Angles, lighting, time of day and a couple of magical apps (my favorite is Airbrush). THAT is what you're actually jealous of when you purse your lips and look at your Chipotle as you double tap another flawless Instagram model. Weird, I know, but they're not actually perfect without the ~perfect~ combination of all of these things.

I mean, let's be honest, if you wanted to you could put in the effort to take a bomb ass pic. You know exactly what it takes, and what it takes is a LOT of time and effort. The girls that look so magnificent do so because lets face it-- they're probably not doing much else with their days. No, I'm not saying they're incapable of doing jobs other than choosing filters, hear me out.

The girls you're the most jealous of on insta are probably the fitness models or Kendall Jenner, right? Weirdly enough, they get PAID to look good. Just like it's your job to do whatever the hell you do from 9-5. They train or cook insanely delicious and healthy food and play with makeup. And they have people help them look so good. Do you have a personal trainer and dietitian and photographer? Probs not, girlfriend.

So let's break it down.

Their flawless makeup.

It can incite envy in anyone, I'll be the first to admit their blending and contour is tear worthy. But here's the kicker, they either have someone do it or they spend hours perfecting it themselves. Literally LMK if you have that kind of time to spend on your face during the week.

And if contouring faces weren't time-consuming enough, body contouring is this newish satan that does to your entire body what it does for your cheeks. So you're envious of powder.

Moving onto...

Their flawless bodies.

First of all, there's no such damn thing. I'm not saying that out of spite, I workout a lot and eat healthy and I'm just saying that (however cliché it f*cking is) that everybody has a flawless body and you should love it.

Anyway, all they know how to do is play angles and lighting better than most. Have you seen the trend on fitness models that show their typical picture next to one in a less flattering posture? That, ladies is the point. They also likely use editing apps to smooth their skin and whatnot.

You know what else they do?

Capitalize on timing.

You know how when you first wake up and you pass the mirror when you're changing like DANG WHO THE FRICK ARE YOU? You're not bloated or have a food baby or anything else? That's when they take their pictures. Or after a workout when they literally did abs for hours so of f*cking course their abs look stellar.

I'm not saying Instagram models don't work hard for how they look. What I'm saying is the exact opposite. They DO work so so hard for their flawless pics and that should be enough to tell you not to envy them; you're too busy being a badass in every other aspect of your life to worry about why your wing doesn't slay like that girl's or why your legs aren't as toned as this girl's.

Here's the thing; they don't walk around all day every day looking like that either. They do what they have to (which is way extra) for their pictures, and then they go about looking like a normal, non airbrushed human. Don't think for a second that those girls' thighs don't do the thing when they sit. It's humanly impossible for your legs not to expand to the size of Texas when you sit. Yeah, those girls are lucky with the highest cheekbones and probably lose weight just by looking at an apple but their pictures are supposed to look good.

So before you feel that familiar envy over a "perfect" girl's insta... don't.