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Stop Hating on Girls Who Like to Wear Makeup

Boys have always been quick to attack anyone who chooses to wear makeup. They call them insecure, deceiving, cake faced, and the list goes on and on. The same boys also believe that the only reason girls wear makeup is to come off as attractive to them. Even girls who choose to go natural tend to say some snarky things towards the girls who don’t, almost as if choosing to go natural deserves an award. If you don’t wear makeup, that’s fine. I do not ask you why you don’t, or hold myself up higher than you. I do not think I am more likely to attract boys, or force you to do your makeup. So stop coming onto me like that.

Because contrary to popular belief, I am wearing makeup for only one person. Myself.

When I walk into Sephora, I do not browse through the aisles wondering which shade of lipstick the boy in my 6th period will like best. I do not swatch highlighters on my hand to test which one is brightest for the boy who lives next door to me. I do not spend hundreds of dollars on makeup in hopes that a boy will notice. Believe it or not, I am doing it for me. You truly believe I am wondering what Josh from English class will like best, when he doesn’t even know the difference between gel and pencil liner? For a boy who doesn’t even know how many variations of colors there are, and how they show up on other skin tones? Why would I spend thirty minutes blending out my eye shadow when boys don’t even know what a blending brush looks like? I’m not watching tutorials on how to bake my face when the only baking boys know of is involving cookies. It’s all for me.

No, I do not wear makeup because I am insecure. I wear it to enhance the features I already have. I wear it because applying it is fun. I wear it because I like having some time to myself, to just play music and get ready. And even if a girl was wearing makeup to cover up something she is insecure about, what is the problem? Why hate on someone who puts effort to feel comfortable in their own skin?

To the girls who choose to go natural, go right ahead. But do not belittle me for doing something I like. We are supposed to be sticking together and empowering one another. Why is it always a competition to impress boys? Instead of making everything a competition, we should encourage one another to be the best version of ourselves. One of us is not more than the other. I am not better because I wear makeup, just like if you choose to go natural it does not make you better than me. There is no “better”. We are all our own person. Let’s start lifting each other up rather than finding any opportunity to bring the other down.

And boys, if you honestly believe that girls are “tricking” you by wearing makeup, get over yourselves. You are only making yourself look dumb. If you think my eyelids are naturally blue and that my lips are the perfect glossy pink, then that’s on you. I am not trying to deceive anyone. I choose to wear makeup. Notice that keyword, choose? Meaning at anytime, any day, I could decide to go without it. And if I did, I would still be comfortable with who I am, and not give a damn of how you see me. Women are not on earth just to be something for men to look at. I have so much more to me if you look beyond my looks. My looks to not determine my value as a person. But in the end, it doesn’t even matter what you think. I know that with or without the makeup, I am beautiful.

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