Makeup Musings!
- I grew up in a household where makeup was
seen as “worldly” and “sinful.” The only makeup I ever saw my mother wear was
liquid foundation.
- Even though as an early teenager I would
wash off any eye makeup I had used (usually a pencil liner for my lower lid),
my mom could always tell! She eventually
gave up.
- Plucking my eyebrows the first time was
painstaking. It was hard for me to tell what they looked like as the plucked
area was red and puffy.
- Although warned not to do so, my
girlfriends and I always swapped makeup, sharing colors, highlights, concealer,
blush, mascara. Experimenting was fun!
- With big dark eyes, colored eye shadow
never did a thing for me. I would try
greens, blues, plums, pinks. Only browns
worked.
- I’ve spent a lot of money on makeup. Drug store makeup. Department store makeup. At one time I was only an Estee Lauder girl.
- My favorite lipstick was Estee Lauder Café
Rose topped with Tiger Eye. Now, I
rarely wear lipstick. I still like it
but it doesn’t last. I’m not one to
carry it around with me to reapply. Maybe that's called freedom.
- Now that I’m older, I think about how to
change up my makeup. If you don’t change
it up, you can actually look older, less attractive, dated! Still trying to balance that.
- My favorite days are when I don’t have to
work, don’t have to shower, don’t have to do my hair, and don’t have to do
my makeup. Better than that is
having a husband who understands this and does not mind me being frumpy for a
day.
- Maybe she was born with it…maybe
it’s Maybelline!
Ah makeup! I love it... but I wish I was not so tied to it! I love those days that I don't have to 'put on my face' - but those are the days that I don't have to leave the house either! I rarely go out without makeup! I still like color... even though I am 'older' now... I can't help it! I should go more neutral, and I do from time to time, but sometimes that purple or green calls louder than the bronzes and browns! Fun post!
ReplyDeleteI have days that I don't go out without it...and days when I don't care (although going to work made up is a given). I have had times when I needed to run to Walgreens for something fast and I'd wear my Walgreen's uniform (jammie pants, hoodie, baseball cap, and NO makeup...oh yes, and flip flops). FREEDOM!
DeleteI love your approach and grace. Keep enjoying the beauty of who God created you to be.
ReplyDeleteKaren
Thank you, Karen!
DeleteOh my goodness,,,,,you sound like me,,,,I grew up the same way you did! I enjoyed reading this so much,,,right now I am sitting in my sweats,,,no makeup,,,, unruly hair... happy as a clam! thanks for making me smile today!!
ReplyDeleteOh my kindred spirit, Bonnie!!!!!
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