“I want a girl who doesn’t wear makeup, who is comfortable with how she is without it. She doesn’t need all of that face junk to be pretty. Girls who wear makeup are insecure.”
This is a direct quote from a guy I came across at my job.
There are so many things wrong with that sentence that I am not even sure where to begin.
For starters, you don’t get a gold medal for saying you want a girl who doesn’t wear makeup because it means you love the “natural” look. Even if most guys don’t realize that foundation, mascara and lip gloss doesn’t necessarily qualify as “natural."
Just because I decide to wing my eyeliner and contour my face, does not mean I’m insecure. In fact, it’s the opposite. I love wearing the craziest makeup I can find because it's an expression of who I am as a person. If I decide to wear fire engine red eyeshadow with a purple lip to match, that’s my prerogative. Plus, I look just fine without makeup.
Do you honestly believe I sit in Ulta with my paycheck burning in my pocket, thinking “Wow, I hope the guy in my chemistry class likes this Kat Von D lip over the Anastasia lip. Fingers crossed!”
Nah, instead I think “OK so which lipstick and eyeshadow palette are going to help me slay my look today? Which contour palette is going to make my face as sharp as barbed wire fence? Which highlight is going to be brighter than my future?”
I think of makeup as an art form and something to be appreciated. Not brought to if a boy thinks I’m using my makeup to hide something. I love doing my makeup. I look good and feel good doing it. And if you don’t wear makeup, that’s awesome too! You can slay your look without makeup. But for me, I’ll choose to impress me, myself and I with the joy that only a new setting spray can bring.
