Quite often when I tell another woman that I’m a makeup artist, she’ll respond with an immediate confession about her makeup habits. “I don’t wear much makeup,” she’ll say, somewhat timidly, before detailing her routine. Or “I love makeup! …of course, I don’t wear too much.” Or my favorite: “I don’t wear makeup.”
This last comment is usually delivered with a whiff of moral certitude – that makeup is a triviality – or an oppression of women that I’m …
