Make up and masks

"Cardboard masks of all the people I've been
thrown out with all the rusted tangled dented god damn miseries
you could say that I'm hard to hold,
but if you knew me, you'd know..."
-Jann Arden's "Good Mother"

   I don't know about you, but when I get bored I draw on things...    which can translate into drawing upon myself with make up.  I remember hearing a quote from a random youtube video that was something along the lines of "recently, Ive been wearing lots of like, neutrals, and browns, and dark smoky looks...and I was like, you know what? I wanna look like some fuckin' crayons attacked my eyes today."

    Make up and its whole concept is an interesting thing if you think about it, really.  All the slogans that are out there like Maybelline's "maybe she's born with it, maybe its Maybelline" are familiar, but really, all make up is, is a mask.  Some wear it to cover up blemishes - blank, camouflaged masks.  Some wear it to stand out, to use it as an extension of their personalities - bold crazy coloured masks.  Some wear it to contour their faces to look more appealing, such as making ones cheekbones look higher, or their nose a little thinner. Or, like myself, some put it on to hide the wariness of facing another day.  Warpaint. ( Not trying to sound depressed here, but I have mad allergies that make the "tired circles" under ones eyes, like 3 times worse. Yay for overactive sinus capillaries)

     But, no matter how you look at it, they're all masks. We (as women, don't think guys deal with it so much when it comes to make up) are constantly being slapped in the face with the medias you need to look like this!!!  Make up is basically a dishonest, confidence builder that allows us to show any face we want. Or at least, what we think we want. I find it funny how celebs are making the front pages of the gossip magazines for being "sans makeup" but really, thats when they are for once being real and the media penalizes them for it.

Like I said, tis an interesting thing...