I am a makeup fan; I always have been. I've been watching a lot of beauty videos for entertainment but they really are a big commercial. I've ended up buying a lot product that I may or may not use... rats. I had no problem meeting the limit for Sephora's VIB level which is just wrong when I don't use a lot of skin systems or appliances. How many eye shadow palettes can one purchase?
I'm going to stop buying stuff if I don't try it first. A first step was to actually take some time at Sephora and I got really lucky. The day I went the store wasn't that busy and my dad and brother weren't in a particular rush. I wanted to get a more pigmented lip gloss/oil product and to get my ColorIQ done. I was undecided between the Kaja Heart Melter Lip Gloss Stick, Sephora's Melting Lip Clicks and Bobbi Brown Crushed Liquid Lipstick in seemingly similar colours. Getting to swatch them all and have someone available was invaluable. The differences in colour were subtle but important as they all felt similar on the lip. I ended up with the Kaja product and it's perfect with the pinker (on my lips) undertone. And it doesn't make my lips peel. I did get my ColorIQ done so should I decide to go with concealer/foundation etc route I know where to start.
CBC reported that
Canadian consumer spending will be lowered. I was also reading that thrift stores are getting a lot of goods because people are decluttering. I've been very stringent about clothing but I'm being more critical of my beauty purchases. I can return stuff but I don't like to because I should have been more careful.
For decades I rejected the beauty industry as a con that serves only to hold women back. Though I still believe its marketing methods often do indeed limit women's self-appraisal to their surface appearance, I have in the last few years come to see that women can use cosmetics, and not be used by them. I think the change in my understand has come through having a real social life, including meeting lots of women, as friends and dates. I was abstracting people; I was hearing only through the advertisements how women relate to cosmetics. Now I see these women as individuals. And I now know that the strongest, most self-reliant women can express themselves healthily with cosmetics.
ReplyDeleteIt can be a way to hide for sure but it can also be used to direct attention. I realized a long time ago that if I wear interesting eye shadow, people look at my face rather than elsewhere. It's a win. It can also be a way to express yourself and is an acceptable "me" time. I am still take aback when men use makeup but it can be for the same reason. It makes it so you can fit your self image.
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