Before I say anything, let's get one thing straight. I am just as sick of men saying that we wear makeup to "trick them" as the next woman. We've all seen tweets highlighting how laughable it is that men would believe our eyelids are naturally gold or that our lips are actually ruby red, and I agree, it's laughable.

I don't know about you, but the most common justification for wearing makeup that I hear is that we wear it for ourselves. It's been proven that women who don't wear makeup are punished socially and financially, and it's also clear that since the dawn of modern marketing, women have been convinced that our only purpose is to please men. While these are just two little factors, they both contribute to the conclusion that we don't simply wear makeup for ourselves.