open my mind.

Angelique | 18 | UCLA

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[erymanthian]

[digivolvin]

i quit sephora and now i feel much more comfortable being able to talk about my issues with makeup culture as it has evolved, so here’s a bit of a venting session from me! wall of text ahead!

to start: i think makeup is great, it’s incredibly fun, and i will alway stand by it as an invaluable method of immediate and non-permanent self-modification. it can help a lot of people with self expression and (mostly gender) presentation, and the fact that there are so many people who feel truer to their internal selves with the help of makeup is wonderful. 

BUT, that said, makeup culture itself is awful. i was in cosmetic sales for about 3 years, i’ve been an avid makeup enthusiast for a good decade, and it disheartens me the way people come to view themselves because of makeup culture. before i worked at sephora i was much more optimistic about makeup, and y’all would see me go blue in the face defending it– working in cosmetics shed a LOT of light on the things i would prefer to ignore. 

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[wordsnquotes]

To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.

Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings (via wordsnquotes)

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[strwrs-blog]

[wookieekisses]

so cute!

[wookieekisses]

The good old days

[ninetythrillizz]

[rupikaur-deactivated20170926]

[missmargaretcarter]

Every generation has a story.

[hiddlesy]

“You faced a lot of criticism online from Star Wars fans when you got announced. A big part of that comes down to you being black. How did that make you feel?”

[aestheticacadema]

[dryyoureyes-startbelieving]

Someday you will look back and know exactly why it had to happen.

(via crazeist)

[midnightdanc3r]

You know you haven’t been on tumblr in awhile when your bio still says you’re 18 and you’re turning 21 next month, GG

[xokingofthefallxo]

[raychillster]

stop romanticizing unhealthy relationships.

stop thinking you can change someone. you can’t. they need to change for themselves.

stop romanticizing the idea of you two being together some day. if it isn’t happening now, let it go. 

no more pouring your heart out for someone who gives you little to no reciprocation. 

find someone who values your long letters and passionate attempts. this person will reciprocate, with twice as much fire.

[lovemakesyouwonder]