petek, 13. november 2015

Why do you wear make up?

"Why do you have to wear all that stuff on your face? Look at your mum, she never wore any make up and she is beautiful nonetheless" And yes, while I agree with my dad that my mother is beautiful, for me wearing make up is not always to feel and/or be prettier. 

As a teenager I never wore any make up, not even a mascara. Then came the last year of high school and I started using a mascara, in first years of college I updated my make up routine with concealer :) Having said that, I have to also mention that I always had make up products at home. Lipglosses, mascaras, eyeshadows, eyeliners, nailpolishes. It was just that I used them only for special occasions. As much as I liked to look at them and try them on, I didn't really know how to use them properly. Then around 2009/2010 I discovered make up tutorials on youtube and I was hooked. My make up collection grew and I also learned how to use it. Not that I'm a professional, but if I would like to make myself look better, now I can :D 

Of course make up has something to do with confidence. There are days when you feel fabulous and then there are days when you feel like crap. There are some days when I look at myself and I think that I do look ok without make up.

I look like I'm a teenager, but I'm not :)


But there are also days when I look like this without make up.

Painful to watch, really 

And I don't see what is wrong if we put on a little bit of make up (or a lot if you prefer). I enjoy doing before and after photos, and I make sure that in the photo before I look really tired and strange, like the one above (let's avoid term ugly). 

Collage from 2013

It is not easy to be a woman in this male oriented society and if we have one small advantage that makes us look better if we want and need to, then why not use it. I get sad and then angry that we get judged for everything that we do. You wear a fair amount of make up? This is not right, you should wear less make up or go natural. You have acne and help yourself with make up to cover them up? This is not right, you are deceiving everyone around you (really? Really?). Example here. It seems like women can't win. You know, I think we should wear as much make up as we want to, or none, without being judged. At the end of this beautiful video that Lisa Eldridge made, I was trully touched and I suggest you to look at it. So many possibilities, so many options. I decided that I will play and have fun with make up, no matter what others think of me (this is really hard for me, but I will try).



Then there is another thing about make up. It makes me happy. Not just to wear it, but to play with it. To look at my collection, trying on lipsticks, deciding what make up to wear on some special occasions. My mum often says to my sister and me "When will you use up all of this make up?" Probably never. But this is not the point. The point is that my sister and I enjoy trying make up looks even if we are not very good at it. Sometimes we try to recreate make up looks that we see on youtube. Here I would like to tell you a dad joke. A joke that my dad makes everytime. Everytime. Sometimes we try bolder eyelooks, usually just on one eye. When dad sees us he would say "who punched you in the eye?" And it is funny because we know exactly what he would say. 


Choosing a lipstick in Mac store

I can't wait for some special occasions so that I can spice my make up rotine up a little bit and to feel beautiful and confident. And I don't see what is wrong with it, but sometimes I can't be bothered to put anything on me, and I think this is fine too.

What I would like is that if I feel like putting on red lipstick just to go to the supermarket I would and not be bothered what everyone else who doesn't even know me tought of this. I know I care too much of what others think of me and this has to change! :D

Tell me, why do you wear make up? Does it make you happy, or do you feel pressured to always look flawless and is some kind of obligation?


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