Beautifully confident without makeup
Makeup is a beautiful thing and can be used in many artistic ways, but let’s face it, there are negative connotations with the use of it. One of them is that the person is insecure about how they look. Not true in many cases but let’s focus on those instances that make the statement true. People at times put on makeup in order to look nice and presentable to the world, but why is that? Why can’t our natural face, lips, lashes, and eyebrows be what’s nice and presentable to the world?
Through media and celebrities, we’ve been battered down to think that we need to always look perfect, spot free, glowing highlights and perfect contour, an idea which personally I loathe due to the simple idea that I dislike makeup for many reasons. One being that I am terrible at applying it, I have no creativity with it. another reason is I hate the way it feels on my face, it makes me feel uneasy as it creates a barrier between myself and my face. Due to these reasons and more, I have an estranged relationship with makeup, where I only apply it for events or before meeting important people like interviews.
I am a terribly spotty person so at times I do sometimes feel terribly insecure without a drop of makeup on me, however, although feeling that way, I feel free and happy at having my face to myself. When you have spots, you are always aware of them, it’s strange, but you feel everyone who looks at you judges you on the ‘bad skin’ you have, the downfalls of this terrible society we live in, but it is not always the case, it rarely ever is.
To us having spots and pimples is such a terrible thing, always looking to the person next to us with the clear skin wishing we had that. As much as I hate this statement, it is terribly true, whatever ‘trials’ we go through in life, they shape the person we become, although a tad dramatic on the trials, the statement is true.
Because we have spots and pimples on our faces, we can develop a system to ignore little things like that, grow to not be so concerned with what people think of our appearances.
As I get older, I have grown to love been more natural, everyone has different ideas on being comfortable, for example, how do people sit around at home in jeans, such monsters! There I go straying from the point, but who are these people comfortable in jeans!
Makeup has its uses, it gives us confidence, or increases it, keeps us glowing and happy, but the message I’m trying to convey is, makeup is a wonderful thing and can be a way of expressing ourselves, but we need to learn to be ourselves first because the reality is, whatever reasons we’ve got to put on our makeup, it gets taken off at the end of the day and what we’re faced with is who we truly are, so love that person first before decorating them.
I would love to be a MUA, a makeup genius or quite frankly someone who’s good at makeup but I simply have no patience for it and it makes my face feel terribly uncomfortable.
Final message, be you, no matter what anyone says and be comfortable in what you choose to be comfortable in.
Such a wonderful post. I barely ever wear makeup because it makes me feel very ‘stuffy’ or ‘heavy’. My mother always passes comment that I would look much prettier with makeup which makes me feel awful.
I think all women, and men, are lovely without and no ones appearance should have to be ‘improved’ in order to measure their worth.
– Nyxie
I’m all about a tinted moisturizer with sunscreen since the sun is a big no-no for me now that I’m older with previous sun damage. It blends in nicely and doesn’t look like makeup at all.
Sun safety firstly always!
Seriously, I could be writing this. It is exactly how I feel. I don’t like makeup and I am not good at applying it, don’t like the way it feels and I always smudge it! I feel way more comfortable and confident au naturale! If there is an event happening, then I break out the tinted chapstick, that is it for me!
I don’t wear makeup anymore, haven’t for about 15 years. This is a really great article & I hope it inspires others to “be themselves” !
Thank you and i really hope so.
Darling, I remember the very first time, I had eyelashes fixed. It was helluva uncomfortable and I wondered why women put themselves that. I promptly pulled off after getting in the car from the salon and never tried them again till date! That is what social pressure does to you. I do wear makeup but very light one and I am working towards stopping it totally because I have clear skin. But to each, her own! If makeup and add-ons make you better, by all means, do them!
I love your perception on this. Keep doing you!
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Good article especially for the ladies. I too like the natural look. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. I’m glad you liked it.
Yep, looking beautiful is necessary for everyone.
I have a love/hate relationship with makeup and sometimes I find myself leaning towards wearing makeup everyday, when I never use to. Bare face 2019 here we go!
I wear make up to work etc but go without it whenever I can … gives many skin a chance to breath and in all honesty I’m lazy ha!
Lola Mia x
Although perhaps more generally applicable to females, I think the important underlying messages you convey transcend gender boundaries (if those even exist). We could all be well reminded to value what is beyond the mere superficial, particularly when that layer is not even genuine. Thank you.
This is such a beautiful post! We all have things we don’t love about ourselves, but as we work to improve ourselves we should never put others down.