FINALLY a night to go out!  It had been months since I had last glamed it up, slapped on the makeup and hit the town… So I was pretty excited to be going out.

So here I am, all dressed up and maked up – ie. Full works makeup – foundation applied with a shovel, false eyelashes and eyes so smokey you’d think its ash Wednesday.  As it hit 10.30 I was feeling kinda tired, it was raining outside, not the most enticing night to head out.  Before I head off Mum walks in to check me out.  “Sigh” she says.  “Why do you make yourself look so ugly?!”  Massive hit to the confidence!  As I look in the mirror I realise I do look a little bit ‘too much’… the falsies, the cat like eyeliner…. I could really give Amanda Lepore a run for her money.

According to my mother, (and others) I look a lot prettier natural.  Ie.. no makeup at all! (or maybe just less).  I don’t know if I agree with this…. Sometimes without my fake tan I look like an AIDS victim.  You can see the veins on my eyelids and my dark hair just makes me look like a Goth.  Not hot!  Now if I’m not wearing a tinsy bit of eyeliner or mascara I basically look like a naked mole rat… yes that’s right my face basically just blends into a blob as my eyes disappear… all you can see is these dark eyebrows and that’s it.  But on other occasions (such as tonight) I just look like crap!  Either I’m just really hopeless at applying makeup or I have to much on (quite possibly a bit of both!)

When this happens, your stuck.  Do you either wipe in all off and start again? (no time!)  Or maybe wipe a winsey bit off? (too tricky! Because then its like half half and doesn’t blend properly!)  DRAMA!  When this happens I tell my self that ‘it will look good in the photos’ and ‘well adleast it will be dark inside’.  But that is not a good thing to tell yourself!

I know night makeup is a little more heavier than day, but if you wouldn’t leave the house looking like a drag queen during the day, then why would you leave the house looking like a drag queen at night?!

Do you sometimes feel prettier when you are at home al natural?  Or are you more of a glamazon?  Eyes are the nipples of the face but sometimes I do feel that less is more… you just need to find a balance.

What do you think?  What are your good/bad makeup experiences?

xxx

See also:

Major Love – Bloch

New Celeb Perfumes

D&G Resort 2010