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Having turned 19, I feel that it's about time I learned how to wear some decent makeup. I've already purchased a brown eyeshadow thingy and tried putting some on my eyelids several times. The thing is, however, I can't really say that I look better with it at all. I mean, of course my eyes are accentuated with the brown colour on the fringe. Even so, those just don't seem to work for me. It's more like I just become a girl with emphasised eyes for some reason that even I myself don't know. I am, admittedly, very well aware of the fact that I suck at it. I wondered though, if this could apply to all the other people wearing a makeup.
For females, should I define it or not, it even seems one of the greatest tasks in their lives to look decent with makeup. Of course, some would never take it that way. Though it does strike me as so, having been growing up here in Japan so far.
When I was in highschool, there was my favourite World History teacher. Once he said in his class, 'Isn't women being required to wear a makeup at work kind of a discrimination against them?' This comment he made has been indelibly imprinted on my mind this far.
I also noticed recently that makeups make every kind of faces look all alike, if you look at them in the big picture. They are all aiming for the same 'ideal' features of face. Longer eyelashes, emphasised eyes, glossier lips...and so forth.
Now I'm kind of in a dilemma. Should I still keep on practising while holding an imperishable question deep inside me? Or, should I rather just give it all up and live my life with an as-it-is face?
Well, it's probably not an issue one has to take so seriously<3
Still it was a good subject for me to practise writing with:P
Thank you for sparing time to read all this!
Don't forget to be harsh on correcting my English:D
For females, should I define it or not, it even seems one of the greatest tasks in their lives to look decent with makeup. Of course, some would never take it that way. Though it does strike me as so, having been growing up here in Japan so far.
When I was in highschool, there was my favourite World History teacher. Once he said in his class, 'Isn't women being required to wear a makeup at work kind of a discrimination against them?' This comment he made has been indelibly imprinted on my mind this far.
I also noticed recently that makeups make every kind of faces look all alike, if you look at them in the big picture. They are all aiming for the same 'ideal' features of face. Longer eyelashes, emphasised eyes, glossier lips...and so forth.
Now I'm kind of in a dilemma. Should I still keep on practising while holding an imperishable question deep inside me? Or, should I rather just give it all up and live my life with an as-it-is face?
Well, it's probably not an issue one has to take so seriously<3
Still it was a good subject for me to practise writing with:P
Thank you for sparing time to read all this!
Don't forget to be harsh on correcting my English:D
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And now I wonder... (titles usually start with a capital letter)
I mean, of course my eyes are accentuated with by the brown colour on the ?fringe?. (Fringe is a word, but I can't figure out what you mean by it in this context, sorry!)
Even so, those it just doesn't seem to work for me.
I wondered though, if this could apply to all the other people wearing a makeup.
For females women, should I define say it or not (OR at the end of the sentence: if I may say so), it even seems like one of the greatest tasks in their lives is to look decent with makeup.
Of course, some would never take it that way (heavily) disagree.
Though Still it does strike me as so, having grown up here in Japan so far.
When I was in high school, I had a favourite teacher, who taught History.
Once he said in his class, 'Isn't women being required to wear a makeup at work a kind of a discrimination against them?' This comment he made has been indelibly imprinted on my mind to this day.
I also noticed recently that makeups makes all kinds of faces look very much alike, if you look at them from a distance / in a crowd (not exactly sure what you meant).
They are all aiming for the same 'ideal' facial features.
Longer eyelashes, emphasised eyes, glossy lips, and so forth...
and so forth.
Should I still keep on practicing while holding an imperishable question deep inside me?
Or ,should I rather just give it all up and live my life with an as-it-is face?
Thank you for sparing the time to read all this!
Don't forget to be harsh on correcting my English:D (haha, this made me laugh ^^)
You say 'those just don't seem to work for me.' I couldn't find anything in plural in your story that you might be referring to, so I changed it to singular. The expression 'to wear makeup' is without an article. The term 'females' is not normally used for people of the female gender. Instead, they are called 'women' ;-). There is a difference between saying "It seems [that] .." and "It seems like ...". The former is synonymous to saying "It appears [that]..", the speaker establishes a fact based on the things he perceives. Example: "It seems I've forgotten my hat, Dr. Watson!" In the latter phrasing, the speaker says that something looks a certain way, but isn't (necessarily) so. Example: "It seems like forever since we last kissed." This last version is (probably!) the one you want.
The word 'still' fits better here than 'though'. 'Still' means something like: "Even though that's true,..."
"Having grown up here so far" implies that you are still growing up...your nickname (..1990) suggests you are 18 or 19 years old, so surely you have reached complete adulthood by now, right?! ;-) Seriously though, growing up refers more to your childhood years, the words "so far" seemed out of place to me. The expression with 'kind of' is: "A kind of [..]" You do not need an article after 'kind of' in this case. There is also another use of kind of, meaning "somewhat", which you use correctly later in the text.
"Longer eyelashes, ..." You do not need the comparative form here, because you are not comparing these eyelashes to other eyelashes, you are simply describing facial features. " ,and so forth" should be directly after the enumeration, not in a sentence of its own.
To say "to keep practicing" already means you were practicing, and will continue. There is no need to add "still."
"Holding an imperishable question deep inside me" is correct, but sounds..poetic. If that's what you were going for, great! If not, realize that this would sound out of the ordinary in English. I tried thinking of a more ordinary example, but I can't figure it out, sorry!
Whew, that turned out to be a pretty long post! I had a lot of fun reading your story, and correcting it for you. I like your critical attitude, don't belittle yourself for thinking out of the box! I don't have much experience in the field of makeup, but I'd think that there are less ordinary ways to use it, too! Maybe you can find your own look? Shorter lashes, underemphasised eyes, you name it ;-) If I were a girl, I would experiment a lot with makeup! :D but I think makeup looks weird on guys, so I'm not going to try it myself.
Alright, time to get to my own language learning! I look forward to your next diary entry! ;-)
PS I noticed you sometimes write slang words like "n" for "and", and "cuz" for "because". Careful with those, don't let that become a habit or you might find yourself writing slang in important documents! ;-)