“Say to yourself, I am perfect, the way I am. Say to yourself, I am beautiful the way I am. Say to yourself, those who do not accept me the way I am, do not deserve me in their life.” – Abhijit Naskar.
I was never really interested in beauty, fashion, or my personal style until I was well into Senior Secondary School. And even then, I was too playful to take my image too seriously. That left me with cringe-worthy photos and style memories that make me want to cry, laugh, and go back in time to correct them all at once.
As I grow older, my skin is beginning to change and I am becoming more aware of how I look, how my skin feels, the products my skin loves, and those that I definitely need to stop using. I have grown to be more intentional about my style and beauty decisions and have grown to develop an everyday go-to look that has helped me put my look in order on those days when I can only spare 30 minutes before I run out of the door.
My go-to beauty look is a well-moisturised skin and spritz of perfume straight out of the shower, filled-in brows, light dustings of highlight on my eyelids and high points of my face, a light coat of mascara and eyeliner, and a tinted lipgloss to prevent ashy lips. A pair of jeans and a feminine blouse later, and voila! I’m ready to face the world in any of my favourite slides from an amazing made-in-Nigeria leather accessories store, RAE Accessories.
This is my easy-to-emulate, natural, everyday go-to look, that still has me looking polished, effortless, and comfortable, just the way it ought to be. Everyone needs to create an everyday go-to look that can be nailed in 30 minutes or less and doesn’t require a lot to pull off.
I am not religious with my use of Sunscreen but that’s one thing I want to work on (as soon as I find a Sunscreen that I love, blends into my skin easily, and isn’t scented or greasy).
So what’s your everyday go-to look?
P/S: The amazing Ndubuisi of Fruithloops Photography took these photos of me! I’m about to make him MY photographer, yes?
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” – James 1:17
This article was first published in my previous blog and was transfered here with only minor typographic edits.
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