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I am a make-up wearing kind a girl. My make-up obsession started when I was a teen in a desperate attempt to cover up my freckles and my naturally rosy red checks. But my first make-up experience was when I told my sister (4 years my senior) that I was heading off on my bike to visit my ‘boy‘ friend, I was all of 12 years old. She shut her bedroom door and announced “you are not going out like that!” She then grabbed her eye liner pencil and proceeded to apply it under my eyes, “OK,” she smiled, “now you’re ready!” I guess that’s what you get from a 16 year old sister. Let’s just say I learnt a lot from her about make-up and boys.

I was always more of a foundation and eye liner girl, not keen on lip gloss, or bright lip sticks. I focused more on my big brown eyes, but over the years lip gloss has become one of my ‘go to‘ items! Another I’ve added to my ‘must have‘ in a make-up bag is blush. For years I avoided blush, I mean seriously why would I need it when I already hated my naturally rosy red cheeks? But with turning 30 comes wisdom ladies, (it’s true), their is a difference between natural annoying red cheeks and a  beautifully defined cheek bone due to perfectly applied blusher. (I prefer the creams to the powder).

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Let’s face it, there are days that just, well to be blunt ‘suck’! Last Friday for example, I dragged my tired, grumpy, anxious self out of bed (reluctantly) and put on my ‘psyched up face‘ in place of my “psycho face‘, and embraced the day! It took motivation, some mindfulness and a good solid dose of ‘positive attitude’! (It turned out it was totally worth the effort, click here to see why). But as much as I believe we shouldn’t put on a false mask and hide ourselves, sometimes a bright lipstick can give us that little push to get us out the door! 

Click to Tweet:   It can take motivation, some mindfulness and a good solid dose of ‘positive attitude’ to get out the door some days. #TWSS

I am an advocate for positivity, for showing up in our lives and being ourselves. I don’t believe we should hide who we are, and I love my freckles now! I believe if we hide behind a mask we miss out on learning the best about ourselves and close ourselves off to amazing life experiences. We are all so much more alike than we realise, we all have ‘bad’ days, ‘psycho‘ days, ‘sad‘ days, and ‘not want to face the world‘ kind of days. It’s OK to admit that! Sometimes it takes one person to say ‘I am struggling with the kids today’, ‘I need help’, or ‘my boss is driving me crazy’, to realise we all go through the same crap. Just like some days are amazing, or unexpectedly hilarious! And you know what, if it takes a bit of bright red lip stick to help us fake it ’til we make it some days then I say put that lip stick on and rock it! Just remember if things get too much, it is OK to put your hand up and say “I need help!’

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Let your inner beauty shine through always, Thanks for joining me, love Mackenzie xx

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