Throughout my whole life, I have always considered myself to be a girly girl. I have always loved makeup, glitter, pink, you name it. When I was in middle school, I discovered makeup tutorials on YouTube, and I know that this may sound cliche, but my life was forever changed. I started small with things like eyeshadow, mascara, lipgloss, etc. My collection only continued (or shall I say continues) to grow from there. Although one may think that allowing a middle schooler to play with makeup could be damaging to a her self esteem, it actually had the opposite effect on me.
Throughout my life, I have always been the chubby girl. I never saw anyone in the media that looked anything like me. The girls on magazines were all thin and beautiful, and so were the popular girls at my school. If you did not have that body type, it was easy to feel as though you were less than enough. When I discovered makeup, something in me started to change. For the first time in my life, I had control over how I looked and how the world saw me. If I wanted to make my eyes pop, I could add a little bit of shimmer to my lids. If I felt a little sassy, I could (at first, badly attempt to) wing my eyeliner. The possibilities were endless!
For me, this was what made school bearable during a time where I was otherwise extremely insecure. Now I am happy with the way I look, makeup or no makeup. Makeup is something that I have made my own, and it is a craft that I continue to work on to this day. It is my creative escape. I guess what I'm really trying to say is that we should not make women feel as though they are shallow for loving makeup! We should not be telling young girls that they look like clowns for experimenting with a bright blue eyeshadow or a hot pink lip. This is the time in their lives where they can experiment and have fun with the way they look.
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