February shitposting, day 8
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edenfallingToday's randomly chosen theme is: eyeliner
I have never worn eyeliner in my life and never intend to.
There's a lot of makeup I've never worn in my life, actually -- everything except lipstick (borrowed from my mom), eyeshadow (borrowed from Nick), the blush I tried on once when I was, like, ten, and the thick stage makeup I had to wear for a high school production of Kiss Me Kate (which gave me a horrible outbreak of pimples). I haven't even worn that much since... I think Nick's college graduation, about twelve years ago? And I have every intention of never wearing any makeup again. This is partly because I just don't like the feel of it on my face, and partly because that's not an aspect of performative femininity I have any interest in.
I suppose if I didn't have glasses, I might wear a bit of concealer under my eyes because I have really dark and noticeable bags there and people ask me if I'm okay in very worried tones when they notice them, but other than that I don't see the point. I have a perfectly reasonable human face, so why spend a lot of time making it look different? This is probably related to my general indifference toward hairstyles and clothes that involve a lot of layers or fuss. I want a style that looks clean and generally put together and takes the least time possible when I'm getting ready in the morning: therefore, plain black or khaki pants, plain black socks, plain black or brown shoes, and t-shirt style shirts. The shirts can have patterned fabric, and occasionally I switch up with black boots, but that's as fancy as I get.
(My one exception is earrings. I am all in favor of pretty and/or sparkly earrings! Browsing Etsy for gorgeous earrings I will never purchase is one of my current minor pleasures.)
I find a lot of performative femininity fascinating from a cultural perspective, and also fascinating to dissect what parts I feel social pressure to participate in versus what parts you would literally have to pay me to care less about. Like, I do feel social pressure about weight and body hair, though I've resolved most of the former by not wearing clothes intended for display (because I am pretty asexual and aromantic and seriously do not give a shit about looking attractive to anyone) and the latter by always wearing pants so what does it matter if my legs are hairy. But I have never felt social pressure about hair length/style and makeup and fashionable clothing, which I assure you is not because people haven't tried to apply that pressure to me. It just seems to roll off. This has made my life a lot less stressful over the years, but to this day I can't tell you WHY those things have never made an impression on me. I wish I could, because it seems like a trick a lot of people might find useful. *wry*
In summary, brains are weird, performative femininity is a fascinating mess, and I'm quite glad not to be sticking pencils anywhere near my poor delicate eyeballs.
I have never worn eyeliner in my life and never intend to.
There's a lot of makeup I've never worn in my life, actually -- everything except lipstick (borrowed from my mom), eyeshadow (borrowed from Nick), the blush I tried on once when I was, like, ten, and the thick stage makeup I had to wear for a high school production of Kiss Me Kate (which gave me a horrible outbreak of pimples). I haven't even worn that much since... I think Nick's college graduation, about twelve years ago? And I have every intention of never wearing any makeup again. This is partly because I just don't like the feel of it on my face, and partly because that's not an aspect of performative femininity I have any interest in.
I suppose if I didn't have glasses, I might wear a bit of concealer under my eyes because I have really dark and noticeable bags there and people ask me if I'm okay in very worried tones when they notice them, but other than that I don't see the point. I have a perfectly reasonable human face, so why spend a lot of time making it look different? This is probably related to my general indifference toward hairstyles and clothes that involve a lot of layers or fuss. I want a style that looks clean and generally put together and takes the least time possible when I'm getting ready in the morning: therefore, plain black or khaki pants, plain black socks, plain black or brown shoes, and t-shirt style shirts. The shirts can have patterned fabric, and occasionally I switch up with black boots, but that's as fancy as I get.
(My one exception is earrings. I am all in favor of pretty and/or sparkly earrings! Browsing Etsy for gorgeous earrings I will never purchase is one of my current minor pleasures.)
I find a lot of performative femininity fascinating from a cultural perspective, and also fascinating to dissect what parts I feel social pressure to participate in versus what parts you would literally have to pay me to care less about. Like, I do feel social pressure about weight and body hair, though I've resolved most of the former by not wearing clothes intended for display (because I am pretty asexual and aromantic and seriously do not give a shit about looking attractive to anyone) and the latter by always wearing pants so what does it matter if my legs are hairy. But I have never felt social pressure about hair length/style and makeup and fashionable clothing, which I assure you is not because people haven't tried to apply that pressure to me. It just seems to roll off. This has made my life a lot less stressful over the years, but to this day I can't tell you WHY those things have never made an impression on me. I wish I could, because it seems like a trick a lot of people might find useful. *wry*
In summary, brains are weird, performative femininity is a fascinating mess, and I'm quite glad not to be sticking pencils anywhere near my poor delicate eyeballs.
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Date: 2019-02-09 02:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2019-02-09 03:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2019-02-09 07:45 am (UTC)When I was 16 a family friend was doing a beautician course and volunteered me to be a guinea pig for eyelash tinting due to me having lashes and brows that rather than matching my hair colour decided to be pale enough to appear transparent. I guess if it wasn't for her, I would not know it was a thing that existed. As I kind of like having visible lashes and brows I've done it on and off ever since.
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Date: 2019-02-09 03:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2019-02-10 01:00 am (UTC)There's a bunch of different colours available, probably with the aim of matching hair colour, but I guess for reasons of logistics, I only ever see blue/black and brown carried. I just buy my own and take it with me because I like purple. I've tried the green, red, blue and grey, but they're all a bit disappointing.
I've seen eyebrow tattooing pushed recently. I ran across an article on it and found that it's not like regular tattooing and needs to be redone every six months or so. Would only be of use if you have sparse dark eyebrows you normally used a pencil on. People who tint their eyebrows aren't really the target audience.
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Date: 2019-02-10 03:19 am (UTC)