I Used To Hide Behind Makeup

I used to love putting on heavy eye make up everyday. I'm talking thick black eyeliner, dark eyeshadows, blackest black mascara..etc. Just think runway panda eyes everyday! It was crazy. I hated the look of my eyes without it.

Then during a photoshoot, the make up artist was instructed to keep my make up young and fresh. I have to admit that scared me a little! After all, I'd been in love with dark eye make up since I was 13. But to my surprise, that was the very day I fell in love with my own natural beauty. So yeah, that sounds a little conceited, maybe really conceited. And I was still wearing a little make up. But less then I'd ever worn in my life. From that day on, I put down the MAC sharkskin shadestick, and kept it clean and minimal.

It's such an amazing thing to not hide behind thick black eyeliner anymore. Liberating. I think I actually have more confidence in myself now. It's so unusual to say, since not wearing make up seems naked. But it is indeed a wonderful feeling.



I'm a dork...