Make Up, or Made Up?
Article by:
Beautifully Strange Make Up
Most women wear makeup, some a little, some a lot. We have experimented with the makeup at hand (our mother's collection?) remember the excitement of buying our own. We have discussed make up with our friends, we have worn some interesting looks as we grew up. Some wear it better than others. Some just never pick up that brush, or only wear make up for special occasions. It is a very personal journey and can cause strong emotion. Either because you wear it and feel that you are being judged for wearing it by those who do without, or because you don't wear any and feel you are being judged on your naked face. People who know me won't believe that I am lacking in confidence as I can be loud, and laugh, a lot. But I always hate photos of me. Maybe it is a control issue, any I just am unable to not worry what complete strangers think of me.
Personally I love make up, it is rare for me to be seen without it on my face. But it is a security blanket, a mask if you will. I love the colours on a peacock and last year immortalised this love as a tattoo on my foot. So I started experimenting with colours on my eyes, becoming more and more confident. But I took it a little further. I started drawing peacocks on my face. Now, I have never, ever been the sort of person to willingly appear in front of the camera. But suddenly I found myself happily snapping away at my new looks.
The more I experimented, the more I was finding a new hobby. I even experimented with candy skull designs last October. Then I found
Roxy Lee GG and was introduced into the world of gore. Now it is well documented that once you put make up and blood on my face I will happily take photos and show people. Now we all have those friends that will dive for cover when a camera comes around. But when you make up their faces be it as a ghoul, or cat, or a really bad chemical burn, they are happy to pose. I love this so much, not because it is a makeup revolution but because we have a photo of a person, not a shoulder peeking from underneath a table.
(Geek Girl Roxy Lee doing gore makeup)
This is all made worse by the digital age, once we only had to worry about a bad photo on our driving license and passport. Now we have to worry about photos being out on the net for anyone to see. Anyone because your future employer, your colleague, potential lover? Or just a really bad memory in years to come when it gets found on a website you had long since forgotten about. So whereas first impressions count, but if you see people on a regular basis they will get to see your good days and bad.. a photo is a memory. It doesn't go away. It doesn't get that hair cut you needed. The spots don't clear up. It doesn't realise that the bright blue eye shadow really wasn't doing you any favours.
While no one on the internet realises you are a cat, if you are going to have photos of yourself, make them good ones!
Article/Photos (except the Roxy photo) by:
Beautifully Strange Make Up
Her makeup is from:
MadisonStreetBeauty
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December 04 2013