Anonymous 314373[Reply]
question for the radfems here-
i haven’t worn makeup in a while bc of body dysmorphia but i want to start doing alternative makeup again(kinda like visual kei looking)because it’s part of the whole look i’m going for, not to enhance features/change the shape of my features? i know some men wear it but not many/they dont have the pressure on them to wear it. could some of you nonas share your take on it? idk if this belongs in hb i dont think so.
2 posts omitted. Click reply to view.Anonymous 314380
>>314373i wouldn't consider myself radfem but i've shared some of their insights in the past and still do now to an extent. ultimately with makeup as well as with other signifiers of feminity you have to decide for yourself how much you're willing to engage with them and to what extent. if you've dealt with body dysmorphia in the past i would maybe suggest against makeup because it could lead to being dependent on it, but if you're doing it for subcultural reasons then it's slightly different. you don't have to be either fully against makeup or support it blindly. in your case i'd suggest you tread carefully, not even for "political" reasons but for body image reasons
Anonymous 314382
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>body dysmorphia
That's the thing that caused teenage mutant ninja turtles, right?
Anonymous 314388
>>314380ty for the insight, I agree a lot.
Anonymous 314681
>>314373do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law
Anonymous 314698
2016 was peak contouring a whole new face and features onto you which is around when I could finally buy my own stuff. After struggling trying to follow techniques thinking it was a good middle ground of not thinking of surgery/fillers/Botox, I kinda came to the conclusion that changing your face was a bad road, especially things like making your nose smaller or whatever that usually results in people wanting surgery (or as a substitute for it). I kinda worked on body neutrality for years to eventually now not hate my face and see no need for shrinking of any features.
As for the rest, I absolutely love crazy eye looks and lipsticks. I think there is so much artisry to makeup looks and love girls with unique alternative styles. Though I think foundation and concealer is the devil. I think it fucks people's skin up I don't care what people claim, even the fancy stuff (which back then was the only shit with my skin tone). People with what should be healthy looking skin at young ages start wearing foundation and their skin starts to look sick. My skin as well, I don't think it was just noticing discolouration after wearing makeup all week that caused me to see it on weekends, and I was much younger then with much clearer skin. Even my mom would point out moms who wore makeup daily looked very sick when they'd pick kids up without makeup even if they were my mom's age or younger. It was her way to make makeup into this fun thing with possible consequences and getting me away from daily "no makeup makeup" and I believe it from my own experience now.
I used to wear it whenever I'd wear makeup but I totally avoid it now. It's not great for covering acne when I have it, and I don't want to hate my normal skin even if it is a little discolored. But tbh, it's not noticeable at my age yet even 10 years after my foundation escapades. If anything stopping foundation and fixing my skin issues (mostly picking my eventual hormonal acne I got at 25 rip) makes my skin look nicer now than at 19. Part of that was also learning to keep my face routine simple, and safe and effective without trashing my skin with too many heavy actives lol