First of all...let me just say... THE DEVIL IS A LIAR...(yes i blame him for everything..lol)

I almost missed church.. for what reason? I woke up this morning after a lot of procastination and time checking, I finally got up, put on a cd and went into the shower. The music was getting to me so I decided to dance a little while I tried to figure out what to wear to the house of the Lord. Finally, beautiful soul is all dressed when she realises that she has no make up on. LAI LAI.. I wont go anywhere without my face being duly painted, na so I decide, oya let me get my make up bag put on some powder and eye liner and LO AND BEHOLD..

I couldn't find my make up bag. It was not in it's usual position,
let me check under the pile of clothes on the chair, make up bag is not there.
Okay, let me check the last handbag I carried, it should be there, no make up bag there either. EHN.. AT THIS POINT I AM GOING CRAZY, TALKING VERY LOUDLY TO MYSELF.. looking everywhere in my tiny campus room for this make up bad, checked in my laundry bag, nothing, checked my underwear drawer, nothing, under the bed, nothing, in the box i havent opened in two weeks and still nothing.
I swear I was on the verge of tears, the thought of me going to church without make up on was inconceivable. I mean how can I go to church with no make up on? Never. I just had to find this make up bag. Bear in mind that I had already missed the bus and the next one was not for another thirty minutes so I was definitely going to be late, in fact I had even decided I was going NOWHERE if I did not find this make up bag. FINALLY, it occured to me that I was not gonna find this bag, so I decided to just glance in the mirror and what I saw was not so bad. I saw a fresh faced girl with curly short hair with tears streaming down her face and I was just amazed at myself.
As in, I really was not gonna go to church just because I had no make up on. Not like maybe I had some hot toaster in church o, or I know more than the same five people from uni at the church o. I just hissed, put more moisturizer on my face, packed my bible and things and decided I was gonna make it to that church whether I was gonna be late or not, make up or not.

As I said before The devil is a liar, I shall never be too vain to blow off going to church just because I have no make up. I am not ugly and I dont need make up to conceal anything. The make up bag is still AWOL and I have resolved myself to the fact that I have to start investing in new make up. Whenever I can afford it. FINISH.

I know so many people that are so uncomfortable with their natural selves that they have to paint layers and layers of make up on just to walk around in their house. I know a girl like this, she was my best friend's flat mate and everytime I went to visit for the weekend, this babe ALWAYS ALWAYS had make up on and I am not talking just subtle make up o, I mean the whole works and the sad part of it is that she doesnt even look good with all the make up. She looks so freaky you know like all those women who play witches in nollywood films, by the time she puts 3 different types of powder on, her contacts, the eye liner, the fake lashes, the mascara, the blusher, the everything, I dont even know what else, she looks so freaky, I literally can't look her in the face because I am so uncomfortable. I just wonder, how uncomfortable must you be with yourself that you can not even let your close friends see you without any make up on. I should also mention that this girl can not even fry plantain, and her mum had to cook batches of food for her every month for her. I dont know why I mentioned that but sha sha(what did the bible say about not judging others?..lol).

Then I have my lovely friend, chameleon, I call her chameleon because she looks like a very different person with make up on. We are always teasing her that we hope no boy uses her picture to judge what she looks like "ki okunrin ma fi picture fe e o" because the person you see in her pics and the person you see in the natural with no make up on are two different people. But at least she is comfortable in her natural skin which I think is very important for a woman.

Now my behaviour this morning freaked me out o. When did I become so insecure that I almost missed church because I had no make up on? I mean seriously. I was crying o, no jokes and I have decided I am going to get reacquainted with my natural self, and use make up only when I feel that there is a special occasion but I wont rely on it as a way to determine who I am. If people think I look ugly, na them know, I dont care.

But, the mystery of the missing make up bag continues o. We are still searching for it, trying to determine where and when it got lost. I am a bit depressed that I have to spend hard earned cash on new make up. Actually... my birthday is in a couple of weeks, so pls if anyone wants to give me a present(wink) then make up is the way to go. The most important things for me are eye liner, lip gloss , mascara and maybe powder, the normal mac nw 45. And blush please.THANK YOU!!!

Hope its the beginning of a fabulous week for you.
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