Being Pretty vs Freedom.
I like looking at pictures of pretty girls on Facebook. Sometimes the girls themselves aren't especially pretty, but they're all dressed up for prom night or whatever event, so they're still eye candy. =P
And then I look at myself and sigh.
I want to be pretty too, and I know that with makeup and contacts, I can look fairly decent. There's even a saying that goes "there are no ugly girls, just lazy ones".
But makeup is too time-consuming. I just CAN'T at this point in my life stare at a mirror for 10-15 minutes challenging my fine motor skills painting my face. By nature, I dislike anything tedious. Besides, with my sensitive skin, I don't really fancy clogging up my pores with who knows what chemicals. I've read articles that talk about how makeup dries up your face, and my facial skin really doesn't need anymore dehydrating tqvm. Women of the world who have perfect skin, be grateful and never take that for granted. You don't even have to use foundation T.T. I suppose you could argue that expensive (perhaps organic?) makeup doesn't have bad side effects, but I don't have the budget for that, unfortunately. Another thing about makeup that I don't really like is that it's uncomfortable. I can feel makeup on my face. I can feel the eyelid tape. I can feel the oily layer that is lipgloss on my lips, and I can feel so worried about eating it that I refrain from drinking water or licking my lips. And there there's the issue about maintaining your makeup so that it doesn't smudge off or go wrong.
I don't like being so self-conscious, or having to check a mirror every few hours just to make sure I still look perfect.
I want FREEEEEEEDDDDOOOOOMMMMM. Freedom to do anything with my face, which includes lying on my arms to take a nap, rubbing my eyes, and not worrying about whether my powder is flaking off or not. And going to bed to take a nap right after coming back from outside without using makeup remover to clean my face first.
Contacts are just plain uncomfortable because my eyes are a little drier. 'Nuff said. Also, I suspect that I'm going to end up with some eye infection if I keep using them long-term, given how careless I can be with things. But there's really no point in using eye makeup if I'm just going to hide my eyes behind a pair of boring spectacles, right?
So many first world problems. =P
And then I look at myself and sigh.
I want to be pretty too, and I know that with makeup and contacts, I can look fairly decent. There's even a saying that goes "there are no ugly girls, just lazy ones".
But makeup is too time-consuming. I just CAN'T at this point in my life stare at a mirror for 10-15 minutes challenging my fine motor skills painting my face. By nature, I dislike anything tedious. Besides, with my sensitive skin, I don't really fancy clogging up my pores with who knows what chemicals. I've read articles that talk about how makeup dries up your face, and my facial skin really doesn't need anymore dehydrating tqvm. Women of the world who have perfect skin, be grateful and never take that for granted. You don't even have to use foundation T.T. I suppose you could argue that expensive (perhaps organic?) makeup doesn't have bad side effects, but I don't have the budget for that, unfortunately. Another thing about makeup that I don't really like is that it's uncomfortable. I can feel makeup on my face. I can feel the eyelid tape. I can feel the oily layer that is lipgloss on my lips, and I can feel so worried about eating it that I refrain from drinking water or licking my lips. And there there's the issue about maintaining your makeup so that it doesn't smudge off or go wrong.
I don't like being so self-conscious, or having to check a mirror every few hours just to make sure I still look perfect.
I want FREEEEEEEDDDDOOOOOMMMMM. Freedom to do anything with my face, which includes lying on my arms to take a nap, rubbing my eyes, and not worrying about whether my powder is flaking off or not. And going to bed to take a nap right after coming back from outside without using makeup remover to clean my face first.
Contacts are just plain uncomfortable because my eyes are a little drier. 'Nuff said. Also, I suspect that I'm going to end up with some eye infection if I keep using them long-term, given how careless I can be with things. But there's really no point in using eye makeup if I'm just going to hide my eyes behind a pair of boring spectacles, right?
So many first world problems. =P
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