Makeup is a one size fits all.

One thing I always heard growing up was that makeup was only for girls over the age of 16.

That became my truth. I remember picking up some mascara when I was 11 and my dad telling me "If you do it tastefully you can wear it out". Looking back my entire makeup journey started with a mascara wand. Eventually I enrolled in a local theatre company and I guess you could say that started my makeup interest, or maybe it was the countless Youtube videos I watched

showing me how to make something out of nothing.

My curiosity grew, so finally I purchased some Mehron body paints and got to work.

Years later I was at the breakfast table and was playing around with an eyeshadow palette and jokingly put it on my brother. You would have thought the world was ending. He was told to go upstairs and wash it off right away, that makeup was only for girls.

In that moment my art felt like it was all a lie. Hearing someone so close to me saying

that something is art only when a girl does it... it didn't seem right.

Why was it only art when a girl was wearing it? Why did gender lessen the value?

If it's art when a girl is wearing it, it's art when a boy is too?

The answer is it doesn't lose it's value. Makeup is an art form, just as canvas is. The more we trap makeup in this little box that is only for woman, the more art we prohibit from happening.

If you want to encourage artists, stop telling them what they can and can't create.

Painting someone can make or break their whole day. Getting to create a character and be someone else for a little bit is breath of fresh air. Why would you want to take that away from someone? I guess the whole point of this post is to be aware, be aware of the stigma against boys creating with a platform that isn't necessarily marketing towards them.

Art is art, creativity has no limits. It's either for everyone, or no one.