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Everyone has their fair share of makeup mishaps... What are yours?

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We live in a culture that is, for lack of a better word, obsessed with beauty. I personally, enjoy makeup. I love the thrill of finding a good deal on expensive makeup and clothes. I watch YouTube beauty and makeup tutorials (thank you Zoella for properly teaching me how to put on a face of makeup) and clothing hauls like they're going out of style.


But... it wasn't always like this. In fact, I think I speak for us all when I say we were once a point where our eyebrows were awful and no one had ever even heard of contouring. Back in mid-October, I asked my Facebook friends and my Twitter followers to fill out a survey over what they considered to be their "beauty blunders."

The answers were, as anticipated, hilarious. So, here you are. I present, Beauty Blunders.


Question 1: What is the most embarrassing fashion faux pas you've ever had?

Respondent 1: "Back in the nineties we rolled our jeans up... and our hair.. ugh!"

Respondent 3: "I used to wear multi-colored track suits every day... So there's that."

Respondent 6: "Once I wore white pants... forgetting that my period was going to start..."


Question 2: What is the most embarrassing makeup mishap you've ever had?

Respondent 1: "Putting on lipstick that turned out to be way brighter than it appeared, which is bad when your lips are super thin."

Respondent 2: "I fell asleep in class and some girl put eyeliner and lipstick on me. Didn't know until I got home."

Respondent 3: "My foundation color was two shades darker than I am."

Respondent 5: "Poorly blended concealer..."



Question 3: If you could give your younger self ANY advice on beauty products and/or fashion choices, what would it be?

Respondent 3: "Blue eye shadow is never okay."



Respondent 4: "Don't be afraid to express yourself, but also remember that it's not what you look like, but of what heart you have."

Respondent 6: "Be comfortable being yourself, and stop calling yourself fat. You don't have to look like anyone else."


My answers?

My most embarrassing fashion faux-pas is a hideous lime green turtle neck sweater I wore in the sixth grade. WHY???

My most embarrassing makeup mishap is a tie between foundation that is too dark/not properly blended and my gosh darn eyebrows. At one point, I was using black eyeliner to fill them in if that tells you anything.

My advice to my younger self would be this: Wear what you like, and wear it with confidence.





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