Masks are objects, but we are always wearing them...

Masks, they are objects but actually we are always wearing them, we use things to cover-up who we really are and who we really want to be.

Some use make up, an emotion and even the extremes of plastic surgery. Why do people do these things, and most of all why do I? Make up is definitely an everyday thing for me and I know it is for most women, but actually is it really essential, the only benefit for me is that I feel I have more self confidence. Some women are so insecure that they use make up religiously to hide themselves, but really make up is only a light layer of what your true skin is, it's just a cover up that actually people can see through. You may think that by putting on a 'brave' face makes you seem like you're okay but actually most people - especially close friends and family, can tell instantly if you feel down etc, they know you from your facial expressions, your body movement, your tone of voice. So that smile that you try so hard to wear to cover your sadness, to them is fake. "There is a vast difference between how things seem from the outside and how they feel on the inside" - Nigella Lawson. Plastic surgery? Scientifically it is know to age you when you become older, no matter how much surgery you get you will still be older and probably older than the next person who hasn't surgically corrected themselves. You may think you look a million pounds but in fact in most cases people can tell whether you have been prodded about and 'fixed', and inside you probably feel more insecure then you originally did as you know that you have to deal with a 'new image'.

I don't understand why people have to cover who they really are, to me, I wear make up as I feel less insecure and 'prettier' in a way as I see media always endorsing beauty cosmetics and then the next minute promoting natural beauty - what line do they want us to follow? I also think that people want to 'impress' the opposite sex and their partners, but in actual fact people love you for who you really are, and not a fake persona you are trying to portray. People want to hear about how you are feeling and they don't want to be falsely believing that you are okay when you aren't - and secretly you want them to realise that you aren't okay. I admit I hide emotions sometimes, I wear make up, but sometimes I feel why should I? Who am I trying to impress, apart from the mirror that I look into every morning?