It's sadly easy to fall into the trap of scrutinizing your face until you see nothing but negatives. I find myself wondering whether the industry makes us think like this, to create insecurities and make money from them. A face is not merely a selection of problems to 'fix'.
I believe that bare faces need to be a lot more prevalent in the media. Photos of celebrities without make-up shouldn't be resigned to the sidebar of shame and articles named "Caught on camera! Shocking photos of stars without make-up!". This shaming of bare faces is ridiculous. Women shouldn't be embarrassed to open the door to the postal worker when they're slap-free.
You may think that this sounds hypocritical- a training make-up artist and beauty blogger spouting about bare faces. The truth is, I used to rely on make-up, and not leave the house without full foundation, blusher, & heavy eye shadow. Nowadays? 5 days of my week are spent barefaced, and I wouldn't think twice about opening the front door.
Make-up is brilliant. It can give people confidence, mask some of the visual effects of chemotherapy and let people be whoever they want to be. But when you take the cosmetics off at the end of the day, you should love that face as much (if not more).
Well said! My skin is bad with acne at the moment which knocks my confidence to go out without makeup on.... I shouldn't let it, but can't help it. xxx
ReplyDeleteI suffer from acne too! It's really easy to forget that we're our worst enemy... nobody will judge you as much as you're judging yourself! x
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