“Inner beauty is more important that outer beauty.”  “It’s about who you are on the inside.”  Every teenage girl hears this over and over throughout her life, but still make-up stores like Claire’s and Sephora are always booming with teen girls trying to “beautify” themselves.  But their efforts don’t always work because honestly natural beauty is best.

I’m not going to lie and say looks aren’t important because, of course, guys are going to care how girls look.  But it is definitely not the most important thing.  Now when I say this I don’t mean let yourself go completely and lose all self-pride, but don’t stress about impressing us guys and especially DON’T overdue it with make-up.

What do I mean by overdoing it?  Don’t make yourself look like a Barbie Doll.  If you are spending more than five minutes to put make-up on before school, then something is wrong.  If you skin color noticeably changes after putting make-up on, then you have too much on.  And if you get an abnormal skin rash anywhere on your face, there is a problem and you must seek medical help.

Lots of times girls wear so much make-up , it looks like they’re dressing up for Halloween.  What a way to turn guys off.  We prefer the athletic girl who isn’t afraid to sweat and be herself around us.  Or the smart girl who takes pride in her work and partying isn’t her priority.  We want you to be who you are, not try to be someone you’re not just to impress us.

Too much make-up shows that you aren’t happy being who you are.  It shows us that maybe you’re trying to cover up a major flaw.  Too much make-up, although it sounds cliché, never lets us see the real you.  A guy who really likes you won’t want you to wear make-up because he loves the real you, not the make-upped you.  If a guy ever tells you to wear make-up, he’s not worth your time.  Forget about him and move on because if he only likes you with make-up then he isn’t the one for you.

A little make-up doesn’t hurt.  And for special occasions and dances, it’s fine to dress yourself up with make-up.  But to school?  Save yourself the time and money.