The Makeup Junkie: Can’t Live Without Cosmetics

Now I am certainly not saying that a person needs makeup to look beautiful, in fact there are some lucky women who need none at all. I have never been that woman.



On with the fun, let’s start with the most basic of our basics:

1) Lip Balm: can be tinted or not, whatever your mood dictates. I hate having chapped lips, they can be very painful and they can look very bad. Have you notice that when you talk to someone you spend a lot of time looking at their mouths? Well, I’d rather them see a smooth pair of lips, instead of something that resembles lizard skin.

2) Concealer: I don’t really sleep. Like ever. So, yes concealer is soooo important to me. I don’t break out too frequently (which is a minor miracle considering the fact that I drink water minimally, but I digress), so I don’t put a lot of cover up on my face, but it is vital for covering up the dark and ominous bags that haunt the area under my eyes.

I think that if one had a great lip balm and a great concealer and used them properly then she could leave the house with head held high looking beautiful.

So that’s the bare minimum right there.

Now I start to add the things that make feel pretty- not just presentable, and, I do this by drawing attention to the parts of my face that I want to accentuate. Which brings us to:

3) Eyeliner: I could live without eye shadows (wouldn’t want to, though I could), but the world would be a cruel, cruel place if eyeliner didn’t exist. Even we men are starting to feel this way.

4) Blush: Blush gives your face added dimension, and color, and fine— this is really because of my sister in law. She pounded it into my head that without blush I looked “dead.” So I never go anywhere without it on. Although, I do really believe it gives your face added dimension. You can contour with it. You can highlight with it. Blush is fantastic.