Interesting.
Per this meme here, I've been noticing for several days as it's been coming up on my flist that I appear to be the only one who's answered thus far who apparently wears a full face of makeup on a daily (well, semi-daily; I rarely wear any makeup except perhaps a little concealer for blemishes on Saturday) basis. It's not that I don't like my looks
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Yeah, know what you mean -- I've gotten the same reaction from the other direction. I've been a tomboy my entire life, and still am one. I never wear makeup, and have sometimes gotten irritating reactions out of ladies that do -- that I've "let myself go," or am a homosexual (highly entertaining because while I'm straight, I've known several lesbian and bi ladies who *do* wear makeup, and look very pretty doing so, thus demonstrating the uselessness of the stereotype). I've also been given all sorts of "advice" about how I can make myself look nicer (delivered in a tone of "helping the poor dear out"). Bleah.
NOT, let me repeat, NOT that I think *you* are doing that in any way -- just more of a general commiseration about how doofus people are, coming from the *other* side of the fence. Wear makeup or don't wear it, and you'll hear about it either way. The classic "no win" situation.
FWIW, I don't judge anyone by what makeup they do or don't wear unless they try to judge me back.
Also, FWIW, having tried, once or twice, to figure the whole makeup thing out as an adult, from curiosity, I hold the firm personal belief that wearing makeup is something you have to train for from an early age, like ballet and wearing heels. Otherwise you'll never get it. Either that or I'm seriously makeup-impaired on the genetic level. o_O XD
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