When it comes to “faking it until you make it,” there is implied a desire to overcome what is false and reach for what is true and real. This is what I am trying to do with wearing make-up. Every morning, I look in the mirror and turn my head this way and that, checking out the skin that I live in, and make assessments to its damages and even slight flaws. What I have noticed is that every morning, without even looking closely, I’m able to see vague but still there dark circles under my eyes.

And again, without even looking closely, I automatically rub concealer over their crescents, hiding what’s really going on: the lack of sleep, that I’m getting older, that I have dry skin, you name it. Until I am able to deal with the fact that I need to be taking better care of myself, I will be using concealer every day. Now there is a hierarchy when it comes to concealer brands, in my book, and at the top is Maybelline brand. This cover-up comes in a converted lipstick tube.

The manufacturer must have had excess and they had to use it on something, so they thickened up the concealer they had in stock and molded it into lipstick shape. I jest because I’m sure a genius came up with how easy it is to use concealer from a tube. I wouldn’t use anything else now and its consistency is perfect, as far as concealers go. So until I can get my act together, I’ll fake it with the cover-up I love.