Beauty. Makeup. Jewelry. Clothes. All define who you are and have been a big subject recently. Society is starting to accept so many different looks, which is great. But still, we can’t decide what girls should put on their face. Is it nothing, or is it something? We can’t make up our minds.

To start off, when we look in the mirror in the morning, what do we see? We see who we actually are, and society thinks that is how girls should walk around. The natural beauty not covered in our "fake" selves. Society doesn’t want us covering this up, and their opinions are not all for selfless reasons. They don’t just say, “Don’t wear makeup because it’s how you were born and you’re beautiful without it.” No, they also say to not wear makeup because it’s “false advertising,” and that people need to see you for who you “really are.” In fact, this is what many people do think.

When we're told that makeup is a big no-no, it’s because people think we should show who we really are so people don’t get the wrong impression. Why, though? Why does society think this? Who you are is who you are, it doesn’t matter what’s on your face. Most women, when they put on makeup, act the same way as when they don’t have makeup on. In fact, a woman will change the way she acts more by the place she's going then by the makeup she's wearing. Us as women are so torn. We're told that we can’t wear makeup because we can’t put ourselves out there falsely, and yet, we're told that we need to cover up, because our natural faces aren’t the greatest things to look at.

It’s the classic look. The clean, clear skin, the cat eye, the mascara and the lipstick that matches the type of place you are going. If you're going on a date, a darker lip is what you wear, and if it’s just to the grocery store, a more natural color is where it's at. Girls dress their faces up just as much as we like dressing ourselves up. There isn’t just one reason why women wear makeup. It could be because we're insecure, but it could also be because we're feeling extra pretty that day and just want to dress our faces up. It could be to get attention, or it could be because we like giving ourselves attention and making ourselves look prim and proper. Whatever the reason, look at what society has said about makeup on a girl. They say it’s like we’re trying to cover ourselves up because we are ugly underneath all that foundation and primer. They said that all that makeup looks fake and that we're just wearing it to mask our insecurities. They've said that we look beautiful with makeup and we should wear makeup because that’s what “beauty” looks. All these advertisements tell me that I should have a made-up face, because looking perfect is really all that matters. But they've also said that it’s gross that we wear this much makeup and that our natural look is the best one that a girl can have.

Well, I see a few contrasting opinions here. On one hand, people think that we're beautiful the way we are without makeup, and that we really shouldn’t “falsely advertise” ourselves to the world. On the other hand, you have the world telling us that we should wear makeup because that’s what beauty is. And then, just to make the decision of whether makeup is good or bad even more difficult, you have the opinion that makeup is a way for girls to cover up our “ugliness” and “insecurities.”

As a society, we really need to make up our minds. All these opinions are ridiculous. To think that to have no makeup is the prettiest and best option is absolutely ridiculous, because we all know that girls with makeup do look good. People who wear makeup do look beautiful. There's no question about it. So to say that wearing no makeup is the number one option is silly. I mean, if a girl wants to put on makeup because she’s feeling extra good one day, to be ridiculed that she looks fake and gross because of the “false advertising” is extremely sad. She doesn’t want to worry that society is going to look at her and think she's gross because she wears makeup. Also, to say that putting on makeup is the best option is also ridiculous. People shouldn’t have to think that putting on makeup is the only way they're going to look beautiful. Being “beautiful” isn’t only about your looks. One definition of beauty is definitely the way you look, but being beautiful is about your character and how you act and your personality, not your looks. So to tell people, especially these girls in middle school, that to be beautiful is how you look and the quality and look of the makeup you wear, is sad and not true.

But you know what? Even if society doesn’t make up their mind, and even if they do and I don’t like the outcome, I’m going to do what makes me happy. When I’m feeling good one day, I’m going to wear makeup whether or not society likes it. Society shouldn’t make us choose why we want to wear makeup. Society shouldn’t control us. Forget about what they think for a second and think about what you feel is right. If wearing makeup is your thing, go for it. If putting that pink stuff and brown stuff on your face isn’t your thing, that’s totally cool, too. Don’t let society define you. Be your own person. It’s your personality that people are going to look at. Do you really think that later in life, wearing makeup or not is going to matter? As you get older, people aren’t really going to judge you on the expensive makeup you wear. The color lipstick isn’t going to get you that job; it’ll be your personality and experiences that you have, and if you want to get through life with a little makeup on your face, you're entitled. But, if you want to do it with your natural face, do it. Society can be ridiculous sometimes and can’t make up their mind. So, until they realize that us girls can really do whatever we want with our faces, just deal with the silliness that it brings and do what you want. Eventually, society will understand what us girls really think, and will accept our actual opinion. Hang in there girls, you’ll pull through, you do you and be who you were made to be and society will catch up with us one day.