appreciation
October 2008 
What was the best thing that happened yesterday?
Posted on Jul 27th, 2007
by 
Halal the Giraffe
Halal the Giraffe
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for July 27, 2007:
Girlie Time! And inside of that was one realization that I am not so set apart from the people around me as I sometimes imagine (what? I'm not the only pseudo-hippie who doesn't wear makeup, in part because I don't know how to wear makeup? Really?). And also a plan made for today that has me excited to get out of bed this morning. It was a goooooood day.
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I'm so with you on the makeup thing! I'm 45 and have never really known “how” to wear makeup, and I also don't really care. My beauty and light shine through without all that cakey mask. I'm sure yours does too!
You are quite right – my beauty does shine through. And as such, there is no need for my fear of makeup and who I think I might be if I wear it! Thanks for the comment, and I loved what I read on your bio. Happy Friday!
I'm 60 and I've run the gamut, from super-make-up (Playboy Bunny days and the mod 60's) to no make-up and everywhere in between. These days I only wear it if I need to have my photograph taken professionally and I try to keep it real looking.
It's so fun, but it's such a pain to bother with if it has to be all the time. Last year I started a subscription to Vogue to make myself be not be so serious for a while and seeing the vast range of what passes for fashion - and make-up - has made me feel quite confident that whatever you do is right as long as you do it with confidence!
Thanks for introducing such a great topic…now can we talk about hair?
How much fun to have known the extremes! That seems like a powerful fueler of wisdom. What would you all say the up side of make up is?
My friend Carissa and I went to “Makeup and Margaritas” night, where some very kind and unintimidating women painted us up with some of the many possibilities. I don't know that I want to deal with putting it on and taking it off every day, but it might be nice to have more options than I currently employ.
Our little makeup excursion was the best part of my day, too, friend. Thank you for being who you are.
I view daily make-up very much as a mask. For a photography sitting, or on television or performing, becuase the harsh lights make almost anyone look washed out, and distance can make your face without make-up no more than a blur, make up is almost a necessity if you want to look something like you actually look. But for daily wear I feel like it hides who I really am from people. I don't feel like 'me' in it.
Back in the seventies, when I did feel like 'me' in it, I had no idea who I really was so I think the make-up helped to define a certain aspect of me that I could project out at the world. There are people who do not mind appearing vulnerable, which is how I looked in the seventies without make-up. But with it I was a siren, a seductress. I made myself look fearless. Now that I am fearless…I don't need the mask.
I think make-up is a fun option, like a mask is. I'd use it freely if I felt like it.