Our little girl is growing up and writing her own anecdotes! Read Jackie's story "Ma Routine" in French and in English, below. Mille mercis to our Francophone friend Newforest for helping with corrections. (The picture was taken when Jackie was 7… and lagging behind on a field trip… in time to cueillir quelques fleurs.)
se maquiller (seuh ma kee ay) verb
: to put on makeup
le maquillage = makeup
le maquilleur (la maquilleuse) = makeup artist
Example sentence:
Selon vous, à partir de quel âge une fille peut-elle commencer à se maquiller pour aller en cours? In your opinion, from what age can a girl begin to wear makeup to class?
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Ma Routine… par Jackie Espinasse, 13 ans
In the morning I wake up between 7:00 and 7:10. My mom has to wake me up because, at that hour, I am still too tired to open my eyes and get out of bed! (Mom) makes me wake up because I really have to go to school (to junior high).
When I wake up, my first reflex is to look out the little window in my hallway to see what the weather is like outside; next, I go down the stairs and see my dogs, who are always excited at this hour because they want me to feed them breakfast.
So, I serve them something to eat, then, after, I eat while half asleep.
When I finish eating I go back up to my room, I turn on the radio, and I get dressed – all the while listening to music. Then, I fix my hair and, while fixing my hair I always ask myself the same question: “Why don’t my parents want me to put on makeup?” Personally, I do not like my face without base makeup, without black eyeliner, without (liquid) liner, and without mascara. If you ask me, I find it sad that my parents deprive me of makeup (to wear to school) because, what’s more, it is my makeup that I have paid for myself with my pocket money!
To all readers: Would you, please, tell my parents that this is not fair? Well, anyway, after this little morning routine, I brush my teeth and, finally, around 8:10, Mom drives me in the car to school. So there you have it. P.S.: I don’t like junior high!
(READ IT IN FRENCH NOW…)
Le matin je me lève entre sept heures et sept heures dix. C’est ma mère qui est obligée de me réveiller, car à cette heure-là, je suis encore trop fatiguée pour ouvrir les yeux et sortir du lit ! Elle m’oblige à me lever, car il faut bien que j’aille au collège.
Quand je me lève, mon premier réflexe c’est de regarder à la petite fenêtre de mon couloir pour voir quel temps il fait dehors. Ensuite, je descends les escaliers, et je vois mes chiens qui sont toujours excités à cette heure-là car ils veulent que je leur donne leur petit déjeuner.
Alors, je leur sers à manger, puis, après, je mange, tout en étant à moitié endormie.
Quand j’ai fini de manger, je monte dans ma chambre, j’allume la radio, et je m’habille tout en écoutant de la musique. Puis je me coiffe et, en me coiffant, je me pose toujours cette même question: « Pourquoi mes parents ne veulent-ils pas que je me maquille ? » Moi, personnellement, je n’aime pas mon visage quand il est sans fond de teint, sans crayon noir, sans liner, et sans mascara ! Pour ma part, je trouve ça triste que mes parents me privent de maquillage pour aller au collège car, en plus de ça, c’est mon maquillage que j’ai payé moi-même, avec mon argent de poche!
« A tous les lecteurs » :
Pouvez-vous, s’il vous plaît, dire à mes parents que c’est injuste ?
Mais bon, bref, après cette petite routine matinale, je me brosse les dents, et finalement, vers huit heures dix, Maman me conduit en voiture au collège.
Et voilà.
P.S. : Je n’aime pas le collège !
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Bonjour Jackie!
J’adore votre histoire ici, je pense que vos parents essaient de vous garder, mais je pense aussi que vous méritez d’avoir la chance vous maquiller. Peut-être vos parents et vous pourraient compromettre? un jour vous vous maquillez et le prochain vous allez à l’école au naturel? 😉 Moi, j’adorais cet histoire, merci!
I always think make-up is for ‘occasions’. So if you wear it everyday, what are you going to do for the special days? Look just the same, or pile on more. Day in, day out, keep it simple, and your natural beauty shines through….. then wow at parties. And your skin will thank you for it xx
Hi Jackie,
I can understand your frustrations, but I’ve met both your Mom and Dad and understand their point of view.
Not that it makes any difference, but I am a beauty writer and I work in the world of makeup and skin care.
I think that at your age, you’re wearing too much makeup for a school day. Most girls your age don’t need foundation unless they’re covering something such as rosacea. If you have any breakouts, foundation will only make them worse. Be sure to keep your skin super clean with special acne washes that destroy the bacteria on the face that causes acne.
I think black eyeliner should be reserved for parties, and for school, perhaps just some mascara and not too dark lip gloss. That’s a nice look for a young girl, especially one that’s as beautiful as you are. Some girls/women need makeup to hide flaws or unnattractive features – you don’t. Your only “need” for makeup is to accentuate the beautiful features you have, and mascara and lipgloss will do that really nicely. And of course, a smile – that’s the one thing that makes you most beautiful.
Salut!
I was the youngest of 3 girls and our parents never let us wear makeup, dye our hair, or god forbid(!!!!) paint our fingernails growing up! (Eventually, they caved in when we were in high school.) But I am 25 now and they still don’t like these things! If I go home with my highlights, I will inevitably get a disapproving look from my mom or if I spray too much perfume my dad will walk past my room and say “It smells like a bordello in there!”
Parents will always try to keep you as your most authentic self and will always love you “sans maquillage” and the best kind of boyfriend will always wish you had less makeup on! (Even though YOU KNOW you look better with it. 🙂 )
This subject is right up my alley. As a teenager I would sit for hours in front of the mirror artfully applying eyeliner and mascara before school. I probably started wearing makeup in 8th grade. I don’t remember having any restrictions. I do look back now somewhat with embarrassment at pictures that look ridiculous, but it was the trend back then in the 60’s!
I became a cosmetologist more that 30 years ago and I love make up now more than ever. Now I love when makeup looks like no makeup.
I encouraged my daughters, now in their 20’s, to wear just a little makeup to school and I don’t remember it being much of an issue. I’m sure they wanted to wear it because their friends were doing it and that seems pretty normal to me.
You remind me very much of my daughters, especially in the photo “lagging behind on a field trip”. When I saw that photo, I thought, “I’ve been there”!
Dearest Jackie, Thank you for sharing this note in French and English. Could I also ask that you read it to us in French? Having you to listen to while I saw it in writing would also help me learn. I so enjoy this. Merci, Mary
Chère Jackie:
J’aime bien l’histoire de ta routine matinale. Je vais la partager avec mes lycéens lundi matin ! Grand merci.
Chill