i feel like the “beauty” industry should be renamed the “exploitation of physical appearance, culture and insecurities” industry but u know… dats just me… and if makeup truly was about creativity i could go out looking like a damn piet mondrian jigsaw puzzle painting and people would compliment me on my craft and artistic perspective but it’s not really about creativity it’s about how palatable and gilded you can make your cage look
tumblr is like wading through everyone else’s garbage until you find something good and go “ah. this is good” and take it and display it in your own garbage pile