Criticizing someone’s appearance is obviously important
Because women love to hear their makeup choices are entirely wrong
Listen, it’s time to stop criticizing girls who wear makeup. It’s time to stop criticizing girls who choose NOT to wear makeup. It’s just time to stop criticizing people for their choices involving their outward appearance in general.
It’s more than acceptable for people to have preferences when choosing someone to date, but the constant barrage of criticism on women who choose to wear noticeable makeup, and the jokes at their expense should not be defended by you saying it’s just “your opinion.”
Just because a woman is wearing makeup does not give you a right to comment on it. Women don’t offer up unwanted criticism on men’s outfits, men don’t ever hear “oh you look fine but you’d look so much more handsome with an entirely different outfit.” Women aren’t telling you to change the way you present yourself to the world because its “just their preference.”
Why? Because we know you we are not the reason you chose your outfit.
If you think it’s a compliment to say you find women more appealing when they wear less makeup, just stop. I can promise you when women choose their makeup looks, it’s not to go out of their way to satisfy the personal preference of every single guy they will meet. The woman you are telling this to does not want to hear her efforts are good, but fall short of perfection just because you’d like her to fit your preferences.
On the same note, let me just give you some shocking news- the “natural makeup” look doesn’t exist. The moment anyone puts on foundation, concealer, mascara, or any other myriad of products, appearance has been altered and “natural” is gone, so stop using the oxymoronic phrase.
Another shocker? The woman who is wearing the “natural” look spent just as much time and product on it as the woman who looks like she’s on her way to prom. Makeup is makeup, and no matter how much society and media marketing tries to create the illusion of aesthetic perfection, no one will ever look like that naturally.
40 minutes to create a “natural” look
The stigmatization of women who do choose to wear makeup is nothing short of disheartening. The internet is swarmed with before and after photos of YouTube beauty gurus showing how to cover skin imperfections with captions saying “this is why you take her swimming on the first date.” Have men considered the same people who tell women to wear less makeup are the ones shaming them for having bad skin in the first place?
Arguments based on the premise that makeup is “false advertising” are equally concerning, since women have not ever and will not ever be products trying to sell themselves to you. They are human beings who get to choose how to alter their physical appearance without having to consider how it makes you feel. You like less makeup? Fantastic, you can wear as little as you want on your own face.
The exact same amount of product
This being said ladies (and men), it is always important to find someone who appreciates the way you look without any alteration just as much as they appreciate the time and effort that goes into doing your makeup. No one should ever feel pressured by anyone to look a certain way, whether that has to do with makeup, wardrobe, or hairstyle.
I, like many other women around the world, do not choose to do my makeup the way I do based off of other peoples opinions or preferences. I do not care if it fits into what someone else expects me to look like. The amount of products I own or are currently wearing do not define a single aspect of my personality or character, which means that you have no reason to form baseless opinions of me or any other woman.
So, unless your criticism is constructive or you’re telling me my eyeliner is smudged, keep your comments to yourself from now on.