The Fool Who Makes Fools of Them All

thesockmonkeyrenegade:

theargylegargoyle:

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lexyl007:

notbadcosplay:

To every girl who has ever said, or even thought, “I’m not pretty enough to cosplay”

I want you to take a look at these photos. Side by side. One is fresh out of the shower and ready for bed. The other is wearing makeup, a wig, and having her picture taken by a photographer. This is the same girl.

It’s amazing how much you DON’T see of all those great cosplayers who are idolized. You see their cosplay pictures and are envious that you aren’t that pretty. But reality is, when we go out in cosplay there is a lot of makeup and wig work involved. I have friends that don’t recognize me outside of cosplay.

I don’t want young girls to look at cosplayers and think, “I can never look at that.” Because cosplay is what made me feel beautiful. I want you to look at yourself and say, “They’re just like me when they aren’t in costume. We’re all human, and I am just as beautiful as such and such is.”

When I go out to the grocery store, not wearing makeup, probably wearing old cut up jeans that have paint on them, I don’t get hit on. No one tells me I’m beautiful. But I step outside of my hotel room and suddenly I have young teenage girls telling me how they wish they looked like me and how they don’t feel pretty enough to cosplay.

I’m telling the truth when I say, “I’m wearing a lot of makeup.”

I find this super true with myself.  The power of make-up, contour, and color balance is an amazing force even before a camera gets factored in (composition, color, angle, etcetc).  Sometimes I don’t even recognize myself (especially as a guy…wow lol).  But we don’t /live/ in cosplay.  Enjoy your skin, inside and out. :]
GOOD READ IS WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY.

aw man this is so great and so true, you guys this counts for anyone who cosplays and doesnt cosplay. Like people at my work tell me how nice my skin is and how clear it is and all i can do it laugh and say YEAH NO THATS MAKE UP HAHA

I’ve found that makeup is a huge confidence booster in and out of cosplay. It’s part of the costume and helps put the final touches on turning you into the character, but it also demonstrates that you can transform yourself into anything with the right amount of effort. Never sell yourself short.

Yes, yes. 

Everything about this.

You guys always send me asks saying how jealous you are of my looks, how jealous you are of how I can make myself look like any actor. But you guys don’t see me the way I look when I wake up every morning, with my greasy hair and face, and the really dark acne scars I have on my face. Makeup makes you see that.

And I know how to edit my photos too. I don’t entirely change the shape of my face, no, but I edit out a blemish here and there, adjust the color curves to make it look impressive, remove the shiny sweat from my face.

It’s all illusion. You see what I want you to see. And you can do exactly the same.

ka-star:

punkiraq:

acousticlushness:

Today at work, I wore this pretty form-fitting outfit because well… because I can. And a woman, probably in her mid to late 30s asks me… “Can I ask you a question without purposely trying to offend you?” Of course I said she could and then she asks me… “Do you feel comfortable in what you’re wearing?” and I kind of confusedly answered that I did feel comfortable in what I was wearing. She then asked “Even though it’s extremely… form-fitting?” And I said “Especially because it’s form fitting.” She then told me that she thought I looked beautiful but asked how I was so comfortable, as a full-figured woman, wearing something tight. And I simply answered “Because I love my body. I love my shape. I love who I am. It took me a long time to be okay with what kind of body I have but now I love it and if I choose to change it, I can. If I don’t choose to, then I won’t. Sure, I have things I don’t like about myself but overall I can’t say I’m disappointed in the way I look or feel in the clothes I choose to wear.”

She then called me her “She-Hero” and bought an outfit just like the one I was wearing.

This is why I love my job.

THAT WAS NOT THE ENDING I WAS EXPECTING A+

All the wins, right here!

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seinen-engel:

Hi all of you need to read this now.

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defining-julia:

thelisanator:

& it sucks knowing that a majority of people would rather talk to what I look like on the right instead of left.

Why? We have the same personality though.

too powerful not to reblog

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