We’re living in a society where we’re being constantly shamed for everything we do or don’t do. This has been facilitated by the Internet, that one amazing thing that can make our existence international in seconds. You can change lives with a click, but we as the great species we are we decide to do the complete opposite, we ruin lives. Now with the Internet you can’t only shame and judge people in your society but you get to do it internationally, any single time of the day and how much times you want. It’s a problem that we have to address.
One thing that I’ve noticed is how women are shamed for wearing makeup. Let me get this straight, we are being shamed for wearing something that men forced us to wear to look “better” for their own amusement and pleasure. Through the years makeup has gone from forced to fun. It is true when I discovered makeup I felt like an artist I could be whoever I wanted to be that day. It helps me with my I insecurities making me feel more beautiful.
One thing that has helped me learn a lot is YouTube. Watching makeup artists (MUA) do their makeup and observing just how they move this brush or why they use this product and not the other one and taught me more than I ever could have imagined. Every makeup artist is different but one thing they have in common is that they all do makeup because it makes them happy and because they want to. One thing that may shock a lot of people is that I watch many MUAs that are men and to be honest they’ve been the ones that have taught me most. Manny, Patrick, James, Miguel, and Evan have change my life forever. I still love my girls Nikkie and Jacklyn, but there is something about seeing people that are not women do makeup that empowers me.
I love makeup because of its diversity. Makeup is an art, brushes, paint, and a white canvas are all included. I do my makeup because is something that makes me feel amazing, because every time I beat my face it makes me feel good and proud. I do makeup because I want to do makeup. I don’t do it to impress you or anyone except me. Makeup makes me the best version I can be. It frustrates me how people think I actually take two hours to do my makeup to impress someone else. I don’t do anything to impress anyone else than myself. Another thing I hate is when people think I’m a frivolous person just because they always see me with a face full of makeup. Yes, I do care about how I look like because I want to always look good, I do believe that in my case I feel better when I am wearing makeup. The truth is I also love not wearing makeup. The feeling of fresh, lightweight skin is great and I love it. Most of the time I don’t wear makeup (I’m not allowed to go with makeup to my school) and I don’t hate it I actually love it because it gives me forty-five more minutes of sleeping, and it also makes me more excited for when I actually do my makeup it makes me appreciate it more.
I don’t believe anyone should be shamed for doing anything and less for doing something that makes them happy like makeup makes me. I am more than my cut crease or my highlight I am a person. I am a person that loves makeup and that doesn’t make me a bad person it makes me, me because makeup it’s a part of who I am.
