My skin was beyond bad, my confidence in shambles, and I had little hope of ever again feeling beautiful without makeup.
Skin is our largest organ, so it makes sense that we give it some TLC regularly! In high school, I had typical teenage skin. A few breakouts here and there, but nothing my peers weren't going through at the same time. I started college as an extremely excited 18 year old, looking to gain some more confidence. What happened instead was I lost almost all of it. An unfortunate combination of major stress, poor sleep, bad diet, and bad products created an intense cystic acne struggle that would last the next four years.
Because no matter what diet, supplement, and topical medication I tried, there was little improvement, so I turned to makeup to help mask my pimples and plummeting self-worth. I had always loved cosmetics, but fascination turned obsession as I used it as my mask rather than my enhancement. I ended up resenting my 45 minute routine, and lost confidence. I hit an all time low, when I headed into Macy's cosmetic section in hopes to find a new foundation that would cover my skin better. Two separate sales ladies, from two separate companies ended up berating me and my "horrible skin". I left product-less, and dignity-less. They told me things like:
"What have you been eating for it to get this bad?!" and "You'd be better off not ever wearing makeup, this is the worst I've seen in a while".
Like any sensible woman my age I demanded to see their manager immediately. Just kidding. I got in my car, sobbing, and called my mom. After that I tried more and more skincare products, and even went in for professional acne facials, but nothing would get rid of my issue completely. My parents finally agreed to put me on Accutane, an extremely harsh internal drug. It was originally developed as a chemotherapy option, so this stuff is intense and comes with a laundry list of side-effects. I finally came out on the other side with clear skin. It was lifeless, dull, and riddled with pitted scars, but not a bump in sight!
Fast forward almost two years, and I still resented makeup. All those years of feeling ugly without it, and knowing I wasted so much time putting it on, left me feeling like it was a chore. I had just won a new skincare line from a friend's giveaway, and heard it was amazing for dry skin. I thought I might as well give it a try, what could I lose? My results were nothing short of amazing. Not only were the small breakouts I began to experience again, a thing of the past, but my skin was actually glowing for this first time since childhood. I decided I needed to own this product for the rest of my life, and why not get the discount too, right?
Becoming a Maskcara Artist in April 2018 was one of the best thing I could have done. Not only is it a company I can get behind, but their products have made me fall in love with make up again. I have never felt more beautiful and confident, than when I started with Maskcara Beauty, both with the makeup on, and also once I take it off.
<3 Kaitlin
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