This woman’s response to makeup shaming at work is the BEST
As women, there is a distinct pressure to wear makeup to look our best, and yet there is also a culture of shaming women for wearing 'too much' makeup.
The double standard is less than pleasing, and for some women, painting their faces is an empowering and creative endeavour.
One such woman is Kerry Whittaker, who recently penned a powerful and truthful post about an instance of makeup shaming she experienced at her job as a checkout cashier.
'Why are girls so nasty?' she began her Facebook post about the incident.
'So I'm sat in work today minding my own, and I over hear a woman talking to what I presume is her 14 yr old daughter and they're sniggering laughing saying "have you seen the state on that? Who comes to work to sit on a checkout looking like that.. don't know who she thinks she is."'
'1st of all why would you find that acceptable? I'm not harming nobody. Would you say the same about a girl who has problems with her skin and spots on her face. I doubt it.'
'2nd, why don't you lead by example to your daughter about empowering other women rather than tearing them down. In this society the last thing we need to be doing to each other as humans is judging people based on looks.'
'3rd, when you can do a cut crease as sick as this then come back to me and tell me I look like sh*t.'
Kerry is clearly a makeup maverick, and her response to the unnecessary comments is completely golden.
