Vanity

However, I still uphold that wearing make-up cannot really be branded to be synonymous with lack of confidence or self esteem. Conversely, it is often those who choose not to wear it that lack the confidence.

it is curious isnt it.

the height of my vanity is putting hair gel in my hair so it isnt messy. i shave once every 6 weeks too.

Once very 6 weeks!!!!!!!! I shave twice a day!

It varies with the people - in school I didn't do it partly because I didn't have the confidence (I didn't have the confidence for much), now I do it because I don't feel the need. I'm never going to be gorgeous so I'd rather be comfortable. Some people without makeup have buckets of confidence, others don't. Same for those who do wear it, though generally those who wear loads and won't be seen without it do have some issues.

And I stabbed myself in the eye with an eyeshadow pad thing and smudged dark blue glitter everywhere, 10 minutes before i had to go to the Ball, so I was annoyed about that

It varies with the people - in school I didn't do it partly because I didn't have the confidence (I didn't have the confidence for much), now I do it because I don't feel the need. I'm never going to be gorgeous so I'd rather be comfortable. Some people without makeup have buckets of confidence, others don't. Same for those who do wear it, though generally those who wear loads and won't be seen without it do have some issues.

And I stabbed myself in the eye with an eyeshadow pad thing and smudged dark blue glitter everywhere, 10 minutes before i had to go to the Ball, so I was annoyed about that

i doubt you grow any facial hair in the intervening period so you are just wasting time and shaving foam.

I've never really understood vanity. Surely if people are so obsessed with their image they would try and avoid vanity given that it's such an unattractive quality. Would someone care to explain/dissolve this apparent paradox.

MB

i dont like women putting on make ups and all that stuff...it is somehow misleading.. sometimes beautiful women will look ugly, and sometimes ugly women will look beautiful cuz of make up.

Every single girl on the face of this planet looks better with a little bit of natural looking makeup. Fact.

do you feel like qualifying "better"?

MB

Red_roadkill: If you will, post a picture of yourself - after all these posts, I'm curious as to what you actually look like.

put it this way..if someone has pretty eyes, a little bit of mascara is going to make them look prettier. If someone has nice lips, some lip gloss will make them look better.

and if someone has minging eyes, there are tricks you can master to play them up, same with lips, skin etc.

so, pretty or ugly, makeup (when used to enhance beauty as opposed to completely alter your face) makes people look better

I just find it, well, sad, that people need to alter their appearance to feel better. Sure it's nice once in a while, but every day? It's a tool, not a crutch.