Wow…never thought I’d see the beauty world split on such a hot topic. All the girls and guys in my diploma of makeup have picked sides in this weird war, seemingly all accept me. It’s a battle of ideologies. Finally, something genuinely exciting! That’s most of the reason I’m in this industry in the first place.
Okay, so…nobody can decide whether makeup is designed to make you look ‘better’, or just to make you look ‘how you want to look’. Are they the same? Are they totally different? Nobody knows! Or rather, nobody can agree. This girl who once took a beauty course and made the terrible mistake of testing chemicals on her own face is promoting ‘Wallflower’, the makeup line for the girl (or guy, whatever) who wants to fit in. You can go to a party with this on, look lovely, but no one will relentlessly call you out on it or give you unwanted attention. There are even stronger versions that help you blend into the background, because I guess makeup can do that now?
Meanwhile, this Vicki girl has blazed her way onto the Melbourne scene with her own concoction, ‘Firework’. It’s the makeup for the girl who wants to be SEEN, same basic principle but designed to be eye-catching enough that people will comment and flock around you with adoring glee. Whose ideology will win out? Like so many ninja stories, these are both students who have taken different paths. Currently, sales are pretty much even from what I’ve heard. Meanwhile, our makeup classes have split, some people are having fights, and you can generally tell who’s on what side by the makeup they wear to class.
Man, I never knew a diploma of makeup services, certified for Melbourne and its normally peaceful way of doing things, would be this exciting! I’m learning about beauty AND politics.
-Pam