.: Ya Hui :.

As some of you probably know, I am among the vain pots who enjoy putting ‘poisonous’ gunk on my face to create the illusion of beauty with colours and some skill.

However, I am also a firm believer of natural beauty. As in, the naturally beautiful way everyone should look, comfortable with your own skin, not relying on any tools or paint to create beauty. Makeup, as I believe, is used to enhance yourself whenever necessary. Every girl should be comfortable with their own skin, and even more confident when their great features are enhanced, not covered, by makeup.

Random picture for the lulz.

I am quite astonished when the term ‘putting on a face‘ has become a norm for women all over the world to describe that they’re actually ‘putting on makeup‘ for the day. Makeup, it seems, have become a second layer of artificial, covering what is buried deep within the layers of cream, mousse, powder - you name it.

This sort of feeling comes very strongly after I read a blog of a girl who lives in the USA that thrives on makeup and hopes to be a makeup artist in the future. Truly, I admire her enthusiasm towards the art form of creating beauty. Not to mention though, the interest is easily nourished due to the fact that good quality makeup can be accessed in the USA without costing a bomb, unlike here in Malaysia where actually the large amount of paying for the makeup goes to taxation fees. Anyway, the girl wrote an article about herself not having the confidence of bringing herself around without makeup. She tried to live a day going to college without her ‘face’ on and within less than an hour she succumbed into the pressure and quickly rushed to apply her makeup. That hits me a bit hard how girls can grow so dependent on it.

Then when I was lost in thought about my little interest clashing with my belief, I had a talk with my darling on the phone:

Me: I love to create beauty using makeup, but I don’t fancy strutting around with 3 inches of powder all day long. (as you know, if you were to be a makeup artist or some sort, you’ll need to ‘carry a face’ that looks convincing to your clients that you are actually skilled to do it. Would you ever imagine going to a makeup counter in the mall to see their staff in their plain faces? If like that hor, any plain Jane can call themselves an artist liao. LOL.)

Him: Do you see those really talented hairstylists who carry a gorgeous hairstyle? Usually the awkward ones who sport something low profile are the ones who are most talented in their work. So if you really have the talent, you need not have to succumb yourself to match the stereotypes.

Well, darling is right about it. But as I mentioned, would anyone have the confidence to hire you if you don’t hold any form of ‘testimony‘ (get what I mean?) of your skills to present to your client? Sigh sigh. I dunno.

I’m just 18 this year, I don’t want the daily routine of ‘putting on a face‘ to become a part of my life for the coming many, MANY years to come. (Long live Ya Hui!)

The reason I feel so strongly about this is because I’ve seen peers in my college who have succumbed to become a slave of makeup. I’ve got friends who have not once showed up in college without a ‘face‘ intact. Sure, they get the heads up and all the attention from hot guys and their peers for looking gorgeous with that look on, but when I asked my friend about how she feels with makeup on everyday, she says that it’s a burden. It started off gradually, then little by little, she became greatly dependent on it. See how it works now? I don’t wish that to happen to me. Meanwhile, I shall be greatly happy to be in my own skin, being one of the plain Janes in the society, strutting around showing off some of the ugly pimple scars that serves as a reminder of how much pain I went through in the battle for clear skin, and shall be happy to ocassionally get the ‘wow’ when I put on some color on for my outings.

Love,

Ya Hui

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