At first when I decided to stop wearing make up I was kinda bummed. I love make up, I wear it as an accessory, like necklaces and earrings. But now that I can't, I started worring about things I didn't, like, what about when I have huge dark undereye circles, or when I have a party? I can wear just mascara and a lipstick, but for a night out, I can't make an elaborate eye make up anymore.
I thought about make up a lot in these days. Why does it matter so much? Why do people spend so much money and energy on it? In most cases, I believe, make up is a healthy thing, it's about self care, self love, enhancing natural features. There are cases, of course, where make up is more than just an accessory, like for people with serious skin problems and scars, who want to feel better about themselves. And on other cases people just get used to their faces with make up and start to think that without it, they are ugly.
I also can't ignore the fact that there is a huge multi-billionaire industry behind make up and beauty products. There are a lot of old white men profiting off women's insecutirites. We are sold since the early years that beauty means something very specific, something we don't naturally have, but something we can buy. And without it, we are ugly, which we don't want to be, otherwise we will have no value. But that is another subject.
The fact is, men don't wear make up. They don't even take proper care of their skin. They don't use sunscreen. Men are ugly as shit, have undereye circles, blackheads, whiteheads, small lips, big noses, bad skin, and we still find them handsome. So I won't wear make up either. As soon as I got used to my face without make up, I stopped thinking I need it.
That thought help me a lot.
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