Makeup: A Transformation Tool

Today's rant comes from seeing beautiful women constantly questioning how beautiful they really are because they look nothing like the celebrities we idolize on tv or the big screen.  The truth is that there are many reasons they look so amazing!  Lighting, camera... and makeup!

A lot of people feel that we should embrace our natural beauty and I tend to agree.  Even when I give makeup tips, I always tell people that makeup isn't something you should rely on to perfect your flaws.  It's something you use to enhance the beauty you already have!

Makeup should be worn to embrace our natural beauty.  But there are also times when makeup is used to transform you!  It's ok to do this once and a while and experiment.

Makeup, if used in the right way, can change the shape of your face.  It can draw focus to your most fabulous feature!  It's almost mind blowing how much it can change the way you look.

The concern I have for the women in our culture, young and old, is that we have been raised to believe that beauty is measured by the starlets who grace our screens. We see these celebrities with their perfect cheek bones, perfect skin and wish we could look just like that, thinking they look like THAT, all the time.  The truth is, they don't. They aren't any less human then the rest of us.

I'm not saying they aren't naturally beautiful, because they are.  But they aren't perfect, nor do they look perfect all the time.

As a society we need to embrace our natural beauty and learn that makeup is exactly that, a way to make you up!  

I know I am really minimizing the creativity behind creating a makeup look but I cannot emphasize how important it is to work on embracing your inner beauty as much as you work on your outer beauty.

Here are just a 'few' examples of how much makeup can do for someone!

Take the time to think next time you compare yourself to a glammed up celebrity!