This post is about one of my all time favorite songs, and it’s relevant to this blog because it’s about makeup.

I think sometimes makeup gets a bad rap.

“What are you trying to hide?”

“Why are you wearing a mask?”

“Why are you so vain?”

I think one of the most valuable things I learned in college (art school, specifically), is that most things aren’t black and white. Of course, I want to just flat out deny the above questions, but meaning is often found in nuance, and potentially there is some truth to these things.

I think what initially drew me to makeup was the ability to buttress my self esteem a little bit. I was young, dealing with acne and full of teenage hormones. Later in college, it was essentially the same situation. Low self esteem and wanting to feel just a little bit more comfortable in my own skin.

What propelled me into a career dedicated to beauty was wanting to know, quite literally, AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY COULD about the beauty world. And make some money to, ya know, live on.

When I wear makeup, I feel a little more presentable. I feel a little more polished. I feel more like an idealized version of myself. I just feel better.

I hope you enjoy this song. It’s so beautiful. Makeup is magic. It has the ability to transform, highlight, support, modify, enhance. It has changed my life. I bet it has changed yours as well.

xo megan

Bonus song: Just A Girl. Because this song is relevant to, like, pretty much everything.