Game Face.

Everybody knows I love makeup.  I've loved it since the day I started wearing it, which was sometime when I was 14.  My first day of High School, I wore Red Lipstick and False Eyelashes. And as the years progressed, so did the amount of shit I put on my face. LOL.  During my College years, I laid off a little (well, actually more than a little...) and then jumped right back in when I started working in the cosmetics industry in 2002.

Well because of my love of makeup, I have been accused, more than once let me tell you, of being one of those girls who is scared to let people see her without her face on. I am here today to tell you that NO. I am NOT one of those girls.

Do you know that there are call centers that still have a business-attire dress code in effect, even though their employees sit on phones all day and their clients can't see them? Do you know why they have dress codes? It's actually not just to be asshole bosses (this was my thought back in the day when I worked at one of these hell-holes). It is because when you are dressed the part, you act the part. Hello? Fake it till you make it, anyone????
Anyway, this is how I feel about makeup, and that is why I wear it everyday. It is my Game Face. When I put it on in the morning, I feel ready for my day. I feel like I can be productive, get shit done, and be ready for anything.  Or if its for nighttime, I can feel sexy, outrageous, fun, flirty, funky, etc etc etc. The 'characters' you can create for yourself with makeup is endless. Feeling a little low in the confidence department? Just swipe on a look-at-me Bitch Face with some high-drama red lipstick. Or PMS-ing and want to murder the world? Smoke up your eyes like two mean black holes daring anyone to fuck with you! My point is, I seriously LOVE makeup.
BUT, if you come over before I put it on, it doesn't make me uncomfortable. If I have to leave my house after I've taken it off, I don't hold my face down in embarrassment. I knew a girl who would put on makeup before her husband woke up to avoid him looking at her without it on! Crazy. That is not me. I am fine with what I look like au naturel. I just like the way I look with makeup on better! Can you see the difference with what I'm saying here? Just to prove myself, I am posting here on my blog, free to float around cyberspace for all of eternity, a picture of my before and after makeup:

(****WARNING: IF YOU ARE ABOUT TO TAKE A SIP OF SCALDING HOT COFFEE, I SUGGEST YOU PUT IT DOWN. THE FOLLOWING MAY STARTLE YOU OR EVEN CAUSE MILD DISCOMFORT. NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. RATED PG************)

Notice my hair even looks shinier and blonder with makeup on??? Ha, ha... just kidding! Here are some awesome random makeup pics I uploaded from the Internet:

Now, Tammy Faye Baker at the end here may look garish, but I can still understand why she wears it. :)

I myself haven't had any real formal training, and I worked as a makeup artist for many years. In those years, I have met and befriended many awesome girls who are also amazing makeup artists. Here are a couple of links to check out:

My amazing girlfriend Andrea!!! Click here and fall in looooove:
http://www.andreaellingson.com/

and my friend Candice who is not only amazing at makeup but photography too!!!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kazmetix-Makeup-Artistry/20904360166
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ste-Croix-Photography/29885874991

There are so many talented girls that I know who work at makeup counters or freelance, but so many of them don't have a website or any professional photos posted on their facebooks or anything! It's a shame because this list would have TONS of cool stuff for you to check out...

On a parting note, I would like to clarify one little thing.... on my last post (Style Swap) I posted some pictures of the way I dress and described it as "my style is a hodge podge of what I like to call Rock n Roll, Prozzie, Trend-Victim".  Now the part I want to clarify is that this statement is largely directed at my pre-mom/or partytime-nighttime self. One aspect of my style that I forgot to describe is what I will call the "Dowdy Humptey Dumptey." Luckily this style is mostly reserved for my time spent at home. Jeez, my poor husband.... lol.

Beyond Sex-ayyyyy!