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MissCris

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"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to ChandlerFan again"....blah blah blah...
 

tourist

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I wear makeup because I look positively dead without it. One day on a day off I didn't have any on and my daughter asked me if I was sick. Funny. I don't wear tons of it but enough to cover the redness in my face and highlight my eyes.

Other than that, I don't much care what people think. But if the house needs painting, then paint it.
I appreciate your positive attitude.
 

ChandlerFan

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"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to ChandlerFan again"....blah blah blah...
lol I'd much rather get zero reps and have everyone be able to believe those things about themselves. Of course I need to not be a hypocrite and take my own advice, though.
 
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MissCris

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I wear makeup because I look positively dead without it. One day on a day off I didn't have any on and my daughter asked me if I was sick. Funny. I don't wear tons of it but enough to cover the redness in my face and highlight my eyes.

Other than that, I don't much care what people think. But if the house needs painting, then paint it.
There's nothing wrong with wearing makeup- I hope that's not how this has all come across. I wear eye makeup, I fix my hair, I like to dress up...I just learned that doing those things because I like to sometimes is much better than doing those things constantly because I'm afraid of what people will think if I don't.

I guess I'm saying, I hate that men and women try to conform to the world's standards of what is "likeable", rather than feeling comfortable and liking themselves as they were created.
 

rachelsedge

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I wear makeup, but I wouldn't say it's a mask. I am comfortable wearing only mascara out of the house. I want to eventually get comfortable enough to wear no makeup, because despite the good angles and lighting of the pictures I posted here earlier this year, I still feel like I look...bleh, without at least mascara on. :rolleyes:

I suppose I hide my scars with my clothing. I will wear jeans during the summer, no matter how hot. I don't know if that's hiding "who I am", just...protecting myself, which is different.

I think that I really am both sweet and strong, but sometimes (okay, most of the time) that is what I hide behind. Both because of my own expectations and others'.
 

gypsygirl

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I wear makeup, but I wouldn't say it's a mask. I am comfortable wearing only mascara out of the house. I want to eventually get comfortable enough to wear no makeup, because despite the good angles and lighting of the pictures I posted here earlier this year, I still feel like I look...bleh, without at least mascara on. :rolleyes:
i am totally the same way. i have dark blonde eyelashes and sort of feel naked without mascara - it's really the only thing that i won't leave the house with.

i had a salon for a client once, and they did this eyelash dyeing thing. they owed me so much money that i was like, "oh, why not..." and gave it a try.

NEVER AGAIN. that's all i'm going to say. my eyes are watering just thinking about it.