Beauty from Within

Being a makeup enthusiast and blogger, I always feel my very best when I have a full face of makeup on, my hair done and outfit on fleek. But being a regular human being, that generally tends to only be one or two days out of the week.

I'm a full time college student balancing college work, a social life, hobbies and I'm about to add a part time job to the mix. So, for me, hell yes I'd rather spend that extra 30 minutes in bed than slap on a face of makeup just to go to college for one hour at 9am.

There is truly no greater feeling than when you spend two hours getting ready for a night out and are super pleased with how you winged eyeliner turned out and your highlight is on fleek.... Although there is.

Where makeup can for so many people give a confidence boost, it is the not the only thing that can make you happy. I found my inner confidence through makeup and experimenting and altering my face to make me feel beautiful on the outside, but that is not where it ends.

In my short 18 years, I have grown to understand that although material things like makeup and shoes and clothes can you make you happy temporarily, you need something more spiritual and enlightening to achieve full eudaimonia.

I'm not going to bore you with my 6 month philosophy college knowledge, don't worry.

It's really important to find things that make you happy. Whether it's going to the gym, playing music, going on a walk, whatever. Anything.

Things that make me happy:

Going to the gym
Playing and writing music
Blogging

Walking in the park on sunny days

Food

Spending time with friends and family.

That brings me to my next point. In order to really be contempt in your own life it is important to surround yourself with positive people that share similar goals and values with you. I'm not saying a Catholic person can't be friends with an atheist or someone who's aim is to become a housewife cannot be friends with someone who wants a career. 

Think of it this way, if you want to go to your best friend for advice, you would want them to advise you to do the right thing. The right thing can vary from person to person so you would want your BFF to have morals similar to yours.

 I cannot stress enough to you all that you must find inner happiness with yourself. There is no point in surrounding yourself with the bestest of friends if you cannot be happy with yourself. I want you to think about your happiest days. For most of you, I'm sure your best days were spent with loved ones, am I correct? Whether it was with your friends or your partner or family. Can you think of a really good day when you were alone or did everything by yourself? 

Unfortunately the people you love are not always going to be there for you. Everyone has their own lives and own stuff to deal with, including you. It isn't fair for us to completely rely on others for our own happiness. Sure, there are people in our lives who bring the utmost happiness to our days but there comes a point where you can become dependent. At the end of the day when you are left on your own to reflect about your day you want to be able to make yourself happy.

Being dependent on another person for your complete happiness is a recipe for heartbreak. There's going to come a time where they can't be there for you or don't know how to help you and that's when you get hurt. Of course, vent to your BFF about your bad day, seek advice, cry it out on your boyfriend's shoulder but learn how to heal yourself, too.

The biggest piece of advice I could give to anyone is to be the best person you can be on the inside. There is absolutely no point in having the most beautifully blended eye shadow or contour on point if you're an awful person. I don't care if someone is a Victoria's Secret model, if they're a nasty person, their image is instantly altered in my head to ugly.
Be kind to everyone and be the person you want to be.
-Emily xxx