Body Confidence

What’s More Than My Makeup all about? Real conversations with real women about the impacts of makeup on self-esteem and confidence.

“Makeup can be brilliant, and it can bring out such creativeness in people. It can allow you to change, it can allow you to be artistic, but I think the thing with makeup is you need to allow yourself to still be a kid.”

“I hated getting up in the morning and having to go the bathroom to slap on some Maybelline or whatever just to go into school and worry. Is it too much, is it too little, do I have a slut line?”

“I’m doing music, and a lot of women in that world always wear full face makeup and are really thin, beautiful, strong women. Being surrounded by all that it can be difficult going in with no makeup, and messy hair.”

“I do think it’s disingenuous to pretend that there’s no expectation to look pretty. I think makeup promoters are really disingenuous when they say they aren’t part of an industry which ultimately extorts women out of so much money based off of their insecurities.”

“When I’m wearing makeup, because I like very bold colors, people that would normally encroach on my space will leave me alone and back off. I find that men are more intimidated by it and I find that women will be more likely to sit near me.”

“I felt like whenever I went to work I had to get up super early to do like my full face, and my hair, and pick a full outfit. And it kind of felt the same at next job as well, cause some of the girls there would always wear make up and I was the only one who would turn up wearing just moisturizer.”

“I went to an all girls, catholic private school. There was always a bit more pressure to be the more dolled up girl and look the best. Every was always competing; who had the shortest skirt, and all that. Then, as the years went on -as I got to probably year ten or so- I started to feel the pressure.”

“I remember when I started at a new high school, and for the first month or two I wore make up every single day. There were new people, and I wanted to be cool. But there was no point, because no one ended up liking me at all; no matter that I looked pretty. There’s really no point. No one actually cares.”

“Learn to love your skin, and yourself. Anyone else who thinks any differently doesn’t deserve you. It’s a good filter. As soon as you’re yourself and you’re comfortable being you anyone who thinks ‘oh, you’re not good enough’ doesn’t deserve you. Because if they think that you need to look a certain way then it’s good to get rid of them. And if not wearing makeup does that, then good. Then you can just be your authentic self.”