Kate Ferdinand has shared a candid make-up free photo in which her facial pigmentation can be seen.
Taking to Instagram on Thursday, the blonde beauty told her followers: 'Me without make-up,' as she posted the image, and admitted: 'I always feel so insecure about it & it really does get me down, I try to cover it at all costs.'
Beneath the bare-faced photograph, Kate, 30, spoke truthfully about 'trying my best to love myself as I am' and shared: 'As soon as the sun comes out my face looks like a patchwork.'
Powerful: Kate Ferdinand, 30, shared a candid makeup-free Instagram photo on Thursday in which her facial pigmentation could be seen
The wife off star footballer Rio Ferdinand wrote in full: 'PIGMENTATION. ''Kate what's the dark thing above your lip?''
'Me without makeup. For the last few years even with SPF 50 & a hat, as soon as the sun comes out my face looks like a patchwork.
'I always feel so insecure about it & it really does get me down, I try to cover it at all costs.'
The doting mother added: 'For much of my life I've felt like I have to try my best to be perfect, I'm fed up of having crazy unrealistic expectations all of the time.'
Candid: In her post, Kate spoke truthfully about 'trying my best to love myself as I am' (pictured in July)
She concluded: 'Although I make it hard for myself sometimes I'm trying my best to love myself as I am.'
Earlier this year, Kate revealed in an interview with The Sun that