I am a fking vain person. I’ve been wearing makeup since I was 13, even when I go to school. Girls around me would be asking me why I put makeup and saying that I don’t have to put makeup and I always thought that they are just jealous cos they don’t know how to put makeup. As I grow older I took my vanity to the next level. I got obsessed with plastic surgery and spent all my savings on a few surgeries on my eyes, nose, jaw and braces. I thought it would make me more attractive and I would have more admirers.
After all these surgeries, I did not have more admirers. My love life was still the same despite all these efforts. Then I met someone online. We didn’t know each other’s looks and identity. We simply enjoyed talking to each other.
A few months into chatting online, he asked me out and on our first date I put on full makeup as usual, concealer, foundation, eyeshadow, eyeliner, lipgloss, etc. I thought I looked perfect and the date was indeed perfect. We started dating and our relationship grew stronger as time goes. We grew comfortable with each other and sometimes I would send him selfies of me without makeup.
Then one day he said something that shocked me, “You know..I really love your dark eyecircles and your freckles.. you look so much prettier without makeup.. I like you without any makeup.. actually when I first saw you, I did not like the way you look.. but I still want to be with you because during the first few months of chatting online, I really enjoyed talking to you..”
It was not my looks that attracted him. He didn’t even like my looks when he first met me. It was my personality that attracted him. Eventually I stopped wearing makeup whenever we meet up but he never fails to compliment me on how pretty I look without makeup. He also always tells me how lucky he is to have found someone so caring, understanding and supportive. He said it was my kindness that makes me beautiful.. I’m beautiful when I take care of my loved ones when they fall sick, I’m beautiful when I make an effort to spend quality time with my loved ones, I’m beautiful when I spend hours cooking a nice meal for my loved ones… it is because beauty comes from within.
Eventually I stopped wearing makeup whenever we meet up but he never fails to compliment me on how pretty I look without makeup. He also always tells me how lucky he is to have found someone so caring, understanding and supportive. He said it was my kindness that makes me beautiful.. I’m beautiful when I take care of my loved ones when they fall sick, I’m beautiful when I make an effort to spend quality time with my loved ones, I’m beautiful when I spend hours cooking a nice meal for my loved ones… it is because beauty comes from within.