makeup
I love makeup it fun and sometimes sparkles and is often bright & cheery, with that said I rarely wear it. My idea of having my face "done" is a swipe of lipstick, if I'm feeling extra fancy I will add mascara but most often I run around with near transparent lip gloss on and call it a day.
I've never been expected to wear makeup for work or at least no one ever mentioned it to me directly which looking back on it is kinda surprising given the number of client facing jobs I had where presentation was stressed. I was the one with the strictest dress code as the receptionist/front desk person at several jobs so while the rest of the office was allowed to bum around in jeans, t-shirts, and flip flops I was expected to wear slacks, proper shoes and blouses. I've been in numerous conversations where people have expressed surprise at the fact that I was never policed for my lack of makeup or assumed that I must have worked in small mom&pop type spaces and are rather incredulous when I name large nationally known businesses in some instances as my place of employ.
What I've been wondering is why it hasn't ever been suggested that I look more "polished" or some other vague term meant as a euphemism for put something on your naked face. Maybe I looked happy and that was good enough, maybe I was thought to be a lost cause due to having orange/blond dreadlocs and there was a concern that anything I wore on my face would clash with it. It's possible that I simply lucked into direct supervisors who wore more concerned with the quality of my work than my personal packaging past making sure I stayed within the company's dress codes, none of which mandated makeup use. There is really no way to know
I've never been expected to wear makeup for work or at least no one ever mentioned it to me directly which looking back on it is kinda surprising given the number of client facing jobs I had where presentation was stressed. I was the one with the strictest dress code as the receptionist/front desk person at several jobs so while the rest of the office was allowed to bum around in jeans, t-shirts, and flip flops I was expected to wear slacks, proper shoes and blouses. I've been in numerous conversations where people have expressed surprise at the fact that I was never policed for my lack of makeup or assumed that I must have worked in small mom&pop type spaces and are rather incredulous when I name large nationally known businesses in some instances as my place of employ.
What I've been wondering is why it hasn't ever been suggested that I look more "polished" or some other vague term meant as a euphemism for put something on your naked face. Maybe I looked happy and that was good enough, maybe I was thought to be a lost cause due to having orange/blond dreadlocs and there was a concern that anything I wore on my face would clash with it. It's possible that I simply lucked into direct supervisors who wore more concerned with the quality of my work than my personal packaging past making sure I stayed within the company's dress codes, none of which mandated makeup use. There is really no way to know
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