"Makeup Should Accentuate...Not RE-CREATE"

This is going to be a very TRICKY blog to write as 1.) I hate to be misunderstood, I'd rather be despised for what I do hold to than to be misunderstood and 2.) I'm very likely to BE misunderstood, writing on a sensitive topic like this!!  Nonetheless, following is my OPINION and please at least TRY to understand it, if you read it at all.

I formed my perspective on women's makeup in high school, when a hippie friend of mine, Kenny, told me something I've never forgotten..."A woman's makeup should ACCENTUATE her features, not RE-CREATE her features."  (Admittedly, Kenny was tripping on acid when he said this, but that's beside the point, Lol!!) Since Kenny's revelation, (after which he put his head back on the school desk and went to sleep, by the way), I've always thought that women who wear moderate-to-NO makeup are the most attractive. But, as you know Beauty IS in the eye of the beholder, and everyone differs on this.

My first wife (now with the Lord) wore NO makeup and ditto for my PRESENT wife, but my daughter and two daughters-in-law, each of whom are BEAUTIFUL inside and out, have all been involved in the women's make-up industry at one point or another.  I'm sure they wear SOME makeup (though I don't pay close attention, frankly.)  And the fact that I'm not even sure if they DO wear makeup shows that they are NOT those who "re-create" their features, but merely "accentuate" them.

My gripe is with women who RE-CREATE their features. Look at the photos above...that's country singer FAITH HILL "before" and "after" she puts her "face" on. I don't mean to pick on HER, by the way...MOST female celebs look radically different without their makeup. Since the Coronavirus Crisis has caused many to "Shelter-in-Place" bold female celebs have released pics of how they look WITHOUT makeup, and many actually look BETTER, in my opinion!!

When a woman puts on so much makeup before leaving her home that her MAKEUP qualifies as her obligatory Face Mask, well, that's just too much. To me, whether she's doing it to "compete" against other women, or to be attractive to MEN who FIND excessive makeup attractive, is not the point.  You see, to ME the issue is....why?? Why do you DO this, what insecurity DRIVES you to these extremes??

And BTW, Dolly Parton, the QUEEN of excessive makep, is one of my FAVORITE country singers so I don't hold it against those who "re-create" their image...I just feel bad for them, is all.

Deana Carter, my FAVORITE country singer, wears MODERATE makeup but looks just as great without it.

Well, I've said enough...and remember, this is just my OPINION....a "Chetitorial," and nothing more.

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY, by the way!! Let us never forget those who DIED to keep us free.