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"Confession: If you had asked me back in journalism school what subject I&amp;#x27;d end up writing about after graduation, beauty would not have been my answer. Unlike some of my fellow Glamour bloggers, I&amp;#x27;ve never been particularly good at doing my own hair or makeup. I just kind of fell into this beauty world and thankfully have since learned a lot from people who are good at these things. How about you guys: How many of you consider yourselves good at doing hair and/or makeup--and where&amp;#x27;d you get your skillz? When I was in high school, my best friend Katie was excellent at doing makeup--I&amp;#x27;d watch with fascination as she&amp;#x27;d expertly draw on her dark eyeliner and swipe on coat after coat of mascara without it looking weird and clumpy like mine would get. She learned how to do makeup from her mom, who was also always perfectly coiffed and was one of those cool moms who&amp;#x27;d share products with her and stuff. Me, on the other hand--I can&amp;#x27;t recall ever really even talking with my mom about hair or makeup, other than begging her to buy me products at the drugstore and her telling me I was too young to be wearing that stuff. Maybe that&amp;#x27;s why I was such a late bloomer when it came to beauty. Your turn now: Who taught you most of what you know about hair and makeup? Did you have any great beauty mentors? Or are some of you still feeling kind of clueless about this stuff a lot of the time? Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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