This Isn't Me....

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  • Onderwoman
    Onderwoman Posts: 130
    You should feel proud that you survived that Mary Kay Mauling!

    I like makeup and wear it most of the time (I do go out without it, but prefer it most days), and even I was terrified at the one Mary Kay cult meeting that I was tricked into attending. Brutal! Absolutely brutal!

    As for your pics and the whole makeup issue -- it doesn't have to be a big deal. Sometimes it's fun to wear makeup, and sometimes it's better to go natural. Makeup is like clothing -- sometimes it's great to get dressed up, and sometimes it's great to slouch around in sweats. Neither makes a statement about who I am.

    Edited to add: It's similar to the whole compliment thing that you get while you're losing weight. People will rave over how great you look as you lose, and you can either choose to take it as encouragement and a compliment, or you can choose to label it negatively as a judgement on who you were before you lost weight. I choose to see the positive. :-)

    STAHP THE MK SHAMING!!!!!!!!!!

    I thought I was going to have to fight my way out of there -- but I was scared that some of those moisturizer-wielding old ladies might be able to take me.

    They ARE pretty tough. One of them can toss abrasive pads like shurikens, I wouldn't turn my back.
  • bunbunzee44
    bunbunzee44 Posts: 592 Member
    it's not a very big difference. you look as pretty without it, be happy :) if you don't like make up, you don't have to wear any! but it's nice that you tried it for your friends.
  • whitebalance
    whitebalance Posts: 1,654 Member
    IMHO you seem to have very nice skin and nice color, with or without the makeup. Also IMHO, whoever took the photos should have backed up a little... the photos seem a bit distorted by foreshortening... I wouldn't be surprised if that's at least part of what you're reacting to.

    Mostly, though, just in to say I agree with the other posters who've suggested you ditch the self-slamming.

    I think she's reacting to being told by a bunch of women she hardly knew in close quarters that she looked "beautiful" and yadda yadda. It can be overwhelming and off putting to be so close to people you hardly know and be gushed on enthusiastically when you are not used to that kind of thing.

    I know I get twitchy if a MAC girl overdoes my eyes to look like a shiny tramp and she tells me I look "FANTASTIC" and SO MUCH better than when I came in. It makes me feel like I came in off a garbage truck. Then to go home and be told by hubs that they made me look like an old lady who's trying to hard, that confirms it's just not me. Everone has their own style or comfort level. It's important to remember the PERSON when trying to show off the products. In this case I do think OP looks very pretty. She may have just felt overwhelmed by everyone saying it at once. In person. When she though she was going to a "meeting" not a "makeover".
    This makes perfect sense. Thanks for putting it in perspective. :smile:
  • asciident
    asciident Posts: 166 Member
    First of all I think both pics look nice and in the case of the makeup pic I think it just accents your features (it makes your eyes stand out more).

    But none of that matters. If you really don't like makeup, wash it off and forget it ever happened. :) I don't wear any 99% of the time either, even though I know applying some would make my eyes or lips stand out more.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    it's not a very big difference. you look as pretty without it, be happy :) if you don't like make up, you don't have to wear any! but it's nice that you tried it for your friends.

    I don't even know what you just said and I don't care because what a flecking amazing bathing suit!:love::love: :love: :love:

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