Makeup? Who’s She?!
Hey, is this thing still on? I think it’s still working right? Hey, friends. What’s the story? Did you miss me a little bit? Did you miss me as much as I missed you is a better question? My ego could use a soft stroke or two.
We’re headed into April soon and I stopped actively blogging with a few posts here and there nearly a year ago. Kind of wild it’s been one year without me yelling at you about some new makeup launch.
Makeup, well, makeup and I still have a love affair from time to time. We aren’t actively dating at the moment and maybe, just maybe we went through a divorce period but it was mutually agreed upon and I got the house, the car, and the emergency bag of NERDS Gummy Clusters. We currently co-parent the last pot of MAC Parrot Eyeshadow together and we’re relatively in a very healthy relationship at this point in our lives. The other day my makeup collection came up to me and said bella, you look 12 years old, maybe you could just haul out a little blush, slather on a little eyeshadow, you don’t need a full beat, girl but at least add a little color into your natural face life, babe. And I was all, ehhh, maybe, let me ask the Internet first.
Life changed this past year and sometimes too much of a good thing can be tiring and beauty got tiring. The beauty bubble broke years ago and I honestly, don’t know if it’ll ever make a full come back for someone who lived through the Urban Decay Subway Token Eyeshadow era. I got this weird itch to waddle back into my Y-Girl life after I stopped blogging and I embraced it so hard my head near spun off my shoulders. If you’ve been here a while you remember the Lakorn and K-Drama Days and of course, the manga that came along for the ride with it all. Hell, most of you know all my weird and unusual interests like late night WOW sessions, Age of King binges, and overanalyzing Doctor Who episodes like the Queen nerd I am. What’s it like being a Y-Girl at my age? I dunno. It doesn’t seem any different than it did several years ago. The only difference was makeup isn’t part of that world at the moment. I was the girl walking around the house in my pajamas with a full face of makeup on while I did all the stupid viral things on Tiktok like make banana bread during the pandemic. What a time to be alive! At that point most people were embracing their self care era and I was like, “naaa! I’l wear red lipstick today and a bunch of eyeshadow while I re-organize the pantry and have a zoom meeting!”
The irony is the pandemic was over and that’s when I finally said, hey, I think I need a break to do things I love! Which is odd because maintaining Musings of a Muse was a thing I LOVED. But somewhere along this wild, wild ride of a blog I fell out of love. It became a chore, a task I had to do everyday, and that’s when I realized, I think I need a break from this to do things I let fall to the curb side. And here I am one year later telling you all about how makeup wasn’t part of my life for almost 365 days.
My makeup roo, she’s still here, waiting for me quietly to return. Musings of a Muse also, still here. But probably not as quiet lately as right now she’s tapping at my brain, brush her fingers across the back of neck, just subtle reminders that she’s here, waiting, wondering, is today the day I’ll write about the latest concealer or rant about the new Rare Beauty Eyeshadow Palettes.
Where do I go from here is the question?