To the people who judge a girl's makeup or lack thereof,

First off, I'd like to ask who are you to judge? Even if you have the most expensive makeup on every day from the second you wake up to right before you go to bed, why do you care what others do for their makeup!? Do you only apply it to feel prettier or because you think men will find you more desirable? They won't in the long run honey, sorry. So why does it matter how expensive your makeup is or how often you wear it? You should never dress or do yourself up a certain way for the enjoyment of others, ew. Women face enough obstacles in today's world. We should not bespending energy worrying about being judged by each other when we should be supporting each other and empowering each other! Empowered women empower other women, remember!

Anyways, if a woman decides not to wear makeup so what? She may be tired, but her lack of makeup doesn't open any doors for you or anyone else to comment on her appearance of how "tired" or "sick" she looks. Yes, these are two common phrases I get whenever I'm seen in public without a full face of makeup on. Evidently enough, I decided to embrace my natural beauty and barely wear makeup for like 3 weeks.

I know, 3 weeks of being bare, naked, and exposed in all of my imperfect beauty? Yes. I realized I didn't and shouldn't feel bound to wear makeup to feel completely dressed. Wearing makeup constantly has negative impacts on your skin and honestly is just an extra hassle in the morning which I greatly enjoyed skipping.

If a girl wears pretty makeup, then yes, it's nice to have that effort be recognized and commented on, but otherwise, if I'm not wearing makeup or it's not your favorite just don't say anything. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Makeup is an extra accessory, and then somewhere along the line in marketing it became essential to look human and function? That's something I'll never understand. To be expected to wear makeup to look professional seems excessive in the control over self-expression within professionalism.

What if I don't want to wear makeup? What if I want to embrace the natural beauty I have? What if I just don't care? A woman has many rights, but they seem to be being stripped away. No this is not turning into a feminist rant but why is a woman expected to wear makeup to look pretty? What happened to feeling beautiful and doing what makes you feel that way? Honestly, I don't get it.

The moral of this letter is back off. Don't judge me if I decide I feel confident enough to not wear makeup. Just because you don't feel as good about yourself as I do doesn't make it okay for you to judge me or comment on my appearance. I could be commenting on how your makeup routine is so excessive you don't look like yourself and you're probably only doing so because you're so insecure to let the world see your natural face, blemishes and all. But I don't because what purpose would that serve in a positive fashion? None, exactly. So why is it okay for you to judge me on doing me? It's not. Judge me on my intellect, my ideas, my knowledge, my words, my actions, etc. But don't judge me on something like makeup; we aren't brainless dolls to makeup and dress up for the pleasure and enjoyment of others around us.

Sincerely,

Women who want more for you.