So here's the deal: I love makeup. I always have. As a dancer, I dabbled in makeup a lot growing up and developed a love of the art form. The ability to change your appearance, amp up your look or portray a different vibe enthralled me.
Here's the other part of the deal: I am lazy 75% of the time when it comes to my appearance. I tend to wear little no makeup on a day to day basis. I'm talking like mascara, a little concealer (because we're all tired), and filled in brows. But when it's time to go to a bar or attend a nice dinner or a date (HA) I go all out. I'm talking full coverage, smoky eye, the whole shebang.
So that being said, I've seen a lot of shaming online recently for women who wear too much makeup. I've also seen a lot of shaming about women who choose not to wear any.
Well, guess what? ITS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS HOW MUCH IS OR IS NOT ON MY FACE. I am allowed to wear every single makeup product I own if that's what makes me feel good. I'm also allowed to skip out and not wear any makeup at all if I don't want to.
Women don't wear makeup to impress anyone. Women don't wear makeup because they have to. Women wear makeup because they want to because they like it because it makes them feel confident. Women also don't wear makeup because they want to, because they like it, and because it makes them feel confident.
I don't know who thinks they wrote the rulebook about wearing makeup, but nobody is following it, honey. So stop being so worried about it. Don't ask me why I wore natural makeup today. Don't ask me why I have on a full face just to go to Walmart. Leave me be and let me wear makeup how and when I want to because, at the end of the day, it doesn't affect anyone but me. And in the words of the queen herself, Ariana Grande: "thank u, next."