Hi Bebe,
One of the first photography techniques you learn when you start a professional photography course is how to retouch your photos. Back when I started my training this involved working with a small paintbrush to remove any speck of dust or unwanted blemish from a print. Nowadays, of course, we have Photoshop.
So why do we need to remove every spot, mark and bump from a print? For some reason our eyes have a habit of looking at every small detail in the photograph, and that can quickly distract from the larger image that you are trying to create. While we should be trying to enjoy the overall composition, in this image we are distracted by highlights just about the lips in that spot in the middle of her shoulder.
If we use the Healing Brush to remove the majority of these spots we begin to look beyond the flaws and start seeing the image as a whole.
The only other adjustment I would make to this image is to the shadow side of the face. In the example below I have used Nik Software Silver Efex Pro to gently lighten the left side of her face (right side as we look at it); the image is now just a little more engaging.
Hope this is a help… cheers, Anthony.
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