Hey lovelies. Today I wanted to share a thought of mine that I feel really strongly about, this is the concept / stigma around make-up. This is a post that I've wanted to do for so long but have always put off doing it because I know that this can be quite a controversial subject and I have always been scared of those strongly opinionated people and the comments they could make. However, a comment was made about how much make-up I was wearing at school by a boy and the comment got under my skin so much that I decided it was time I wrote this post.
As a girl I have received my fair share of comments about how much make-up I wear or how little I wear. You literally can't win. I've been told I am 'caked' in make-up, or I 'slap too much make-up on' or when I don't wear make-up ' Why is your skin so shiny and red' or asked the question ' Why aren't you wearing make-up, you need it'. Or possibly the worst comment I have heard ' wearing make-up makes you insecure'. As you can imagine these are all really horrid and hurtful comments to make. These are the type of comments that have urged me to write about my feelings towards this whole make-up wearing concept.
I first started wearing at make-up at the age of eleven, I started getting periods at ten, so I started pretty early and well before any of my friends, This meant they all still had baby soft, clear skin whilst mine was beginning to break out and I soon became very aware of this. Eleven seems like such a young age but by this point I had already matured so much and I had become very insecure about my skin and the odd spots I would receive around my period. I did become very self concious about this whole skin situation and I soon discovered make-up. This is where the crazy obsession and passion begun. I did only start of by wearing a bit of concealer to cover my spots and if I was feeling fancy then mascara but I wasn't putting on a whole face of make-up not for a year or so anyway. Make-up for me in a way has since become a bit of a comfort blanket, in the sense that when I wear make-up I do feel a lot more confident, and happier and I am a much more outgoing person with it on because I have been able to hide those imperfections but enhance my features at the same time.
A lot of people see putting on make-up as a chore but personally there is nothing that makes me happier than spending hours playing around with my make-up, creating new looks and trying out loads of different products, I am totally okay with walking into Boots and swatching every lipstick and eye-shadow I can fit up my arm. As a beauty blogger that's kind of the norm! Or even better getting glammed up for a party or a super fancy dinner. There;s nothing I love more than doing my hair and make-up singing my heart out to a bit of Adele.
Obviously, I can accept that my views on make-up may be a little different to other people's. However, that doesn't mean that just because I love wearing make-up that I am insecure about how I look without it, I wear make-up to enhance my features. For example I often wear eye-shadows that compliment my blue eyes and make them stand out more. I do sometimes wear make-up to hide imperfections but this doesn't mean that I am in anyway trying to hide my face or pretend to be somebody I am not. I see a lot of comments about how those girls who don't wear make-up are more confident than those who do, nope not true. It's a personal choice as to whether or not you wear make-up and you should never make a judgement on somebody based on whether or not they're wearing make-up. Wearing make-up for me is a way of expressing myself in a fun and creative way, the exact reason why I have my blog so I am able to share my wacky obsession with all you lovely lot that have a similar perspective on make-up!
I am more than okay with spending all my money on endless amounts of make-up that I don't need, but that's just how I choose to spend my own money. Despite, my obsession with make-up and my love for wearing it I do still love to wear no make-up and be able to rub my eyes without worrying about smudging the eye-shadow and liner I spent so long doing. It does upset me that because I wear make-up people can be quite quick to judge me and assume things about me before they even bother trying to get to know me. There is so much more to me than my make-up, I have a huge love for reading and I have a love for religious studies at school, all things a lot of people don't know because they haven't bothered to get to know me but instead they make a petty childish judgement all because I fill my eyebrows in.
I have seen a lot of childish boys on instagram post photos about girls with and without make-up with the caption ' take her swimming on the first date '. Well girls, boys like these really aren't worth your time and you can do better. I don't think boys are aware of the enjoyment girls get out of doing their make-up and making themselves feel super pretty. Us girls certainly don't spend all that money on make-up to impress boys who won't even know the difference between MACs Ruby Woo and Russian Red.
I don't want those of you girls who don't wear make-up to feel like I am telling you to go and put some make-up on. Go you, if you feel okay with going bare faced all the time then embrace it. Don't feel that because everybody around you wears make-up this means you have too. Not all of my friends wear make-up and I don't judge them for that. Whether you wear it or not that doesn't define you as a person at all and you should know you're beautiful with and without make-up no matter how many spots you may have. If anybody has ever made a nasty comment towards you regarding make-up, ignore it and brush it off. Take it with a pinch of salt and don't let them see that their comment has affected you.
Just remember wearing make-up doesn't make you insecure and it doesn't define you as a person, It's simply just a way of expressing yourself.
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