I’m a firm believer less is more when it comes to makeup. Don’t get me wrong, I love to wear colour on my eyelids, but if I do, then I definitely will downplay the rest of my makeup so as not to look too “harsh” — something very easily achieved with heavy hands and getting carried away.
I look back on photos of myself in highschool and cringe. Photo after photo of black liner rimmed eyes which was really too harsh for my eyes, and just made them appear smaller — the total opposite of the look I was aiming for at the time, ironically, and over-plucked eyebrows.
Well, it goes without saying that my makeup expertise was very limited back then so what I lacked in many areas, I overcompensated for in what little I had more knowledge. Also, it didn’t help that the mindset when it came to makeup during my teens was that the more makeup, the better.
More black eyeliner on the waterline! Not enough eyeshadow on the lids! Darker eyeshadow, too, please! Don’t you dare walk out that door before you put on more lip liner!
Worse yet, I had no idea bacteria could be transferred from sharing makeup (Yikes!) and that makeup even had an expiry date. Expiry date was something I mostly attributed to food. So, hopelessly clueless, I would hold on to my beloved tube of mascara way longer than I should have. I would share makeup with my girlfriends, completely oblivious to the pool of germs I was diving into.
GROSS!
I’m cringing as I’m typing this because I have become somewhat of a germophobe (SP?) as of late. I also never took care of my makeup tools. Brushes were rarely washed or sanitized, and eyelash curlers rarer still. What a slob I was, right?
Anyone else out there with makeup sins?
