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.
