I am a woman. I am strong. I am beautiful. I am human.

Warning: this may or may not turn into a feminist rant.

Tuesday I woke up at 4 am so I could be to work by 5:30 am in full makeup and looking fabulous. Once my shift was done I shopped at the Victoria's Secret Semi Annual Sale and bought 6 makeup items consisting of a bronzer for less than $3 as well as 5 eye shadows for $1.75! Amazing deals much?! After shopping I came home took a lovely nap woke up and spent some time online looking at random things and I came across a post on dearblankpleaseblank.com that read:

"Dear girls,

Makeup companies play on your insecurities. If you accepted yourself as being beautiful they would be out of business.

Sincerely, a logical girl."

This post got me thinking about different women's opinions and how I honestly feel about "logical girl" right now and I wanted to address a few things.

Dear logical girl,
Please let it be known that I do not wear makeup because I am insecure or because I feel ugly without it. I wear it because I feel fabulous when I have it on, I wear it because it can enhance certain features, and I wear it because quite frankly I am good at doing it. Give me the opportunity to do your makeup and I can nearly guarantee you will understand my opinion. I feel as though I am speaking on behalf of many women here.

Sincerely, supporter of the makeup industry

Now for my feminist side to come out...

I am all for feminism and feel women should not be confined to what society says they need to be. Feel free to tell any guy who tells you to "make a sammich dammit and get into the bedroom." any variety of swear words and heaven knows if any guy says that to me he would get smacked. To sum up my personal views on feminism and who I think I am as a woman I made a couple lists.

Here is how I feel:

I am a woman.

I am entitled to be fabulous.

I am no one’s property.

I will NEVER be anyone’s property.

I demand respect.

I have a voice that deserves to be heard.

I am intelligent.

I am opinionated and that is ok.

However at the same time I also feel:

I am weak.

I love to feel loved.

There are days I can't open the jar of pickles by myself.

I say stupid things at times.

Sometimes what I really need is a hug.

I think it is ok to admit those things though. I am a woman and I am strong but I am also weak like the rest of humanity and that is ok.

I guess the intention of this post was to speak my mind to "logical girl" and it kind of turned into girl pride which is ok. I want to leave the women with these two thoughts though:

1) Please, please, please don't wear makeup because you think you need it. You are truly beautiful without it on.

2) You are a woman. You are strong. You are beautiful. However, you are also human and that is ok.