1. When you get complimented on the fact that you go bare-faced.
But you know it’s nothing deep. You just don’t like makeup or never learnt to have it done.
2. You don’t know what most makeup products are for.
House of Tara eyeshadow palette, Mud blush, Mary Kay foundation , Iman pressed powder, Mac lipstick, Covergirl bronzer… What are those? How do you use a lash curler?
3. Getting told “You’d look so much better with makeup”.
Is it your face? Is it your contour? Is it your fake lash?
4. Not understanding why you need lip liner, brow liner and eye liner.
Why can’t it be all in one?
5. The few times you tried to do your makeup, it was a disaster.
Mistake. You look like Ursula from Little Mermaid.
6. On the rare occasions when you put on the little makeup you know how to apply, you forget that you have eye liner on and wipe your eyes.
No, I wasn’t punched in the face.
7. Or you make the beginner’s mistake of forgetting you still have it on and go to sleep.
Then looking like The Joker the next day.
8. When the only eye makeup you can do is the smokey eye.
It started off being winged eye liner plus mascara, but you lack the skills of keeping your hand straight. Somehow, everywhere smudge smudge.
9. But most of the time, the stress of taking off the makeup is not a problem for you, because you don’t wear any.
10. You don’t have to wear makeup in the heat and literally turn into a clay pot.
You didn’t come to this world to suffer.
11. When your skin looks so good that friends ask if you have makeup on when you don’t.
Baby-skinned beauty. Flawless.
12. No makeup stains on your clothes or your white shirt.
You can dab without fear.
13. When you tell people you’re not wearing any makeup and they are like “Abeg stop lying! I can see your highlighter from here!”
Jesus! Why so much hatred?!
14. When your eyebrows are full without you using brow pencil or powder.
Eyebrows on fleek!
15. When your own mother starts telling you to put some lipstick or concealer on.
Mum: “Time to marry. You can’t find a husband with those bags under your eyes.”
16. When you only wear makeup on special occasions.
End of lent/Ramaddan, Christmas, your birthday and maybe the coming of Jesus.
17. When you go to a wedding and everyone’s professional makeup is on fleek and they look at you like you are Bose the housegirl.
Ah! Intimidation ti takeover!
18. Contouring and highlighting sounds like something you do in photography.
Fake lashes? Certainly not for you.
19. You save so much money.
An average woman will spend over $15000 on makeup (that is almost N5 million) in her lifetime. Who needs those things that cost a fortune? Certainly not you.
20. And so much time.
No extra ten minutes to an hour just to get ready for the day. Those women who spend time on makeup will spend an average of two weeks in a year on makeup only. You definitely won’t be keeping anybody waiting because of the extra time required to beat your face.
Chemistry, applied or organic might seem to be one of the toughest courses to study in the world.
Yes, in the world of science.
But to 24 year old Florence Adepoju, her B.Sc. degree in Cosmetic Science paved way for her into the glamorous world of makeup.
After working at the counter of a makeup store and getting tired of not finding the perfect lipstick shade for dark skinned women, Florence got inspired to study the science of cosmetics and start her own makeup brand.
Kicking off in 2014, she launched her lipstick line MDMFlow in varying shades from her parent’s shed in Essex.
MDMflow short for Florence’s nickname” Madam Flow”, has gained international recognition in Belgium and is currently stocked in Topshop stores.
The lipstick shades are inspired by her love for Hiphop and have been named after songs and artists.
The mustard shade lipstick was named after rapper, 2 Chainz and another was named after the song “Milkshake” by Kelis.
The latest MDMflow product, Greater Than mascara is selling out really fast and she plans to release her official mascara line later.
You can watch her 2015 interview for the London College of Fashion Awards ceremony here.
