Social Pressure...

So is it just me or did I get pregnant and have a baby and everyone went make up crazy. I see brows everywhere, blending brushes, Mac is always hectic, everyone is a makeup artist, everyone's highlight and contour is on fleeeeek!! Before I had Milena I use to go out and put on bronzer and lashes and some lipstick if I was feeling funky. And all my makeup was drugstore. I got pregnant and it's as if everyone went contour and high end crazy!!! And whilst I was pregnant I did not have the confidence I once had (having cankles can never be sexy and wearing pregnancy leggings had no spice to it lol) and I would be on Instagram, with my feet raised, drinking orange lucozade (my craving yum) and eating cheesy doritos (my other crazing, my fingers would be orange and stanky) and I would be scrolling through the gram with a list of things I wanted to do. I even got convinced that I wanted my lips done and that I wanted to go honey blonde again!!! And it's so funny because it's just social pressure and when you don't feel good about yourself it's so easy to cave in.

I'm so for natural beauty, I only started wearing foundation in 2015 lol and I only wear it when I'm going out or if I have somewhere cute to go, on a day to day I will not put it on. I still wear mascara, I don't have individual lashes, my hair is completely it's natural colour (thank god it's now falling out because of all my Breast feeding, imagine adding dye to that mix) I don't fake tan or fake anything!!! And yes maybe I'm not back to feeling like myself completely but I have totally got over my pregnant phase where I thought I had to change myself in order to keep up with society. I think it's so important to not get stuck in all the hype. Don't get me wrong when I do get fleeked up and do my hair and my makeup I do feel good!!!! But I think it's just becoming too much!! Being natural is still so beautiful and feeling comfortable in your own skin is important too!!

So for all you pregnant mummies or all you new mummies, don't get so fixed on the imagine of becoming that woman you were before, because that will never be you, you are now a mummy so you need to embrace your new flaws and werk it!!!

P.s - if you do want to contour and shit give yourself 4 hours to get ready, because it's hard enough getting mini you ready, cleaning your house, feeding yourself and your baby ect and if you obsess about looking perfect you will never leave the house!! Because the second you are looking fleeked up your boobs will start to leak, your baby will shit on you and all over their clothes!!! And then you will literally have a mental breakdown (speaking from experience lol)

For those that have asked what makeup I use...

I want to start by saying i wear makeup not to change anything but to enhance myself, and i am not a pro either, i apply the basics!!!

This picture was taken using the main iphone camera with flash!

foundation: luminous silk by Giorgio Armani, i have an even skin tone and quite clear skin so i just use one pump of product with a buffing brush

brows: i have dark and thick brows naturally so i just apply a little bit of the sleek brow pot in dark brown using the brow brush that comes in the packet

brozer: motives miami glow bronzer

lips: carmex lol

mascara: i have naturally got very long and curly lashes so i just use no 7 long stay mascara ( its gold mascara) its the best because it does not smudge!!!