.is still narrowly defined by the media in which we are immersed.

In questioning this feminine standard of beauty through colored facial hair, Upin has embraced her own insecurities.

(She only has 36 videos on her TikTok page as of early November.)

Photo of TikTok star Kira Upin aka kirayoop smiling in a blue Duke bucket hat. She has dyed her moustache blue to match.

Mindy Wu/Courtesy Kira Upin

“It’s not that women dont grow mustaches.

It’s that most women get busyremoving or concealing them.

So, the expectation is that they dont exist unless you have a hormonal imbalance,” Upin explains.

Selfie of TikTok star Kira Upin aka kirayoop smiling in a blue Duke bucket hat. She has dyed her moustache blue to match.

Courtesy Kira Upin.

Facial hair is natural, with or without a hormone imbalance.

Watch why having body hair makes this woman feel beautiful: