Over the years, I have gotten really into makeup. I mean REALLY obsessed with wearing it, the latest products, trying out whatever I can get my hands on. Playing with makeup is so much fun for me! I’ve also gotten a lot of grief as a mom who wears as much makeup as I do at times. This post was written to share what the power of makeup does for me.
This original was started by Nikkie Tutorials, a Youtuber that I just adore. She has some amazing makeup skills, but she also wanted to share what the power of makeup did for her, and how she came to love it.
Ever since then, the power of makeup hashtag and challenge has been everywhere.
The Power of Makeup
I used to be extremely self-conscious about what I looked like without makeup. Like, I wouldn’t even leave the house without it. Even after I started having kids, I was still really aware of my “flaws”, at least as I saw them. I have had major self-confidence woes after having my kids.
Once I started really getting into makeup, something changed. I learned what really suited my face shape and style (post on my worst makeup mistakes coming soon), the right type of makeup for my skin type, and the many different amounts of makeup that you can wear to achieve different looks.
All of this also taught me to be comfortable in my own skin.
The power of makeup is that you can be whoever you want to be, and at the end of the day it washes right off. It allows you to wear a sheer amount, just to provide a hint of evenness to the skin. Or, you can pack on all of the heavy coverage foundation, bronzer, blush, powder, false eyelashes, etc… which is my preference if I am going to put the effort in;)
I love that makeup makes you feel beautiful, but not in the way that you feel ugly without it. It just makes you feel as though your already beautiful features are enhanced.
It also makes me feel creative. Makeup has given me an enormous creative outlet since I have had children. It is something that I get to have that is just “my time”. Time to make myself feel put together, normal, and sexy again.
Yes, I said it. As a mom, I don’t really feel “sexy” ever, and makeup gives me that for a day or a night or an hour.
The power of makeup isn’t something to be scoffed at our to judge people who wear a lot of makeup because “they’re so fake”. Makeup was made to enhance the beauty that every person already has.
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Products used for this look:
- Morphe 35O and 35OShimmer Palettes (Click for full review)
- Colourpop Lippie in “Bumble” with NYX Butter Gloss
- Anastasia Beverly Hills Kit “That Glow
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- Benefit Cosmetics Hoola
Bronzer
- Milani Baked Blush 05 Luminoso
- Clinique Beyond Perfect Foundation + Concealer
- Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz
What do you love most about makeup?
*Cheers to makeup and the fun that we get to have with it*
I love your makeup tips, and used to watch you on periscope. Do you have a You Tube, you could rock it!
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I love the look you’ve created here! False lashes too? That’s incredible. I wear makeup every day, but I’ve never ventured into false lashes. Maybe I should!
Wow! You are just so talented with makeup! it’s unbelievable! You look beautiful either way though 🙂
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I really wish you would do a youtube channel since I think you are so talented and your delivery is so sweet and genuine. I would totallly follow you for tips since I am hopeless when it comes to makeup! ha!
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You’re gorgeous either way!!
I love the side by side comparison photo that you took! you look amazing either way 🙂
As mothers, we take so much care of other people, but often put ourselves last. Putting on makeup is my form of self care. I look good, I feel good, and I’m happier. Nothing cheers me up quite like a bright lipstick!
I LOVE THIS SOOOOOO MUCH! My make-up adoration has also increased since having a child and it does make me prettier and bit more self confident. I can’t wait to check out the products you recommended <3
Love!!!:) Thanks for reading:)
I’m a makeup junkie!! Just like you, the more I got into makeup I feel the more bold I got with my look which takes total confidence. It is funny though, people always see pics of me with crazy amounts of makeup and then see me around town with only lipgloss and foundation/powder on and it definitely confuses them since people assume I wear makeup to cover myself when in reality it’s just an art form to me & something I do for fun.