My Beauty Routine
Natural Beauty Big beautiful eyes. Gorgeous lips and a smile. A confident and soothing voice. Michelle Phan, famous beauty blogger and businesswoman. I admired her poise and confidence in her makeup tutorials. I watched with fascination as she applied foundation to her skin then mascara then lipstick and so on. Slowly, my tomboy self learned the terminology of the beauty world. I learned what “to bake” meant and what “highlighter” was. I admired her confidence and philosophy on makeup: the goal wasn’t to hide your features and imperfections, but rather bring out your own natural beauty. However, my debutante into the makeup and beauty world was far from perfect. At first, I didn’t believe I had any beauty to accentuate. In order for me to begin wearing makeup, I had to accept myself. That meant accepting the inflammations, the itches, the skin flakes (which were often mistaken for food on my face). I had to embrace it all. I had to accept that I had beauty regardless of my Eczema. It
