"She's pretty, but I want a natural beauty"

Ok, here is my little rant that i've been thinking about. one of my girlfriends used to have gorgeous skin.. she never wore makeup, always came out with us camping and boating and all that fun stuff. she recently stopped her BCP and her skin went haywire, kinda like mine, except a lot worse. now she has scars and bumps all over. her not being used to it, she started to wear makeup, as most girls with acne try to do, to make herself a little more presentable.

she went on a date with a guy i know last week and after it was over, i decided to text him to ask how it went. he told me that she was a great girl (which she is) and shes very pretty, but she probably wouldn't look like that in the morning (pig). I asked exactly what the hell that meant and he said "she's pretty, but I want a natural beauty. Ya know, hardly any if no makeup".

then that got me to thinking. i never understood guys that said that. the point of makeup is to give the appearance of flawless, perfect skin when you don't have it. pretty girls WITH makeup chances are WOULD look like that if they actually HAD the flawless, perfect skin. you really think if every girl had gorgeous skin, makeup would have ever been created? no. but not everyone is lucky enough to be perfect or have good genes. if makeup makes someone more confident and displays to the world that that's what they WOULD look like if they had won the genepool lottery, then so be it. why does it matter? ANYONE could be a natural beauty, some people just aren't as lucky as others to have that chance to show it off.

end rant.

zinc = peeling?

i just recently started taking zinc picolinate supplements since i read all the great things about them. i take those along with doryx and ziana. i've only been taking the pills for about 3 days and my skin has started peeling and is very flakey out of nowhere, and only in certain places (near my mouth and cheeks) where oil isn't generally a problem for me. i have a very oily t-zone and generally only have 4 pimples at a time (on a good day). my question is, has anyone else experienced this when first starting to take zinc? it seems to have really helped with the color of my skin. i was just wondering if this is normal and will go away once my skin gets used to the supplements. TIA.

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