i recently spoke with a darling friend of mine @c_michele1l. our friendship is quite the eccentric one. it started out as a drive-by friendship. she worked eight jobs, like for real, while being a full time student and i was working and going to school so every time we spoke, it was in transition. she was running to the train, i was running to class, she was trying to catch the train, i was trying to figure out which train to take. i mean for our friendship to blossom the way it has, it's like a rose in concrete. it beat the odds. it's very rare that you find a person that every single conversation is entertaining, informative and inspiring and i can honestly say that i found one. i've watched her laugh and take shots and in the next breath speak like a politician to raise funds for disadvantaged communities. she can put on some sweats and walk eight miles to raise awareness for hiv/aids and then spend twenty minutes in a makeup box and come out looking like kimora lee simmons' niece [she's an asian sensation]. i had to give that background to give you an idea of the type of person she is because what we talked about will pull it all together. simply put, she's a hard worker. click here to see for yourself.
she asked about the post, uh, gimme a sec, i don't know my own blog...oh, she asked about this post. click if you need a refresher, i did. first let me give her a boo a shoutout for two reasons. shoutout to you for loving her! and shoutout to you again for reading! [it must not be easy because sometimes, i'm downright GIRLY so thank you!] we spoke about how men really view us in terms of a clean face and a face with makeup. i know @c_michele1l and i wear makeup to ENHANCE, not CONCEAL, meaning we still like the way we look without it. but i do believe that somewhere, i got wrapped up in it, it became natural to throw some blush on and a little mascara. light work. but when someone calls you beautiful with a fresh face, you wonder why you wear makeup in the first place. if the person i intend to make happy is happy then really who am i wearing makeup for? being a person who is into makeup and has a good two g's invested in it over the years, i believe it's an art. it's a very delicate art to enhance the shape of eyes and the contour of your face. it adds a sense of effort to your personal style and i want people to recognize that i give a f.ck about the woman i am and my appearance. i wake up putting my best foot forward.
that being said, when a man makes you feel beautiful and he's not even near you, [shoutout to long distance relationships making it work, you know who you are], then that man is WISE. he is WISE and he is CORRECT. you are beautiful and he likes/loves you just the way you are from wherever he is. it almost feels like a sin to disturb the sanctity of that beauty. think about it, nobody ever retouched the mona lisa. we left it just the way it is.
simply put, when someone thinks you're beautiful when you WAKE UP [and i don't know about you but i wake up pale as sh.t with puffy cheeks and lips] i digress but i repeat, when someone thinks you're beautiful when you WAKE UP, you have a glow. a glow that just isn't IN your makeup box, a glow that should not be disturbed.
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