My Vision, My Makeup: The Saga
I’ve been a four eyes since the 2nd grade. Evidently binge reading plus optically challenged genetics equals functional blindness. It’s a formula that holds true to this day.
My first pair of glasses had comically large pink plastic frames, because why wouldn’t they. It was like I was trying to earn another merit badge in dorkdom. High waters? Check. Preference for books over human interaction? Check. Thick corrective lenses that if swiped off my face rendered me helpless? Aww yeah.
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Because of this, I only wear makeup and glasses simultaneously if I’ve already done my makeup for the day with contacts in place and then later switch to glasses. It’s extremely difficult and frankly, hazardous, for me to try to apply makeup without any sort of vision correction.
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On days when I’m too tired/grumpy/late to wear contacts this generally means I throw my glasses on and head to work bare faced.
It’s cool. I’m a pediatrician. Between ear exams and immunizations the kids are used to being frightened when they see me.
Despite this, I’ve been trying to MacGyver a way to apply makeup without my contacts in.
I have a magnifying mirror that I use to facilitate …read more
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