There are various ways to utilize makeup. Many use it to enhance their natural beauty, and others to hide their imperfections. Not only do people use makeup for those two reasons, but there are numerous more reasons why makeup is involved in their lives. So, what is the true reality of makeup? 

Many people might not see the negative effects that makeup can have on someone. In the past makeup was originally made out of whale fat. The first product was cosmetic creams. It is disgusting that people were putting it on their faces. Now they don’t use whales for cosmetics, but they use chemicals. Not everyone who uses makeup reacts the same as someone else. Other faces are more sensitive than others. Various cosmetics have chemicals such are formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, methylene, quaternium, etc. These chemicals can damage your face, and people can break out with just a small amount of makeup. All those chemicals affect one individual. Most use makeup every day which can over time start to notice breakouts. Not only can makeup affect your skin it could also affect your budget.

Ever since makeup started to get popular its pricing started to increase. It’s also understandable due to inflation, but now most people can’t even afford one little beauty blender because it can be costly just for a small sponge. Not even its pricing is the problem, it’s even the amount of product it comes with, most cosmetics reduce the amount but still have the same price. In which people don’t find it fair that they are paying more than its actual size. Here is an outrageous price for one normal brush, the powder brush by “La Mer” is one hundred dollars. What magic power does a brush have? Some might not care about the pricing that a product can have, most buy when they need it to be creative. 

A person who loves makeup has that same opinion, Hailie Mota, who says “Why is it so difficult to find an affordable brand that can give me the same effect as an expensive one, it’s not fair that I need to pay way more for a way small amount.” It’s unfair how people nowadays can’t expand their hobby because of expensive products they need to use. It’s outrageous because you are paying for your happiness. No matter what products you buy, it will always be expensive or too pricey. Makeup doesn’t always have a bad side it can also have a really good side because you can be creative and learn how to even do details in a makeup look. 

Being able to do makeup is a fun way to be creative because not only can you do simple looks, but can also do fun makeup looks. Such as being able to do a spooky makeup look, since Halloween is around the corner most people will start doing spooky and detailed looks. Makeup is a way to improve your creativity because one small mistake can turn into a very nice detail in your makeup. But when doing a very detailed makeup look it takes time which requires a lot of patience when you want it to come out perfect. But in the end, it just matters that you can enjoy what you created and do what you love the most.