Powder Puff Boot Camp: You Have the Right to Shine

By VH Melville
If you don’t like makeup, you don’t have to wear it to be beautiful. You don’t have to wear makeup to even feel beautiful.
Many women feel they don’t deserve to wear makeup if they are too heavy. They will buy the makeup, but not wear it. Now, if you’re the type that just hates makeup, that’s fine, but if your low self-esteem is causing you to not care for yourself, then stop. I challenge you this week to do one thing. You can put on lipstick or eye shadow, or give yourself a foot bath. Use your good perfume before it rots. Yes, both cheap and expensive perfume rots and decays if you don’t use it. Don’t save beauty products for special occasions because they have a shelf life. Use your makeup because you are worth it, and because you are beautiful and charming. Yes, you are beautiful! Let's say you are talented jewelry maker but never wear your work because you feel you're not worthy to wear it. You created it, so you are worthy. I use very little makeup, mascara, eye shadow, lipstick and perfume. Pale cheeks look better than overdone clown cheeks. Most women don’t need foundation. Many foundations can be damaging to the skin, so if you do need it, go for a product of the utmost quality. Don’t settle for anything that’s only a little like your skin tone. Don’t feel you have to wear anything that does not make you feel your best.