Ugh. I've been driving myself insane trying to figure out makeup. I'm close to just giving it up, but if by some miracle I get some kind of handle on it I might keep trying.
Here's the thing: I know fucking nothing about makeup. Nothing. I know you can get different colours, the basic concept of where eyeshadow and eyeliner goes, and I'm well acquainted with foundation because I wear that frequently to hide facial hair. That's pretty much it. It's been a frustrating experience trying to get help and advice with it all as well because everyone assumes knowledge. My friend seemed to be really surprised that I don't have "nautral colours", whatever they may be, and just have black. To me they seem pretty unjust in their reaction. I've told them many times I know nothing about it.
Everyone I've asked is like "ok well first you need to get this and this and this then do this and this and that's pretty much it". Woah woah woah, slow the fuck down. I told you I know nothing, why are you giving me a billion steps at once? This shit isn't simple, no matter how much you think it is.
The problem is it's intimidating. It's scary delving into a new world. These people who I'm asking have years of experience behind them, even if it's just doing the exact same simple eyeliner every day. But they still have years of doing that behind them, and seem to assume that other beginners are on an equal footing. Well, some aren't.
The easiest thing to compare it to is making a 5 year old skip first and second grade and move onto third. It's still basic stuff, right? Well, yes, but there's a few key things to learn in the first two grades. Things you learn there and only there that will make things in third grade make any sense. I don't mean "make it make more sense", I mean "make it make any sense".
I didn't even know what a "compact" was until 20 minutes ago. Maybe the fact I had to ask my main source is an indicator that I'm not even at grade 1, let alone 3.
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