There are times when I'm a boy, and times when I'm a girl. Playing tennis, boy. Liking every boy near me in a 30 mile radius, girl. Listening to The Offspring, boy.
Plucking my eyebrows, girl (it gets unruly up there, this has to be done).
I am aware of my boy/girl split and work at creating a balance between the genders of myself so that neither side is taking over. There are aspects of femininity and masculinity that I enjoy equally. Except when it comes to watching make-up tutorials on YouTube. That's when I become a full fledged, card carrying, you go girl. I love make-up tutorials (like below). Love 'em!
Not because I want to be a make-up artist.
I am convinced I'd make someone look like that old lady that Zooey Deschanel gave the "Cirque Du Face" look to in "The Good Girl." No, I'm just fascinated by the artistry of knowing how to combine all those products and brushes and tools to make your face look completely different. I think maybe it's because I've never worn make-up before ever in my entire life and my face has basically looked the same since I was 2, that I am intrigued by these masters of the brush.
I first discovered these on YouTube when I wasn't employed and had all night to sit up and watch strange videos I'd never seen before. You have no idea the stuff that is waiting for you to discover on YouTube. I won't even spoil it. It's like those old 80s cable access shows, there is some strange stuff... But the bright spot was finding these make-up tutorials from a YouTube user named panacea81, who is amazeballs. Watch above and report back.
I promise that you will lose half your day watching them all.
Discussion Questions: Do you love make-up tutorial videos on the Internet or TV? What strange videos have attracted you on YouTube (please send links)? And aren't you glad I'm working because my idle mind was going to waste?
4 comments:
Way back in the early 90s I had bought a fragrance for a family member that came with a complimentary make-up kit that had shadows, blushes, lipstick and mascara.
While I never wanted to be a woman, I always wanted to play with make-up. Therefore, I kept the makeup kit and had a mad fun.
This was way before youtube, so the results were not amazing, I was making it up as I went along. LOL. excuse me.
I have sometimes wanted to know what I would look like all made up (I'm convinced it would be a janky young Pam Grier) but I've never actually done it.
Kudos Menounos for trying it Allan. Sometimes a night alone with a make-up kit and some free time is all a boy really needs...
Have you seen the make up tutorial for Bad Romance? This Asian lady show you how to get those ginormous eyeballs from the bathtub scene. At the end she tells you to use Photoshop to make them bigger in pics, but even without they are HUGE!
She puts a thick line of white eyeshadow around the eye, then use false eyelashes around the white, plus some eye drops that will make you go blind if you use them too frequently but your eyes are so white.
Um, no, but I'm totally youtubing... I kinda can't wait!
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