By Marie Bombeck
I am 24 years old and I do not know how to do a perfect cat eye. Or a smoky eye. Nor do I know exactly what the Kylie Jenner lip kit is. Most days, my mascara is clumpy. The average time I spend on my makeup is maybe 10 minutes, if that. By midday, it may be hard to tell if I put makeup on that morning. Girls, lets talk about makeup and how hard it really is, the struggles, the tribulations. I remember the good old days when I thought I had it mastered. I thought that I had it figured out. I used the cheap cosmetic sponge wedges to apply my foundation. I tried not to have a line, but let’s face it… most girls did. Girl, it is hard to match your foundation color. We did our best. I used the applicators that came in the eye shadow and lived to tell the tale. If I got my skin to be one continuous tone and the zits on my foreheads were barely visible, I was having a good make up day. But nowadays, it is a different story. Now your skin needs to look soft and dewy, but not sweaty. You have to highlight and contour and bake your face (whatever that means). You got to prime and set. You have to fill in your brows (I am lucky if I have plucked them this month). You gotta look on fleek, or whatever the cool kids are saying these days. You need all these different brushes and sponges. I looked at the sponges in the makeup aisle, and I walked away bewildered. I was so confused. I don’t know what they are used for what. If you are feeling as confused I am, just hop on YouTube and watch a 13 year old out do your makeup game and make you feel inferior. I don’t have time to learn all these tips and tricks. The beauty standards to aspire to these days are crazy! If I outline my Cupid’s bow perfectly, I am killing it that day. If my mascara looks even on both eyes, awesome. Actually if I look undead and un-sickly, my makeup game is on point that day. But hey, I have low makeup standards. And if one prolific day, I may master the skills, it will be in vain. For the skills and tips and tricks will evolve past my reach again. But hey, that is ok. Because as I said before, I have low makeup standards.
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