False Beauty

This is a little different from my usual photos. I have seen photos like this before and decided to create one of my own. On the left is half my face, edited and with makeup on. On the right, the other half of my face without makeup or editing. The difference is a bit unsettling.. I never wear that much makeup in real life, so the right portrays my actual day-to-day appearance. Makeup can be a great and creative tool; I know this because of my obsession with photography. I love seeing models with sparkles at the corner of their eyes or dark red lips in photographs. The makeup is part of the creative process. But then again, it hides our true features. When putting makeup on becomes a daily routine, how will someone feel when it is removed? Not so good. You get used to the enhanced look that your real appearance begins to look ugly to you. It can really tear down confidence. If you really think about it, makeup is a strange concept. We lather our faces with creams the same shade as our skin, coat our eyelashes in thick black paste, temporary dye our lips different colors.. We create a whole layer of false features. What is so wrong with our real ones? I am not trying to completely discredit makeup all together; I simply want to bring awareness to how much people depend on makeup to feel beautiful. I wear a bit of mascara, eye-liner, and cover-up from time to time so I'm not saying I am not a part of it. What I want is to break away from it and be able to feel beautiful without any makeup. I want to be able to believe that my natural features are enough.

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