesty refreshing.

The past month, Instagram has been all about elaborate Halloween makeup—from mermaids to galaxies. Hallberg was no exception. She created her awesome version of an alien and a skeleton. But she wanted to take a moment to show a not-so-fun side of her life and her struggles with eczema. "I think it’s important to not only show the good sides of yourself on social media, because of all the young people out there who suffer from bad self-esteem ," Hallberg tells Allure. "I want to show that I am human and have issues like anyone else."

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If I were in Linda Hallberg's shoes, I would have been extremely nervous to post something so intimate and open about my life. Usually, I stick to safe pictures of pizza and random museum exhibits I've visited. Hallberg wasn't really nervous about sharing her story, though. After years of having eczema, she says, "I'm pretty secure in my own body now."

The reaction to her post has been incredible. It has about 18,600 likes and 895 comments. However, not all of the comments have been positive. Hallberg says she's received some that question if having eczema is truly a struggle. "People who live with eczema know what I’m talking about," she says. "So I don’t really care about those few comments."

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