This shot, which juxtaposes half a bare
and half a made-up face, was posted by "Munner83" on Reddit.com
several months ago. It has since gone viral, and people continue to share the picture
digitally.
I've
always taken issues
with the assertion that women look fake when they wear makeup. To me, makeup
allows women to be creative in expressing and exploring aspects of their
personalities,and why not take joy in being able to accentuate your features
with some shadow,powder
and blush?
Yet
in doing so, it's important to remind ourselves that the results aren't
necessarily "better." The right side of the face in the photo shows a
woman with great bone structure, glowing skin and kind eyes. She's lovely
without the makeup, and is probably smiling because it only took her five
minutes to get ready.
With
that said, let's talk about that left side. Check out the lift of the arched
brow, the sweep of the smoky cat eye, the radiant warmth of her blush and those
divinely glossed lips. It's a look that could turn heads on the red carpet.
Some
days, we want to be that get-up-and-go girl with fresh skin and easy going mien…. On other days, we want to be that
all-out glamorous, stepping into a room with the grandeur of a silver-screen
star.
The
two sides of this face seem to symbolize that duality of women. We are always
goddesses, beautiful by nature or by artifice. So why limit yourself to just
one face?
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