My teen and young adult years were just hit and miss attempts combining what our mothers taught us and trying to mimic what we saw on TV. I don’t think we looked great, but we didn’t really focus on makeup anyway. Obsessively removing most of our eyebrows, yes, but makeup was done as a finishing touch to an outfit.
Nowadays I see barely teenage girls looking immaculately made up. The children of my peers are going to their end of year formals (that’s like prom for yanks) and they look 25 and again, immaculate. I can’t imagine the pressure to get the products, perfect their use, or the idea that you’d pay a professional to do so.
My teen years predate even YouTube. I’m glad for it honestly. In photos I look like a kid. Not a kid dressed as a woman, years before I was one.
I miss how makeup was before instagram.
My teen and young adult years were just hit and miss attempts combining what our mothers taught us and trying to mimic what we saw on TV. I don’t think we looked great, but we didn’t really focus on makeup anyway. Obsessively removing most of our eyebrows, yes, but makeup was done as a finishing touch to an outfit.
Nowadays I see barely teenage girls looking immaculately made up. The children of my peers are going to their end of year formals (that’s like prom for yanks) and they look 25 and again, immaculate. I can’t imagine the pressure to get the products, perfect their use, or the idea that you’d pay a professional to do so.
My teen years predate even YouTube. I’m glad for it honestly. In photos I look like a kid. Not a kid dressed as a woman, years before I was one.