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So today, after a very long, busy day, I decided to create a second set of awareness looks. Within this set, there are a couple that are close to my family, and one that is specifically close to me, and that is the suicide awareness ribbon. I decided to demonstrate a full look for this particular ribbon because it's so close to my heart. On February 28, 2013, one of my closest friends took his own life. It was, and still is, a very scary thing to think about. I knew nothing of his problems that he held inside of him, or that anything like this could, or would, ever happen in a million years. He had a brand new truck, he lived on his own (with room mates), had a very well paying job, and we had just come back from vacation at the Happiest Place on Earth (Disney World). I was aware that he had things that bothered him, but he never wanted to talk about it, and I never thought it was anything out of the ordinary. He was always smiling around me, always was a goof, and obsessing ...

Unrelated to makeup, tomorrow is the Day of Silence. I will be participating in this day long event, which means I will not be making updates on my social networking sites. I support the Day of Silence because I believe in equality of others. I always try to instill in people that it is okay to be yourself. It is more than okay, it is what is right. I believe that people should not be praised for being who they are, but that it should be a given. It is so sad to see that so many people feel that they need to HIDE who they are, in fear of getting BEATEN or unaccepted. Hate is something that has always been a part of the human race, back to when African Americans and Caucasians were separated, back to the wars, back to, I am sure, the beginning of time. Times are changing, the world is moving forward. As our world progresses, the people in it need to as well. We are all equal. We are all people. We are all the same type of species, and we all have emotions. I always say that everyone...

As the second post on my blog, I want to share the awareness looks that were done, well, now YESTERDAY since its currently 2am. I do plan on continuing with more ribbon colors sometime this week, if my week will let me do so. And when I say this week, I mean next week.. because its already Thursday.