There’s nothing we hate more than trying to wash your sparkles off our faces. Too much makeup can make the difference between getting with that guy you’ve been eyeing all night and going home alone. You never want to be that girl who looks good from afar, and terrible up close, so please keep in mind, less is more because that foundation line under your jaw isn’t attractive.
Foundation-face is a nickname we gave this girl who single-facedly ruined half of my senior year in high school. The stage was set, my parents were going out of town, and I was going to be having one of the greatest parties ever. Everything went smoothly, the cops never showed, and the night went off without a hitch… or so I thought. My friend Matt had been talking to this girl- (we’ll call her Sarah) all night and somewhere in between 1am and 2am disappeared with her into my parents room. Usually I would have a problem with a friend doing the deed on my parents bed, but as the host of the party, I was way too preoccupied with other things. Well long story short, my friends and I cleaned everything up and my parents had NOOOO idea that anything had gone down, until they went to bed. This is why cakey makeup is bad so take note. While I happened to wash their sheets, I forgot to wash their pillowcases, and low and behold, Sarah’s foundation was smeared all over the damn things! That little piece of evidence was enough to lower my curfew to 11am, essentially destroying my social life for 5 months. On that day, the nickname, “Foundation Face” was given to Sarah and I hear that people still call her it to this day. I know, we’re terrible, but seriously, you could scrape the layers off of her cakey face with your fingernails.
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While FF is what you would think is an Extreme case of makeup abuse, sadly she’s not! When you guys have a blemish, you often try to cover it up completely. Look, we understand that you’re not always going to have perfect skin, but honestly, in our minds, it hurts you more when you pile on the coverup. PLEASE STOP the makeup abuse!
Now, from reading some of your comments and email concerns regarding my last posts, I know that you want me to offer more solutions to the problems I present. Here are a few that should help you curb your face abuse. Obviously, use less makeup, and don’t worry about the coverup or liquid foundation. While they look good upon application, they tend to clump and crack throughout the day forcing you to re-apply and inch ever closer to being a foundation face. Instead, try using light makeup products that don’t cake on like natural makeup or mineral foundation. I’m a little embarrassed to say, but I suffered from some pretty bad acne(and voice cracking) through my middle-school years (my mom’s natural solution worked wonders in as little as 15 minutes.) For those of you with dry skin, take a slice of lemon and apply it over your blemish for 15 minutes. For those of you with oily skin do the same with a slice of cucumber. Trust me, it works and will usually last all day if you resist the urge to peck at your skin.
Anywho, I guess I’m done with my rant this week. Feel free to share your makeup horrors or even your own remedies to the cakey makeup pandemic!
Big hugs America
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