Monday, April 1, 2013

Make Me Up

Make Me Up

I have a new best friend, a few actually.  I have always enjoyed them, but now I rely on them.  I’m talking about makeup.  I have always loved makeup and the idea of makeup, I just didn’t wear a lot of it.  I would swipe on some mascara for sure and I was fine with just that.  Now, after going through treatments I have a whole new appreciation for makeup.  My favorites include an eyebrow pencil, eyeliner/shadow, and under eye concealer/brightener.  Wow, these products do amazing things for me now.  It gives the illusion that I have eyebrows, which is super helpful.  It gives the illusion that I am not missing all but 8 of my eyelashes, and it miraculously minimizes the dark spots under my eyes that have been present probably since my diagnosis. 

I even wear foundation now.  After I have chemo, my face tends to get really red.  On the actual chemo days I leave the hospital with a really bizarre redness.  Some days it is mainly just above my mouth like a red mustache and other days it is above, around, and under my mouth like a weird red goatee.  It is as weird as it sounds.  I tell you cancer has been so full of surprises!  Anyway, I use foundation to cover that up when needed.  Thanks to the “Look Good, Feel Better” program I received a lot of really good quality makeup.  The only thing I don’t wear now is the one thing I usually didn’t leave the house without, mascara.  I can’t risk losing my 8 remaining lashes, plus it is very peculiar to have to apply mascara to one lash at a time.  Trust me on this one.

Looking on the Bright Side…the makeup must be working because there is a definite increase in compliments when I wear it vs. when I don’t!
 

1 comment:

  1. I completely relate to this! I feel like I've learned how to wear makeup more since cancer. When I do wear it right, I feel like sometimes I look better than I did pre-chemo, haha! You look great either way!!! :)

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