The Power Of Makeup

Growing up with eyes sparkling with the glitter and shimmer it has almost been impossible for me to not have a fascination with the brushes and with makeup products.I was probably as old as six when I put on my first lipstick, and let me tell you- I was in love naturally.The pungent smell of berries filled my lungs with only delight and then so I licked the corners of my lips in sheer curiosity to only taste the sweet and sour flavoured petroleum.To my realisation I ruined my lipstick already by then.This was when I peeped shyly to the mirror and saw this beautiful plum-peach shade all over my mouth.Strangely enough I somehow felt pretty doing that.

The power of makeup ,someone told, was its ability to help paint our faces extremely pale and draw out sharp European features-be epitomes to a beauty that is falsely considered the ideal type.Contrary to this, I never really learned to sculpt my face ten kilos skinnier or to draw my eyebrows without them looking extremely hairy but then I still do-do not leave the house without a tint on my lips and on my cheeks.

The power of makeup is often not understood for its versatility.In an article for women empowerment we look for lines we can relate to between piles and piles that only talk about the boss lady storming into lead roles in male attires that would only consider makeup for hiding flaws ;as a sign of the weaknesses in us we cover in shades of our foundation.This thought of makeup being anti-empowering has always been far from true to me.

There was a time we saw a little storm of a no makeup revolution for women wanting to portray confidence-which for them meant letting go of insecurities and which soon became a tool to troll women around the net who’d use the brushes. If empowerment means everything that has to do with our confidence I cannot stress enough on how therapeutic it has always been to put on your makeup to the sound of slow music behind and having a lot of time in hand to do so.This to me is the power of the coloured dust.When we look for signs that empower women,makeup is used against the strong word but less do they realise the little answers to the age old game to what keeps a women happy-it is always her smile;it does not really depend on how beautiful she looks that day but how beautiful she feels about herself.And then you give her a little magic kit that she plays with and more often then not used only to make herself feel better,look better and have better,it does not means she’s lacking something or she feels so.Happiness is often another word for confidence.

So for the ladies out there who do not like makeup,who really do or who would just put on a dash to avoid being mistaken for being insecure with the way she looks-this one’s a new take on women empowerment-its high time we consider women for all her types and in all shades-even when it means shades of red, yellow, peach or plum.