Natural Beauty

I definitely went through a phase where I was obsessed with makeup. Wearing and buying it. Last year I wore makeup almost every day, although it was very light. Earlier this year I wore makeup almost every single day, but just the basics; concealer, powder and mascara. Now that I have swimming in gym (which is surprisingly very fun) I rarely ever wear makeup to school. I usually bring it in my backpack, but I hardly ever actually take the effort to put it on after swimming or I just forget to. This has taught me to enhance my natural beauty and to not always coverup every flaw with makeup. I always tried to cover up my dark circles, but I just realized that I will always have dark circles no matter how much sleep I get. The skin underneath my eyes is extremely thin, it's a fact. And my eyelids are extremely vainy. They're kind of creepy looking, but that's another thing that I used to always cover up. It makes me unique, so why try and hide it? And it has come to me that pretty much every teenager in the world has acne so I shouldn't stress over the smallest of breakouts. I think that beauty comes from not only the outer look, but from within. A beautiful person is beautiful inside and out. Makeup is fine if it makes you feel very confident, but it doesn't define your beauty. One of my favorite quotes about beauty comes from Leighton Meester (aka Blair Waldorf)

"...I didn't recognize myself anymore without makeup. Now when I wear it I think I look really weird."

This quote goes far in the fact that piling on the makeup to your face just makes you look unlike yourself and you shouldn't hid your natural beauty. A bit of makeup is fine, but I think that just doing what you can to enhance your finest features is enough!

PS You are beautiful!

XOXO, Kate