Oh, You're Into Beauty?

Hello beauties!

Today I am going to write about what to do when you are not getting support on loving beauty related items.

For instance, anytime my mom sees me watching a beauty video on YouTube, she always rolls her eyes. This is just because she doesn't understand it. She isn't a girly girl at all and doesn't understand why I would want to take minutes of my day to pamper myself. I try to explain to her that I just like doing it and I like knowing how to do it. Most of the time she just shakes her head and tell me that I am beautiful without any make up. Well I would hope she thinks that being that she is my mom. Anyways, this can get quite frustrating and it makes me want to just quit sometimes because I know I will never please her. But I really love doing my make up and hair and I like that I know certain techniques. So even though my mom doesn't understand, I still do it. It doesn't harm our relationship because she doesn't care about the "issue" enough, but I do get nagged every once in awhile.

So this is a post on how to get through life while surrounded by people that don't quite understand.

First of all, try to show them pictures of Halloween and special effects (SFX) make up. This way they can see how much of a transformation someone can have with make up alone. I tried this with my mom and she thought it was interesting. Then explain that it is the same thing with normal make up but way less extreme.

Next, just repeat the fact that you like doing beauty related stuff and that you care about it. For me, it relaxes me to do my make up. I love doing it and I feel so comfortable when I am doing it. For my mom, she likes to sit down with a glass of wine and do a Sudoku puzzle. Everyone has their thing and mine happens to be make up. I love creating new looks or following someone's tutorial. It is fun for me and I love learning new tricks.

If those two things don't work and time has gone by, just come to terms to agree to disagree. You do your thing and hopefully they will leave you alone. If it is a friend instead of a family member, just state boldly that you like to do it and it isn't bothering them so why should they care. If they are truly your friend, they won't care if you bother with hair or make up and they might actually think it is pretty cool.

What really helps me is when people say to me that they like my hair or they like my make up. It gets me to realize that I must be doing something right and it makes me happy that I never gave up. I do my make up for me and me alone because I like knowing how to do it and I like having it as a skill. 

Basically for my advice in sum, do what you love and keep doing it. Don't let people get in your way. They don't have to be interested in it (even though it would be cool if they were), they just have to understand that you like it and they should be happy that you have a talent and a hobby.

I'm sorry to anyone that has further problems with beauty related "bullying". I am aware that not every situation will be the same. I know that even though my mom doesn't understand, she keeps most of her opinions to herself and lets me do what I'm doing. I know that not everyone can be as fortunate as  I am and some might be more. I'm just trying to give some advice based on my experiences.


See you guys soon with the other posts I promised.

Kisses!
-Jodie