Sorry, but whoever decided that wearing makeup = false advertising needs to be punched in the throat.
False advertising is showing a product as being something it's not. So you’re telling me that my perfectly winged eyeliner is ‘advertising’ me to be something I’m not?
And you think that my perfectly highlighted cheekbones aren’t actually true to me, they’re not me at all, it’s all just fake? News flash people: I’m still me. Those cheek bones are mine. They’re just lookin’ a little more on fleek than usual.
Technically, sure, if we were selling ourselves, you’re right it would be ‘false advertising’ but last I checked, I wasn’t for sale.
We’re not just products you can swing by the store and buy. We’re human beings who want to look like the best possible version of ourselves.
Some of us have acne, some of us stay up working so late that we have bags under our eyes. And you’re telling me that if we cover that up its false advertising and we deserve to be criticized for it?
That’s funny because if that’s the case, I’d like to call out any guy who’s ever grown his beard out to hide his double chin. Or who wore a hat to hide the fact that his hairline is receding. Or who wears copious amounts of cologne to hide his overwhelming BO.
And please don’t tell me that you think girls wear make up for guy’s approval because that couldn’t be farther away from the truth.
We wear makeup because it makes us feel confident, we can take on the world with just the right mascara and colored lip.
It’s an extension of who we are, not a mask.
We can walk into a meeting and slay knowing we look good.
We wear make up for no one but ourselves. If guys could have it their way, girls would probably never wear makeup.
There was even a survey in 2014 that found that three-quarters of guys prefer a natural look on girls.
So if we just wanted to win over a guy’s approval, don’t you think we’d go with the au naturale look?
Exactly, so stop thinking our smokey eye is for anyone other than ourselves.
Every single human being, guys and girls, do things to improve the way they look to the outside world. We pick clothes that are flattering to our figures and choose haircuts that are fitting to our personalities.
Instead of getting on anyone’s case for how they choose to present themselves to the world, whether through makeup or whatever else, we should accept the differences.
Sure, you may not prefer girls who wear makeup or guys who wear baseball caps, but that doesn’t mean those people should change.
Rather than disparaging others, let’s make a pledge to be nicer to each other, no matter our preferences.
