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Five Things You'll Only Understand If You Can't Do Makeup

But there's a lot of other things I can do.

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Five Things You'll Only Understand If You Can't Do Makeup
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Raise your hand if you have never been the best at doing your makeup or never do your makeup because you're too lazy.

My hand is up and I am waving it like I just don't care. Okay ... moving on.

I have never been the girl that has her face done every single day. I only do for important/special occasions. Why? Because I suck at doing my makeup and I sometimes wish I was better at it.

I cannot contour to save my life. I recently learned how to apply eyeshadow but I am such an amateur. I know how to apply eyeliner without it looking tacky but nothing fancy and how to not poke my eye out while doing my mascara. Other than that, I am as clueless as Cher.

Anyways, I really admire the girls that have the art of applying makeup down because wow it is hard. I sometimes sit in my room and watch makeup tutorials, not because I'm learning or trying to learn, but because I am still too lazy to do it and because it amazes me how good those girls in the tutorials are.

In order to make myself feel better and like I have no clue as to what I am doing when it comes to makeup, I have made a list of things I can do (well enough). So, if you're like me and probably couldn't do someone's makeup to save your life in a hostage situation, maybe this list helps you out as well...


I can't contour but...

I can watch an entire Netflix series in less than a week.

I can eat a medium pizza all by myself.

I can bake a mass amount of cupcakes in one night (team no sleep).

I can't use highlighters but...

I can highlight only the important points in my notes.

I can write in cursive.

I can read cursive.

I can't blend my eyeshadow correctly but...

I can blend paints to paint a canvas.

I have short term photographic memory.

I always read the books before watching the movies (yes, I'm that person).

I can't use concealer but...

I can make homemade tortillas.

I can rollerblade and ice skate.

I can do my right hand nails without too much mess-up.

I can't do winged eye liner but...

I can draw an almost perfect circle.

I can draw straight lines without a ruler.

I can make paper cups with any piece of scrap paper (thank you third grade).


I'm a list maker. I make lists for everything. It's a blessing and a curse, but I try not to take myself too seriously because we only live once (@drake). So, instead of feeling sorry for myself because I can't do makeup or hating on the girls that can, I look at the bright side of things.

Nobody can be good at every single thing in life. We all have our strength and weaknesses. My weakness is for sure the whole makeup deal. I just can't do it, and that is okay! So instead of putting yourself down or beating yourself up because you can't do something well, make a list of the things you can do! You will see that they will outweigh the one or many things you can't do. After you make your list, if you really want to, you can practice the things you want to better at and that's how you grow (and how we all grow). In the meantime, I will continue praising the makeup gurus because you go girls and boys.

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