Makeup vs. No Makeup Debate

If you have ever seen me in person you would know that I never leave my house with NO makeup. I am 18, and for the past 6 years or so, I haven't left my house even once without at least mascara, or more recently foundation. 

I have some friends who have never really worn makeup, they are drop dead gorgeous without it. But then there's me: I was antsy to get to wear makeup by middle school when everyone else started wearing it, but I never wore too much anyway. I started and stayed with just brown eyeliner on my top lash, about a third from the outside corner of my eye on my lower lash line, and mascara. That was good enough for me!

This year though, geez this year. I found the magic that is eyeshadow. And good foundation. And contouring. Help. 

I don't use full coverage of almost anything, except my concealer, but honestly I don't have bad skin. I wear foundation everyday yet I don't have crazy acne scars, or bad blemishes now (except a few Mount Pimples, and my entire face when I start my period), and I don't get horrible under eye circles or anything. I just full-heartedly believe I am about half as pretty without makes as I am with. That's sad, my friends. I don't like it.

So. This is me, today, without makeup. I wouldn't dare leave my house like this, but when I'm just around my house with no one coming over, I feel like enough.

Also, I don't do my hair when I'm home. Sorry, not sorry. So, as you can hopefully see with this webcam photo. I'm average. My hair isn't naturally blonde, but dark brown. Now it's ombred so I don't have to dye it anymore, but I used to have the underside of my hair pink and we had to bleach that away. (another story, for another time). My skin is clear right now, and I've been using skin tone correctors for less than a month, so that's kind of showing. HOWEVER, my eyelashes are blonde. They are decently long, but you can't tell. I dislike that. 

I have a red dot smack in the middle of my nose that has been there for years. It isn't a blemish, doesn't stand up, just sits there like it pays rent. I have a couple other spots on my face that are eternally red from picking at pimples. I have freckles that go across my nose and cheeks. 

So overall, not bad right? For me, wrong. When I wear makeup I am ten times more confident, and I don't know why. But lately I have been wearing a bare minimum of makeup to see what happens. You know what happened? My skin looks better without makeup!! 

Jordan, how did you do that? Well, anon, let me tell you. 

I started using some skin care products that I really didn't give much thought to before. For one, I wash my face at least every night, and without fail take off my makeup every night. 

Here we have Simple Foaming Cleanser which I use first. Then L'Oreal Paris Youth Code Serum/Corrector, which, no matter what your skin care regimen is, should be used before moisturizer. Third, Simple Replenishing Rich Moisturizer, and last but not least the Neutrogena makeup remover cleansing towelettes. I use these towelettes first to get off makeup if I am wearing a lot of makeup, but the foaming cleanser gets off makeup really well too. I also use these alone if I am really tired, I am a college student and just last week I was up until 5 in the morning doing homework. But these towelettes are really great because they don't require rinsing afterwards.  

After that? I use Yes to Carrots Nourishing and Repairing Night Cream, and I'm done for the night! Super moisturizing, and go to bed with a clean face. 

In the morning I also use Yes to Grapefruit Correct and Repair even skin tone moisturizer, which has SPF 15. (Before makeup or primer) Bonus! These Yes to: products can only be found at target or online, but they are so great, and all of these products are affordable.

Is that trippy to see me taking a picture of products for a blog post, WITH THE BLOG POST?! Well for me, looking at this on my computer, not gonna lie. Looks like inception. 

Most important for your skin is to try not to touch it (it is delicate, and susceptible to dermal tearing), wear your freaking sunscreen (!!!), and treat it well. Cleanse and moisturize it with whatever works for you, but these products are made to be gentle and for the most part, organic/natural!! 

So feel better about your skin. Just treat it better and after a while of taking care of it, and wearing less makeup, I hope you'll see the difference too. Happy Blogging!

MWAH! Besos <3

 

Feedback? Please, for the love of god, tell me! I have no idea what I am doing here.

So...This Is Me.

Alrighty. This will be my first (and hopefully not my only) blog post, so I figured... you might want to know me. Hell I don't know you, maybe you don't care about me.

I'm sorry, where are my manners? My name is Jordan Petty.

At the moment:
I am listening to: Mozart's Sonatas (it helps me think, okay?)
I am wearing : A charity "I <3 Boobs" shirt, tie dye pj shorts, hair in a pony tail, and NO makeup.
I am blogging from: My bedroom I freshly cleaned for the first time in months, on my little foldable chair and table.
Current Favorite Color: (Not likely to change, by the way) Blue!!  Like aqua blue.
Inspiration for this Post: Pinterest. What else do I do with my free time?

So I started yet another blog. Pretty sure this is my third attempt at a blog? Maybe? But this time I actually plan to maybe keep up with this, but for the most part this blog will not be too different from my others. I may not get a huge following because this isn't Tumblr, and this isn't all about One Direction or anything, but just things that interest me. And that is random as all Hell so I apologize.

One of my greatest inspirations for doing this again is that I have a huge range of interests and that is what has made it surprisingly difficult to choose a college major, look at future careers to choose said majors, and really pursue anything that would benefit my future. I love human anatomy, I am an artist, I love classic literature, I enjoy almost any kind of music (yes rap, country, reggae, pop, screamo, you name it), my family has a dogsledding business with 108 dogs, and we have 3 house dogs at home.

So, if you can find this blog in the hay stack that is the internet full of blogs, tell me: what do you want to see from a blog you would follow? I would love to give and receive feedback, but so far I am thinking that at the beginning of all my posts I will do an "At the Moment" section to start.

Thanks!!

P.S. Be warned: I am pretty average. Average high school student, great college student now, live at home, white, middle class family. I am just me, and like it that way, but what's more interesting about me, to me, is what I have going on in my head.
I will absolutely take post requests. <3
MWAH!! <3 Besos!