I’M A HYPOCRITE

It’s a matter of habit that I raise my eyebrows when I see a picture of someone without makeup. And it occasionally happens that I place a screenshot in a Whatapp group with the text: “why do they do this to themselves? Put on some paint hon.” In come the affirmative reactions like “Ain’t that the truth.” I find this rather an annoying habit of myself and want to stop doing this pronto.

Not the screenshot part, but my opinion about makeup-less filter-less women posting on Instagram. Because whatever happened to me that I would reject this. I wouldn’t be caught dead doing it because I simply don’t have the balls. There are days I go out the door without makeup but only on a ‘regular’ office day with no scheduled appointments. As soon as something pops up I’ll start powdering away and apply mascara on my lashes. Always. Without mascara I feel naked, without powder I find my skin stupid and I always use a touch of foundation out of a jar.

I am genuinely jealous of those women who aren’t so ridiculously vain like I am.

And if, with exception, I do appear on a picture on a makeup less day, I wear enormous shades or place another large object in front of my head or stare at the ground or just happen to look sideways when the picture is taken. This way you hardly notice the non-makeup. Sigh. I’m a coward.

I am genuinely jealous of those women who aren’t so ridiculously vain like I am. Who ditch their perfect-standards a topic I just wrote an anti-piece about recently. Sometimes I’m taken aback by my own hypocrisy, maybe there’s a lesson in this. That I should post on Instagram without makeup more often or at least try it once. Wish me luck people.