In a culture where we highly value the individual and creativity women spend hundreds of dollars on make-up,  and hours of their lives painting their faces to become as homogenous as possible. 

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Why don't we uses the pigments to paint our faces as uniquely as the people we aim to be?

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I mark my face daily with women's makeup products in non-traditional ways. Eye liner, lip stain and eye shadow become tools for crafting emotive designs that aim to express my emotional state at the start of the day. I wear the design for the entirety of my day. I am documenting intermittently via the Instagram handle what-is-makeup.

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In my questioning I have found that I am now hyper aware of myself without makeup. I question why people stare at me, I have gotten so used to it when my face is painted that I fully question why it is happening when my face is bare.