RaspberryLemon
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Joined: 7/18/2011 Status: offline
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I never wear any makeup, and I never have. I've always been a tomboy, I grew up digging in the dirt for worms, wrestling, and climbing trees with my 4 brothers. I was never into the more "girly" things, which included makeup, nail polish, excessive hair styling...I never saw the point to it and it just isn't "me." I keep my nails short and neat but never bother with them more than that. I dry my hair with a towel and brush it and that's the end of that. I have never gotten into the primping and preening thing that a lot of women do. I have always felt that using makeup was a misrepresentation of what's really there. I don't and never have liked my face, but never felt the desire to change it or "enhance" it via makeup. If someone is attracted to me, I want it to be to my face in all of its plainness and reality--not hiding or covering up flaws, not changing how my skin or features look. I know not everyone sees it this way and I don't wish to tell anyone that they are wrong for enjoying the use of makeup. This is just how I feel about it--for me. Plus, my skin is very sensitive (I have eczema, so my skin is dry and easily irritated--daily I have to apply moisturizers and steroid creams) and applying makeup would make me absolutely miserable--itchy, burning, and not fun. Thankfully, my Master feels the same way about makeup that I do. He finds the fact that I don't wear any to be refreshing. He's specifically expressed that he doesn't want me to wear any makeup because he likes looking at my face just the way it is. To be appreciated in this manner makes me feel truly loved and beautiful. He does cut my hair to the way he likes it. I enjoy that a lot, it is sort of ritualized in a way, him grooming me to his preference. He of course, as my owner, has the right to make me wear whatever, but if he were to change his mind and make me wear makeup, not only would I be physically miserable and in pain, but I would also be upset that he wanted to change me in that way--because to me, it wouldn't just be changing how I look, it would be changing who I am. I am grateful that he enjoys me as I am.
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