I've been thinking a lot about makeup recently. I used to be the biggest minimalist there ever was, in the most progressive way: \"This is how God made me. Why would I try to change that!?\" It somehow was similar to when I was 12, the age my mom finally allowed me to get my ears pierced, and I decided not to because I thought it was body mutilation. (I was an odd kid, who grew into an odd adult. But, spoiler alert: I got my ears pierced at age 18.) <\/p>\n
But at the same time, I was very insecure about my blonde eyelashes and eyebrows. My big hair swallowed my face and hid my eyes, and having invisible eye features didn't help. <\/p>\n
Yet, I always thought black mascara looked too harsh on me. And brown just looked wrong. I was beyond excited to discover Just for Redheads mascara, and later, Redhead Revolution for their strawberry blonde, red and auburn mascaras. <\/p>\n
I began wearing their mascaras and eyebrow makeup relatively regularly. <\/p>\n
Yet, lately I've been feeling weird about it. Sometimes I see pictures of myself and think how I look much younger when I'm not wearing eye makeup. I've noticed more fine lines around my eyes lately (oh the perks of having fair, dry skin!), and I fearusing makeup has contributed to that (the mascara flakes, the tugging and pulling when removing makeup, the makeup I was unable to remove and ended up sleeping in.) <\/p>\n
Sometimes I look at men with similar features, and I never think \"Their eyebrows are invisible! Sucks for them!\" Instead I think, that suits them. Maybe it suits me too? <\/p>\n
I have a number of friends who are makeup non-believers too. Yet, these friends have dark eyebrows and eyelashes; they don't need makeup to make their features stand out! <\/p>\n
It's a strange thing to be insecure about. But I know many redheads, like the sisters who run How to be a Redhead would never leave the house without black mascara. <\/p>\n
Still, when I see pictures of beautiful Norwegian and Swedish girls who wear their fair features proudly and sans makeup, I can't help but be mesmerized. I think of the time a very sexy Brazilian man told mehe loved how exotic I looked without makeup. A lesbian friend of mine whose hinted she has a crush on me has criticized me before for wearing makeup, telling me I look more beautiful without it. And I think of the Tilda Swintons of the world, who are so strikingly unique WITHOUT eye makeup. <\/p>\n
Sometimes when I see girls wearing black mascara with similar features to me, I can't help but think they just look like they're wearing black mascara, and that they'd have been better off leaving it at home. <\/p>\n
I did a quick Google search of redheads without makeup and found a site where men said they thought makeup ruined redheads. Of course, lots of men don't understand thatno-makeup looks often involve gobs of makeup. <\/p>\n
A couple of sites even mentioned that redheads are some of the only women who look like two completely different people with and without makeup. <\/p>\n
Anyway, I've noticed that oddly enough, lip color helps my eyebrows to stand out more. And I have no problem wearing lipsticks and stains, with the exception of not being able to keep it on! <\/p>\n
So I might try to go sans eye makeup for a while and see how it goes. But I'll have to play up my lip game a bit. We'll see how long it lasts for. <\/p>\n
What do you think? Should redheads always wear mascara? <\/p>\n
Filed under: Beauty, Products, Self-improvement <\/p>\n
Tags: beauty, blonde, blonde eyelashes, celebrity, daywalkers, dye jobs, eyebrows, genes, makeup, mascara, redhead, Scandanavia, tilda swinton <\/p>\n
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