Confessions (Makeup Edition)

Confessions

#1) Wearing makeup gave me more friends. Throughout high school I didn't care or put any effort into making new friends, and stayed mainly with the same group of friends I had since middle school. When I started wearing makeup I immediately started making more friends easier then ever, I also noticed females would speak to me more and compliment me more. Also a lot more people would try speaking to me more.

#2) I began to value myself more. Back when I didn't wear makeup, I had such a bad self confidence. But lucky while I was on Accutane (same time I started getting into makeup) my acne was drastically clearing up. Soon I started loving myself more, my acne had held me back from so much and took such a toll on my self love and confidence. With the makeup I started enhancing rather than changing my appearance, because of this I started liking myself more. Not just my physical appearance but I started living myself for the new person I was becoming. Lots of self growth came with my changing appearance.

#3) Females no longer were in competition with me, I no longer felt insecure around any female. Throughout high school I was always insecure around a lot of older or pretty females. I felt sort of like in a competition with them. I felt like I would always be ugly or thought they thought negatively of my because of my skinny (at the time) acne covered self. When I started wearing makeup, females became friends. I was more friendly to them, complimented them, befriended them, and I would see them as almost a sister hood. I started to believe that as females we should always have each others' backs, empower one another, lift each other up, build each other up, and always look out for one another. The friendlier I got the better I felt, I was finally at peace with myself and no longer felt any insecurities.

#4) Started loving my flaws. I can honestly say I started loving everything about myself when I started wearing makeup. My flaws seemed non existent when I wore it. Believe me I have a lot of insecurities, but with makeup I just felt a sense of more power. I used to it enhance not cover. I became less aware of my flaws and started dealing with them head on. They became something I didn't think twice about, it was like I started loving myself and appreciating everything on my body.

#5) Guys started liking me and noticing me more. Just like that, never got so much attention until I started wearing makeup.

#6) Whenever I felt shitty about myself some days, wearing some makeup fixed that. It just made me feel a little better for the day, like damn my eyeshadow popping today. Maybe today won't be such a bad day.

#7) Makeup allowed me to easily change my look. I could easily be all sweet innocent looking one day, then the next day I could be a bronzed goddess. The possibilities were endless!