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As someone who also works in the beauty industry, I fully agree! Messages of empowerment aren’t necessary with makeup because we are great without it too. I find makeup to be a ‘just for fun’ type of thing. My face becomes a canvas and I create the looks I want. Quality is probably the most important factor for me. The rest is excess.

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Feb 1, 2023Liked by Mariah

I thoroughly enjoyed this read and my thoughts on this ring so true to how I perceive the beauty industry from way ago now. Sometimes I want to just buy into the magic of the promise it says it will deliver and that's the power of marketing and advertising. Heck I am easily influenced but I know that I am and am ok with that. Beauty is magic to me. I also am grateful that I can step back and think once or twice or three times before I make a purchase I may regret. Its days and time in the mind.

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Feb 1, 2023Liked by Mariah

What a great read. Thank you for sharing your thoughts! You have a lot of insight into the media & the influencer world. I really resonate with what you said ‘However, the manufactured push of necessity to seek out constant betterment—and when it’s presented from a thing stands to profit from the people they’re pushing it on—feels less than nourishing.’ A lot of makeup brands just push things in your face on why it’s so great and why that lipstick is better than any other lipstick you have sitting at home already. I love brands that donate to a good cause, are women owned, clean, cruelty free and revolve around enhancing and not masking peoples natural beauty.

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