Monday 18 March 2013

The Wonders of Makeup

Like a lot of people I wear makeup, when I wake up in the morning I feel as if it's a great way to hide the flaws on my face: the bags under my eyes from the late night before, the odd spot that just magically appears over night.
I went out shopping the other day, last minute going into Boots I remembered I needed a new mascara, like always it makes me feel happier inside to get new makeup but by the end of paying I find it such a stressful experience, such a chore. You probably ask why it's so stressful, why it's a chore, well here are my reasons. 1. So maybe your previous makeup has been pants or maybe you just want to find new makeup, what do you go for? How do you know it it'll suit you, how do you know if it's good? 2. There are tonnes of different brands and in with the brands are tonnes of different variety. Do you want curly lashes or volumizing lashes? Would you like a powder foundation with mineral pearls in it or a liquid foundation? What about a caffeine filled under eye concealer roller or maybe just a lipstick shaped applicator type? 3. Finally you have to try as hard as possible to avoid the sales reps which seem to be dotted about in every other tile on the floor and then once you're grabbed by one you have to listen to them babble on about how to suits your skin tone or how it's appropriate for sensitive skin. You just think to yourself "Look, I only came here for one mascara and now you're trying to make me leave with your whole stand, let me gooooooo!"
Faced with these problems you have to get in and out of the shop as quickly as possible so, you grab the closest piece of makeup you need, just quickly checking in-case you hate it then, you look at the sales reps you are faced with and as fast as you can dodge your way round people to make you way past, you pay as quick as possible and then make a swift exit. The next day you use the makeup you've brought, at first you think it's amazing then it kicks in the mascara, eyeliner, foundation or concealer you have brought just doesn't work so the next day you have to go through this painful experience again. This is just one of the wonders of makeup; how dreadfully awful it can be.
The next wonder of makeup it's how massively it changes your appearance. In the morning I will wake up with the biggest, puffiest eyes.......20 minutes later I will look somewhere close to someone with normal eyes. This is one of the reasons I appreciate makeup so much, although making a hole in the purse it is one of those things I couldn't go without. But what if, what if i never experimented with makeup, I never wore it maybe i'd be happier with my natural self, I wouldn't be so fake, I would have such a false appearance. It's one of those things I question on a daily basis.