When Did You First Start Putting on Makeup? Also, No Makeup Makeup!

Honestly, the crasiness started when I was just a little girl. Fake plastic makeup could be found in the toy aisle at chain grocery stores, and even some really cheap, garish colors of actual makeup too. And soon enough my dad was giving me a couple of dollars to spend at the Dollar Store, and I M? anaged to find myself in the makeup aisle. I was really into lipstick. I don't remember anybody in my life really wearing lipstick, but I must have bought dozens and dozens of different colors. I have a distinct memory of sitting on the porch at my dad's apartment complex, putting on layer after layer of red lipstick, and another (slightly older) girl sneered and said,

"Don't you think you've put enough on?"

I think my reaction went something like this:

 

But I digress.

I stopped sometime in middle school, after puberty hit and I began feeling extremely insecure about my body and appearance. I really didn't want to be noticed at all. And to be honest, I wasn't.

Gradually I started wearing a little eyeliner here and there, or some lip gloss, and some basic coverup, but despite the occasional makeup selfies I'd take when I was really bored, it wasn't until I was 21 that I began getting back into makeup.

Honestly it was kind of a rebellion against the type of girls my ex liked. He seemed to always want me to look kind of 'girl next door'ish, and frankly, that didn't feel like me. I wanted to be glamorous. I wanted to look perfect. I wanted to be sassy and classy and like a motherfucking DIVA. He never wanted me to be me, and honestly, part of me is expressing myself. Maybe it's an Art school thing. I dunno. It doesn't matter, except that every time someone says they don't like it when a girl wears makeup, I want to slap them with a loaf of bread.

To be honest, THIS IS HOW I FEEL WHEN I PUT ON MAKEUP.

Makeup just makes me incredibly happy. I can be anybody, anything, anytime. I can be myself, I can be a rainbow, I can be a queen, I can be whatever my mind dreams up. Is that corny? I don't care. I've always been a believer of 'my body is a canvas' type of mantra, and I think that applies to non-permanent things as well. 

So now that I've rambled for a while, I'd like to share my very first post:

No Makeup Makeup (which is surprisingly difficult, once you've gotten used to a full face application)

Okay, so I'm totally cheating, I didn't take this today. It's from a week ago, though, and by the time I made this post I didn't have any more natural light to take a decent photo with. Honestly though my 'No Makeup Makeup' look is always the same. 

Products Used: 

Face: 

-- Dr. Brandt Pores No More (Got this from Ipsy; I need to find a less expensive dupe because I lurrrrvveeeeee it so much)

-- Revlon Colorstay for Normal/Dry Skin in 150 Buff Chamois 

-- Revlon Colorstay for Normal/Dry Skin in 180 Sand Beige

-- Nyx Powder Blush in Taupe

-- Loreal Paris True Match Crayon in fair/light

-- Makeup Forever Mist and Fix (love love love love love love love this)

-- Covergirl Ready Set Gorgeous Powder Foundation in 115/120 light pale

Eyes: 

-- E.L.F. Studio Cool Bronzer (matte!!!) 

-- Covergirl Clump Crusher (I swear by this mascara, it's my favorite thus far for my stubby, short, blonde eyelashes)

-- Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in both Taupe and Dark Brown

Lips: 

-- Yes to Carrots Sweet Fig Lip Butter (seriously, it's just a chapstix type stuff, but it's a great color! That is NOT foundation on my lips, that's the actual lip butter stuff)

So yeah, that's my first post. Stay tuned tomorrow for "How did you learn to apply makeup?" and "Before and After of Daily Makeup"!