The #PowerofMakeup Half Face Challenge!

Now I'm not trying to make a statement about body image or anything by doing this, (I very much live in a personal each to their own and do what you want world) but seeing all these #PowerofMakeup half face selfies and blog posts flying around lately just made me think more about how much make-up I actually put on in order to look like 'me'? Turns out that it's A LOT, though tbh that huge pink metal case of the stuff sat in the bathroom kind of gave that away already. Spoilsport. So here I am in full on Two Face mode, basically because I like it it and it's fun to do (like saying, and drinking, peppermint SCHNAPPS)! By the way I chose this bold lip for drama purposes. It's not my usual daily look but I do love a red pout on a night out so hey ho, this works for me.

I don't HATE my barefaced side by any means, she is the girl that my fiance goes to bed with and wakes up to every day after all, but when popped side by side like this it does show how much I seek to hide what I see as my flaws; my stubby nose and my almost Travolta-like masculine chin and jawline. I spend a lot of time contouring and colouring in these parts to make them less visible to the world, to the point where I kind of forget I feel this way about them now. Reducing them is just part of my daily routine, and that's fine by me because it makes looking in the mirror a less scowlsome experience - hurrah!

So which side do I prefer after inspection? The make-up side, no doubt. Like most chicks who've done this sort of thing, I'm not ashamed of my neked face and have popped to the shop in less make-up (note I say LESS, not NO make-up, that would be insane) than this without fear of being followed by a woman with a bell repeating 'SHAME', but the made up me is weirdly more ME than that barefaced stunner with the Clooney chin in the first pic. I'm mid thirties now, and have been wearing full faced makeup since I was 13, meaning that I've been the made up me for more than half of my life. Some people might say that that's a sad sorry story of a lost childhood, blah blah blah, but I disagree. I did all the tree climbing and BMX riding thanks very much, plenty of facial freedom had there trust me. My made up face and I have gone through some good and bad times together, made life changing discoveries about ourselves, and grown into a confident woman who has her shit together. Make-up is the frosting on top of your own awesome, and I know which side I'm on. My own :)

And in case you're interested, the full face rundown - brace yourselves!

• MAC Pro Longwear Foundation
• MAC Pro Longwear Concealer
• Maybelline Mastersculpt in Light/Medium
• MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural Powder
• Illamasqua Blusher in SOPHIE
• Maybelline The Falsies Black Drama Mascara
• MAC Veluxe Pearl Fusion Peachluxe Eyeshadow palette
• Avon Anew Beauty Smoothing Eyeliner Pencil in Black
• Illamasqua Precision Brow in Stare
• Lord & Berry 20100 Shiny Lip Pencil in Scarlet

J - I'll take half.