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Descriptive Essay About Makeup

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Like most girls, I was infatuated with makeup from a young age. Mainly lipsticks and the application of foundation. I remember always looking at women older than me to see how they had applied their makeup. Like, what color eyeshadow they were wearing, how cakey their foundation was applied (and if it even matched their true skin color), and just how much makeup was on their face in general. The majority of the time I was confused as to what look they were trying to achieve, what with their eyebrows looking like drawn on worms and wearing an excessive amount of blue eyeshadow was apparently a good idea. There were times when I saw the occasional “normal” woman wearing just the right amount of makeup and it brought some faith into me that not all makeup applications are bad applications. Then, in the sixth grade I finally asked my mom if I could get my own makeup. At first she seemed a bit hesitant, but I assume she remembered how old she was when she first started to wear it herself. So, we set a date to go to the mall and test it out to see if I truly liked it. I remember being all giddy and nervous on the inside. “Is it going to be as great as I imagined it to be?” or “Was the lady at the counter going to give me a cake face?” were the type of questions going through my mind, plus more, a mile a minute. We walk into Macy’s and I see the MAC counter in all of its glory. The infamous makeup I’ve been hearing about, the one and only makeup brand that mattered at the

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