When In Doubt, Throw It Out!

 I have seen so many blogs about throwing out old makeup. There's this chart, that says when you should chunk makeup based on how old it is.

Umm... how about, no? How about I like that color?! How about, yeah I know the eyeshadow palette is 7 seasons old, I don't care because it looks good with my favorite sweater.

Why would I want to throw it out?

Well, the argument goes, it's full of bacteria. Well, let me just say, I use makeup that is almost 10 years old. Yes, you read that right, 10 years. I've been using it as costume makeup for renaissance fairs for 10 years. Its been on the floor of my truck, I've probably dropped it on a muddy field, and it very likely has bacteria on it. Yet, I have had no problems. No breakouts, no redness, no infections.

Am I crazy? Very quite possibly.

But I am in love with that shade!

But.... here's the catch. I keep an eye on my mascara. Literally. If I smell something funky, if it clumps weird, if it just stops working, I chunk it.

When in doubt, throw it out.

It's possible old makeup could reinfect you with something you had 3 years ago. I think there is research about staphylococcus. But I'm not going to be one of those blogs that panic you and make you throw away all your makeup just so you have to buy all new stuff.

Buy new stuff because you ran out. Buy new stuff because you want a new color. Buy new stuff for a special occasion. But don't buy new stuff because you got scared about old makeup. :D

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What do you see when you look in the mirror?

Do you look in your mirror? Do you even have a mirror? I used to not have ANY mirrors. I hated mirrors. I didn't want to look in the mirror, because I just didn't want to see myself. I didn't want to know what I looked like to the world.

What makes you think I don’t own a mirror? Every face that ever looks at me tells me that I’m ugly. But every time I make them laugh, I get to show them what beauty really is.
 ~ Jarod Kintz

I have believed I had flaws.

• My nose is too big.
• My lips are too thin.
• I have... FRECKLES!

At many times during my life, there were other factors that made me avoid mirrors. Life just wasn't going good. Bad things happened. Work, relationships, whatever... thing... interfered with me finding beauty in my looking glass. But things got better. And those things got better when I felt better about ME.

It's not easy, this self evaluation in the mirror thing. It's downright HARD. And painful. Excruciatingly painful. We are taught to look for the flaws. We are conditioned to find the thing that is wrong.

http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/374879/what-do-you-see-when-you-look-in-the-mirror/

Look in your mirror. Find one word to describe what you see.

The beauty in MY looking glass is..... self-confidence.

What is the beauty in yours? 

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