Growing up, I wasn’t too concerned with how I looked. I am definitely one of those people who cringe at throwback photos from middle school because of poor fashion choices.

When I got into high school, as expected, there were a lot of girls wearing and experimenting with makeup for the first time. I just never really took to it. I wasn’t too interested in putting in the time and the money.

Sure, I put on a little mascara and lip gloss to go to prom, but I rarely went full "glam face." I also was struggling with keeping my skin in check, so I avoided putting anything on it because I didn’t want to make matters worse for myself.

Now that I am older and my skin has cleared up, I’ve started to take more notice in the makeup/beauty community. It’s not like I was completely living under a rock, but, wow, there is so much to learn about. I can spend hours upon hours on YouTube watching people contouring their faces and drawing on their eyebrows.

However, when I am sitting there watching these videos, something always comes to my mind. Society puts a whole lot of unnecessary pressure on women to look put together and perfectly composed.

This notion isn’t really outwardly expressed, but it’s there. For example, when a girl that wears makeup most days doesn’t wear any one day and then someone asks if she is sick. When I witness that, I just want shake that person and say “everyone has a lazy day, get over it.”

Why is it so wrong for a girl to take a day off without people commenting on it? So, your girl didn’t feel like penciling in her eyebrows today. She doesn’t need you to remind her.

This concept has a flip side as well. Since I rarely wear makeup, people get excited when I wear it, but sometimes they get too excited. They profusely tell me how much better I look, that I should wear makeup more often.

I, as a normal person, like being complimented, but those compliments always leave a bad taste in my mouth. Why do I only get complimented when I’m wearing makeup? It’s not like I want people praising me daily for how gorgeous I look, but it is just weird to me. I don’t want to diminish people’s compliments because I’m sure they don’t do this on purpose, however, I think that it is something that we learn through our environment.

We learn that a girl that wears makeup is someone that cares about how they look. That they are put together and professional. That they are more beautiful. Society has pushed onto us that a girl like this is more desirable.

I’m not trying to belittle anyone that loves wearing makeup (you go girl), I’m just trying to stick up for the fellow lazy girls. It takes time to put all that makeup on! Or, maybe you just don’t like how you look with it on. Whatever it is, you shouldn’t feel bad about yourself just because you aren’t interested in the same thing as other people.

Long story short, we should help those girls that brave the world without any makeup on to feel more confident in this world of fleek eyebrows and sharp wing liner. Go out there, compliment someone’s naked face and don’t be afraid to show the world your own!