So why do you wear makeup?

Why do you wear makeup?

It's a question I think a lot of girls are asked from time to time. Some wear it daily, some wear it now and again and many only wear it for special occasions and now and again you find people who never wear it EVER! I myself would wear it everyday if i could, but I'm lazy with a capitol L and because I have to get up at an ungodly hour every morning I actually don't bother with it. I could go for a week or so without it. You see makeup isn't something I need to wear.....it's something i want to wear.

Now I've heard it over and over again "why are you bothering wearing makeup, we aren't going anywhere", "it's bad for your skin", " girls wear makeup to impress boys", "girls wear makeup to impress other girls" "people only wear makeup because to give themselves more confidence" etc etc the list goes on. I've read many articles asking why people bother with makeup and others from people saying they just don't feel like themselves without their makeup. Everyone has their own opinions to makeup and reasons for wearing it or not wearing it.



So I felt like I'd right this little post to talk about myself and my reasons for adoring makeup.So I'm sure many of you have seen the recent pictures floating around the internet of pron stars before and after their makeup (if you haven't google it, the transformations are amazing). I've shown this to many friends and everyone has a different reactions to viewing it and interprets the photographs in their own way. I personally love the photographs and the transformations, I understand that that style of makeup isn't to everyone's taste but it is truly astounding to see the difference.

This is just one of the many examples of the before and
after photos, there's loads more, go look them up.

So anyway I feel like I'm rambling on too much. The reason I love and wear makeup is the way it can transform your face. It truly can. If you are unhappy with any small part of your body then you can alter it using makeup. Now obviously I'm not saying there is anything wrong with anyone's body and that anyone should be ashamed of who they are, nothing like that but I'm never going to embrace my large pores, tiny eyes or birthmark scar along my neck but thanks to my makeup I can change that, I can make my pores less visible, my eyes wider, elongate my lashes and make that birthmark disappear.

I don't wear it to give myself confidence or to trick people into thinking I'm pretty. I am who I am and I'd much rather people judge me for my personality than anything else but I just love the change the makeup can give. It can lift your face, give the impressions of model like cheekbones or help achieve fuller lips, whatever you want you can probably do. In a way it's like a temporary piece of art.

So ya, thank you so much for reading my little ramble. I hope you liked it and I wasn't too impossible to understand ( I tend to go off on a tangent when writing).

So I'd love to know, why do you wear makeup? Why do you love makeup (if you even do)? If you're reading this you more than likely already have a huge interest in cosmetics so do you often find you have to explain your love of makeup? It's my biggest hobby, when I'm stressed I'll go to my room and practice some makeup application to calm myself down but I often feel like no one understands. It's not like sport or music so I'm weird or even vain and superficial for having such an interest (I'm not btw). But do you often feel like you have to justify your relationship with makeup?

Thanks for reading, I'd love to hear everyone's views!

xx

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