God fuck the male gaze, this store is such bullshit. Do I need a lip plumper? What are adequately pumped lips anyways? I mean people, especially women, should be solely judged on their character, not by their appearance. God, no wonder grown women have body issues, I mean look at this model, she’s easily 12. Fuck, should I start worrying about deep set wrinkles? Maybe I should ask the sales rep, NOPE she’s like 16, she wouldn’t know anything about aging. I don’t condone this shit at all, distracting us with these dumbfuck beauty rituals, as if women had nothing more to offer society than the ability to contour. How do they contour? That just seems like magic. I mean who the fuck is society to tell people they have no inherent value beyond some genetic roll of the dice, so fucking dumb. I wonder if this fiber lash extender works, I mean it seems like it would – it’s only $19, fuck it, I’ll try it. I mean, I’m only here because I’m playing the game, beauty has a commodity value, they’ve done endless studies on the privileges of attractiveness. It’s not like me boycotting makeup will upend the patriarchy, but it for sure will get me treated better at the grocery store. This is a really pretty color of teal, I wonder if I could pull off teal eye shadow? I mean, I really work to not judge people on their appearance, I know how detrimental that shit is, but it doesn’t mean that I’m not being judged, this shit is really survival for women. If this is what we have to do to have equal advantages, fuck it. Wait, I don’t understand, so yellow concealer is for under eyes, green is for red spots, but there’s still like 40 other colors of concealer here? Who has good face make up on that can explain this shit to me? I can’t BELIEVE I’m spending my hard earned less than a man would make in a comparable position money on this crap, I’m such a fucking hypocrite. If I was really a feminist, I would have given every single penny to the women’s shelter. I’m excited to try this lip color though, I will master this trend, so cute. How do I even sleep at night, I am literally everything I hate. Okay, maybe I go home and match funds? God I fucking hate myself.
—natalie michelle
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