Makeup shouldn't be that big of an issue. It shouldn't be an issue whether a woman wears makeup or not. Everyone has the right to express themselves in any way that makes them happy.
I didn't start wearing makeup until about three months ago, and I'm 20 years old. But this doesn't mean that I need the whole world to applaud me or that I'm better than the girls that started wearing it when they were in middle school. Everyone wears makeup for their own reasons and at the time that they feel most ready. Not at the time that someone wants them to.
We have girls and women saying that they wear makeup for themselves, but let's face it. We wear makeup because we don't feel confident in our own natural skin. And this is due to the society that all women have grown up in. We turn on the TV and we have someone telling us that we aren't beautiful in our natural skin. Or a magazine, a billboard or even our our family and friends. That we aren't beautiful enough the way that God decided to create us. We see images of these "beautiful" women. That look near perfect. And this causes negative feelings and views towards a woman.
Makeup isn't bad. It's the concept or idea that follows it that is. The world makes it seem as if it's mandatory a girl should wear makeup to cover her imperfections. A girl should wear makeup if she has too many blemishes on her face, too many freckles, her skin is too pale or her skin is too dark. This tells us that the way a girl looks when she wakes up isn't OK! That isn't the case! You are beautiful no matter what the situation is. You are beautiful at your most vulnerable state. We are taught to not be comfortable with the way that we look, and so we were given makeup to solve that issue for us.
Girls should be taught that they don't need to cover up their imperfections. They are beautiful with them. We should be taught to embrace them. God loves each and everyone of those things that society and one's self views as bad. God created us in His own image. What could possibly be more beautiful than that?
Overall, women should be shown that they don't need to try and be someone they aren't. We need to help each other know that we can be whoever we want to be. That we can do whatever we want to do, whether that's wearing makeup or not. That they should not be forced to wear it. Or feel less of something because they do wear it. That they don't have to fear someone telling them that they don't look good because they're not wearing make up. The things that one does should be done to make one happy, not to please others. People are only temporarily happy with the decisions others make. Once it starts getting old, they find something else to entertain themselves with.
If you're going to wear makeup, wear it because you want to, not because that's what others want of you! We also have to teach both men and women to respect the ladies that do wear makeup and those that don't. We have to teach everyone that we have to love and respect one another. Men need to be taught that beauty is more than just physical and putting things on your face. Beauty is something deeper. Something that isn't seen, but rather felt. We need to learn that a woman is beautiful with or without makeup!
A lot of issues in our world are because of the way that we're educated on them. We need to educate one another to build each other up and not to bring one another down. Makeup is an art, and a woman's face is the canvas. But most importantly, we need to value the women and how they feel. Do it because you want to, not because society wants you to!
