By Cody Cook

Photo Assistant 

Makeup is a great way for girls to look and feel confident when entering the professional field trying to get hired for a job. However, I challenge girls not to wear makeup on a first date.

It may be great for the professional world, important events and to dress up and look nice. However, I find makeup unnecessary when looking for a relationship.

If you are looking for a man that you want to see past your flaws and insecurities, then why cover it up? Sure, makeup makes you feel beautiful, but what about what we don’t see? Some women would say, “That’s not true, men only care about what we look like.” Some boys might act that way, but mature men act differently. Boys find girls attractive on the outside; men look for what’s deeper in a person, not based off of looks. I challenge the boys out there to look deeper into a person than just what they look like, to look past people’s flaws and imperfections.

What men find attractive more than anything is confidence in yourself and a winning personality. You can be the most attractive girl in the world but what really matters is what is underneath all the makeup. If a man is looking at you for only the way you look, then you are not looking at the right man. So why not start it off on the right foot and show them who you are on the first date, not just what you look like with a little makeup on. Show them that you do not need makeup to become a beautiful person; you already are a beautiful person- makeup just enhances your qualities.

From the very beginning of the relationship, show him how confident you are without makeup; be upfront with someone you could potentially spend the rest of your life with. You never know who it might be. Eventually, this person is going to see you without makeup one day.

Challenge yourself and challenge some men out there to look past your flaws and imperfections and let them see how perfect you really are.