Makeup intimidates the heck outta me. I find it impossible to even fathom wearing a full face of makeup. Even for a shorter amount of time. It seems like I’m always worrying about it and I’m five seconds behind, just because my first thoughts are questions like, “Is something on my face smudged?” and “What if it’s not a good color combination and I look like a clown?” and even, “Is my face even suited for makeup?” It’s a stressful activity for me, to say the least.
It’s hard for me to even function in makeup. I wear a lipgloss or lipstick and it ends up absolutely everywhere—on my hands, smudged around my mouth, somehow all over my clothes—I can’t even see how it’s worth it. Mascara weighs down my eyelashes and my eyelids. Any kind of base used to cover up imperfections clogs up my pores and looks like a sponge up close.
I don’t like the phrase, “beauty is pain.” It signifies that pain is just something we have to go through to be seen as beautiful. And that being subjectively “pretty” is made as a goal to achieve and strive for. It makes me, as a woman, feel like my actions aren’t enough and that I won’t be pretty to the masses unless I bake my face and put on girly clothes. I don’t condemn those who choose to dress up or use makeup to feel prettier. I myself have recently started wearing more feminine clothes and have bought light makeup. It’s definitely not an everyday look for me, as I’m most often comfortable with a bare face and causal clothes. I just feel like the strive to be beautiful is a capitalism ploy to get money out of people who don’t think they’re good enough. And that new products are made to fit problems we didn’t think we had.
It’s all a lot to say that beauty is subjective. And individual. What’s beauty to you isn’t the same definition to someone else. And we shouldn’t be faced with the choices “be pretty” or “be ugly.” It’s all a shared experience of self criticism played on by big corporations.
Girl you don’t even need to worry about makeup or wearing it. You are so pretty without it you don’t need it. I can’t really say much because I’m one of those girls that has no self confidence in myself. I feel like I have to wear makeup to look good and I feel like I have to impress people but I’m trying to get better but we will see. And there is nothing wrong with wanting to wear what you want to. If you like it does not matter what other people think about it. You do you and if someone doesn’t like it, they can get over it. I love how you take the definition of “beauty is pain” I love what you said about it. Anyway I’m so ready to see you and everyone in class. -Anna mason #11
ReplyDeleteI have been wearing mascara nearly every day for three or more years now. I don't mind not wearing it occasionally, but I can definitely tell when I do not have it on. Because I am naturally blonde it's hard to see my eyelashes, and mascara gives me more confidence. Another thing about being naturally blonde is my very blonde eyebrows. I have been doing my eyebrows everyday for a year and a half maybe two years now. I can't go out of the house without doing my eyebrows. I feel extremely uncomfortable without my eyebrows done, and I wish I didn't have to worry about them so much. I guess it's just another safety blanket I have along with my hair. It shocks me when people don't know my eyebrows are fake, but it makes me feel better about how they look. I don't wish to look unnatural, I just want two noticeable eyebrows and some eyelashes. -Victoria #6 i hope
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