Hey everyone!
I know
it’s been a while- I've been on a crazy summer job search for the last few
weeks (which I will talk about later), but I've also been spending tons of time
with my best friends who are all home from college, too. Seeing as most of them
are females and absolutely all of them are stunningly beautiful (I’m not even
exaggerating- every. Single. One), I've been thinking a lot about the topic of
makeup and I was really interested in what you guys had to say. Makeup: is less
really more?
For
years, I've been going back and forth in my daily makeup routine between
rocking the “naturally beautiful” look, and just going with what I've always
done without concern about it being obvious that I’m wearing makeup. Believe
me, there is a HUGE difference between the two. I usually wake up one day and
realize that I am not one of those girls that can pull off the “hardly there”
makeup look and go back to my old layering on eyeliner days.
However,
the conflict comes into play when I see my friends (as I said, completely
beautiful) that either have no makeup on or extremely minimal makeup and, of
course, look great and still get attention. To be perfectly honest, when I don’t
have eyeliner on, I feel like I look like a turd, but on the other hand, it
really doesn't look natural at all and makes it very obvious that you have
makeup on. I feel like other girls who are big on makeup must feel this way
about certain products as well.
Now,
the conflict intensifies even further when male opinions come into play. Men
always seem to say that they prefer women who are naturally beautiful or who
don’t need to wear a lot of makeup to look good. For those of us who aren't
naturally all that gorgeous, this makes us automatically resort to the phrase “forever
alone” and gives us the urge to purchase at least two cats in a single pet
store visit. But, let us remember the most popular ideal women in men’s eyes:
Kim Kardashian, Megan Fox, and even Marilyn Monroe. Yes, they are also pursued
for their bodies, but are these women considered “natural?” Not at all. Well,
not to us ladies, anyway, who know that they have professional makeup artists,
stylists and hair stylists that use an endless supply of products on the every
time they leave the house. And then there’s also the fact that if you’re in any
kind of semi-serious relationship, the person you’re with is going to see you
makeup-less at some point anyway! Do you really want them to be shocked? That
sounds too awkward to even imagine. I would really love to hear any of your
opinions on this issue, seeing as I keep flopping back and forth on mine!
Thanks!
Peace and love,
Emmy
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