I don’t ever appear in
public without makeup let alone youtube.
But I want to do a recovery makeover for all those who’ve suffered and
are on the upswing. Entering the world
vulnerable is something we all must do sometimes. To do better.
In my early teens I read
Estee Lauder’s biography and in it she said that one sign a woman was recovering
from a traumatic event was that she got re-interested in her appearance and
bought makeup, especially lipstick. So
estee lauder created the gift with purchase and tried to always include a
bright lipstick in any giveaway…to boost her women customer’s self esteem. I remember that comment always.
Recently
a confluence of events really got to me.
I’d already been wanting to do a video on makeup for recovery. Young or old, most of us have something to
recover from. Then I saw a cancer
patient makeup video in which the patients were surprised and photographed when
made over in an over the top manner. A
good start but it misses the everyday impact a more realistic makeover can
have. Tim Draper funded a mom
entrepreneur scholarship for his Draper university online program in entrepreneurship,
in which I recently participated, and I
was interviewed about it. Then came the
article saying women don’t want to be ceos.
Women
want to be coes. Women are ceos. I’m a survivor too and just not ready to talk
about it. But I did grow up in an
abusive home and then slogged it out as a rare female in technology investment
banking. I learned to keep my mouth
shut, suck it up and play within the system
But now
I have something to say. And I’m saying
it in makeup. The products I’ll be using
are all from companies founded, run by or – in an excessive way – supporting
women’s rights or other rights. Women
ceos and founders. And I’m naming names.
How
does makeup help us recover and face the world from strength? Watch and find out. I’ll keep this somewhat brief as I hate long
videos myself. I have papers to keep my
names straight!
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