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"I do makeup for me, as expression, not for anyone else" is the biggest load of crock I've ever heard. Isn't it a little weird that everyone who does makeup 'for themselves' always aims for the same goal - making eyes look bigger, skin more youthful, lips fuller?

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Jan 8, 2020

ok yes but sometimes you use pinkish purple shades instead of pinkish red ones and last thursday you even did a cut crease so now this is definite proof you're not doing this 'for anyone else'

Aella

@Aella_Girl

Jan 8, 2020

"I do this expressively, for me, not anyone else" - 18th century lady putting the fake mole by her eye instead of her mouth this time

Aella

@Aella_Girl

"This isn't for anyone else, this is entirely my own self expression" - 4000 BC egyptian woman using kohl to make her eyes look almond shaped

10:03 PM · Jan 8, 2020

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Ask back: Do you put it on when you're staying at home, for yourself, too?

the overpoweredginger

@AdmiralOPG

Jan 8, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

In the words of my all-time favorite bumper sticker: "I express my individuality through mass-produced bumper stickers"

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She probably did lol, kohl apparently kept the eye infections away

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I think there's more going on here. The motivation is generally to "be attractive", which is ultimately for the sake of others. But the key is that it's one's _own_ sense of what is attractive.

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You even hear Islamic women say they want to wear a burka (for X reason unrelated to misogynistic oppression). We humans are awesome at rationalizing but awful at recognizing when we do it.