With renewed ambition after some
serious online window shopping I rushed to my favorite makeup supplier (which
means the nearest Walgreen’s) first thing in the morning with eyes only for
shadow. I went a wee bit crazy and ended up spending about $32 in product I
wasn’t even sure was going to work.
Keeping my
pale skin in mind rather than my eye color (I’d really rather not wear green
and violet eye shadow everyday), I picked up some nude, brown, and pink pallets
in various shades that were sold in either a trio or duo. One of the palettes
even had a convenient little diagram on the back for shadow noobs like me. I
also opted for a $5 primer which was a much better choice than the $12 dollar
ones that were eyeing me.
I carted my
frivolously-bought pallets home and proudly spread them out around my bathroom sink
like little color pigmented soldiers readying for battle. Armed with remover
pads and blending brushes, I went to work following all the neat little tips I
had acquired through my YouTube tutorial ventures a couple days ago…I even
tried following one of said tutorials while I was applying: I paused, applied,
played, watched, paused again, blended, but it was no use. My poor little
shadow soldiers never had a chance…
In short my
experiment was a complete and utter disaster. The colors either made me look
like I lost blood in my eyelids, or like I got into a fight at a pink-powder
factory. Most of the browns/neutrals that were any darker than my skin tone
made by lids look ruddy. Even after some serious blending and tests of
different light, medium, and dark color combos, I still looked like I got
punched in the face by a dirt devil.
With a
horrid conglomeration of tan, brown and pink shadows more on my face than my
eyelids, I got to thinking. Am I a one shadow girl? I remember getting
compliments on a day-to-day basis when I wore a peachy-shimmer with just
mascara as my daily look. There was nothing wrong with how I looked when I used
only one shadow shade, but settling on such a fate made me nervous. Didn’t you
have to be a multi-shade girl to be officially inducted into the beauty maven
world? Don’t I have to gush over the latest ‘Naked’ palette or Lime Crime trio
to fit into my aspired title as a beauty guru? Was it okay to be happy with a
single paint pot I got for six bucks at Rite Aid?
I finished
the night with clean lids and my normal before-bed skin care routine. I’m still
unsure if I feel confident with my single-shade identity. I don’t know whether
to rue it or embrace its simplicity….but hear this fellow beauty-lovers, a
silly army of shadow will not be my downfall! Nothing can stop a girl with
red-hot glitter in her veins <3!
Till my
next adventure,
Lizzie
