MAKing it Normal

Poshers,

I have been observing a lot of controversy about makeup. Women and men have their say so about it and sometimes, even have debates. Both sexes wear makeup and that is truly ok because it is something that some of us are obsessed with.

I started wearing very light makeup when I was in my senior year of high school and I wanted to experiment with eye makeup. I started with my eyebrows first because I wasn’t the happiest with them since they were very light hairs. I needed a way to make them darker. I used the darkest of the dark (BLACK) eyebrow pencil and literally wore my eyebrows BOLD everyday. I honestly thought it was cute and nobody told me otherwise. Once I started with eyebrows, I went ahead and started wearing eyeshadow. I had every shade and I would literally only put it on my eyelids and blended it HORRIBLY. After the eyeshadow came the blush and I unfortunately put too much on. I looked like a clown on the daily, but no one (STILL) told me about it. I never bought my own makeup. I usually stole it from my mothers makeup drawer and she barely had much because she was new to makeup like me. One thing I always bought on my own was my lipstick. I had every shade. Blue, pink, purple, red, even green (yes, green). I am a darker skin toned female so believe me when I say I looked FOOLISH.

As I transitioned from high school to college, I cut everything I experimented with in high school out and focused on my eyebrows and eyelashes. I wanted to master them before I even thought about moving forward with makeup. A guy I was talking to my freshmen year told me that my eyebrows were crooked one day (and coming from a guy you really like, you’ll make sure you look BETTER the next time) I took his advice, sat in the mirror and made sure my eyebrows NEVER looked crooked from that point on. Ever since, people around campus ADORED my brows. I was the eyebrow fleeker. As time go on you figure out what is for you and what’s not. Certain eyelashes were NOT for me. Some too thick and others way too long. It was until the end of my sophomore year to figure out what lashes were the perfect fit for my face.

My line sister, Jas, she actually helped me learn how to “beat” my face. I never understood the term “beat” at first, but as I continued to grow over time I realized that when I am blending my face and concealing it, I am literally beating it repetitively and if it’s a good outcome, then its BEAT! Jas gave me the basics. She showed me what I needed coverage on and what colors to put onto my skin to make it all look “natural”. She also is the one who matched my skin perfectly on the spot with a foundation that didn’t match hers. It is from the brand ‘Black Opal’ and I honestly love it. I love how it smoothes easily onto my face and how much of a match it is.

I started using the PRO concealer also because of Jas and the way she marked it on my face was, interesting. It makes me look like I am in a tribe or something. Jasmine introduced me to so many different brands and makeup tools I would need if I wanted to start using makeup. I was usually a “bare-facing” it type of lady, but my whole life changed when she taught me. I gave makeup a rest my entire junior year because the skill was so hard to grasp. I knew it took practice but I still didn’t have all the materials. I was honestly being cheap because makeup cost so much and I barely wore it. I just didn’t see the point in spending so much for something you wear so little of.

I see makeup tutorials on the daily. No matter if I am on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or Snapchat. It interests me only because of the drastic changes it can give someone. It can definitely make you look like a completely different person. This is usually where the makeup bashing comes along. I never understood why people make fun of those who enjoy makeup and enjoy having their face be their canvas. Who are you to judge because someone is brave enough to get on camera and show you how they look raw just to help those who want to learn their technique? Makeup has been existent since ancient times. Don’t believe me? How about the Ancient Egyptians?

With makeup, people can be more confident. I always say “if I look good then I will feel good”. Makeup is very normal and it has been for years. I see guys post entertainers from the 90s & 80s and say “I wish women still look like this, now they feel like they need makeup”, little do those people know, THEY STILL HAD ON A FULL FACE. Try to be knowledgeable about something before you bash it.

Some women love to look good. Makeup, hair, clothes, accessories, etc. only opinion we need from the man is a compliment. We don’t need confirmation about if its “ok” because we know it is, this is why ALL those makeup products are available to us.

Women bashing other women on wearing makeup is probably the funniest. “Oh I don’t need makeup, natural beauty”, though it all sounds nice, we do not care. You don’t wear it, fine, but we do. Every women is different, we are not all meant to be the same and share the same interests, but again some things are better left unsaid.

I recently got into the full face makeup beat and as time goes on I get more and more advanced. It came to a point where I do not mind spending money on products because it is all about quality. I have very great skin, so I do everything I can to stay away from jeopardizing that. It takes real talent to make someones face look beautiful and now that I know it is such struggle, I will showcase different makeup artists on my other blog page and show off their different techniques. Up first is Miss Jazzi Thomas. Stay tuned for more.

Below are photos of my amateur makeup. I hope you were a bit inspired to continue the beat and not let anyone discourage you!

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