I still remember the first time my mom ever let me put on makeup. As a present for my 13th Birthday, she took me to the Clinique makeup counter at Dillard's where I was taught to put on eye shadow and mascara for the very first time. As she applied my makeup, I was left in awe with the art she was creating with my face as her canvas. I loved the feeling of the brushes on my face and the girl talk with the woman behind the counter as she worked her magic, I cherished every minute of it. Although mom refused any sort of foundation besides a nearly translucent compact powder, and my brows were left completely untouched and more transparent than the shade she blended into my cheeks, I will never forget leaving the mall that day feeling like the most beautiful girl in the entire world.

For the last 10 years of my life, I have turned to my makeup and the skills I learned that day in some of my most unconfident of moments. Do I feel like I have to wear makeup every day? No, but on the mornings that allow me the time to do so, I face the rest of my day with the absolute confidence a woman needs to thrive in this crazy world. Seriously, if you don't believe me… Get your makeup done by my girl Chelsea Caines… You'll be left feeling like you can take on the entire world and all of its problems and look like Kate Moss doing it.

Last week I came across a post on my timeline that read "I bet $1,000 I can't find a female that doesn't wear makeup every day." A post that was clearly written by a man to put down a woman for doing something that made her feel more confident. This post went viral after being shared over 100,000 times. Am I surprised about the popularity of this post? No, it's an age old story; insecure men are notorious for putting down women for doing things that make them feel more beautiful and strong. What surprised me was the amount of women who were willing to share a post that was clearly created to put down another woman for doing something that gave her the confidence to face her day. I was left upset and angry. How can we as women expect to be respected and appreciated by men, when we are discouraging other women for simply doing something that makes them feel beautiful?

If you are a woman that wakes up with the confidence to face the world bare faced day after day, I am so unbelievably happy for you and I am even more so proud of you for loving yourself enough not to need it. Unfortunately, not all women feel this way and you're support of men who feel the need to make unnecessary comments such as these does nothing but make the women who do feel as if they need makeup, feel less about themselves. In reality, we as women (makeup or no makeup), face the same adversities of proving our strength, our beauty, our courage, our purpose and our intelligence to misogynistic men like this every single day. Don't be that girl to add to his fire.

Be the girl behind the makeup counter who made a little girl feel like she could take on the world for her 13th Birthday. Be the woman at the coffee shop that notices the girl next to her with a full contoured face and appreciate the time and effort she put in that morning to give her the confidence she needed to take on her day. When you see a woman barefaced and proud, comment on how beautiful and radiant her skin is and ask her for her best skin care tips. Connect and support one another for the ways in which we choose to present ourselves as women to the world. Regardless of wherever you fall on the makeup spectrum, be that girl. Be the girl who loves and supports the women around her regardless of how she chooses to radiate her confidence, because chances are she worked really hard to find it.