Makeup costs a ton. Like a lot.
I am not rich, I’m not poor, maybe I’m somewhere in between. But makeup costs an arm and a leg. There are definitely cheaper alternatives, but to get good quality, less chemicals, and what not, is expensive!
I look online all the time and I’m just like, how could I even buy this?
I am pretty happy with the collection I have, and in the process of replacing items with better quality products with less harmful chemicals, but still.
I look at some products I’ve tried in the past and wondered, what I was thinking.
But let’s face it, it’s a business. The business surrounds itself with advertising and the media which tell people, in the form of magazines and ads, what products we ‘need’ to be ‘beautiful’.
I have no idea how much of this has filtered into my mind, but I can’t deny that it hasn’t. I grew up surrounded by this.
There are days when I don’t wear a lot of makeup, and it makes me happy. But it honestly makes me happy to play around with makeup, to try new things, and experiment. For example, I love lip products. I have more of this than anything else, because I love changing it, even in the same day. I love bright reds, berries, and now am branching into different colors. It’s my favorite thing. I would wear just that and be so happy.
I can honestly say that I feel a lot differently about makeup now than I do. I used to feel like I was not as pretty until I put some on, that I needed to have some to have respect. But now I feel better about minimal looks with statement features. I am getting a lot better about buying less makeup and about my own self image. I still get pretty self-conscious, but I am getting a whole heck better.
I’ve also started trying to declutter, if I try something and don’t like it, move on. I want to be smart about my choices. Choose things that are new that I don’t have, or replace old things.
I am getting a lot better at it.