If you want to make money but you also don't want to have to retire your piercings and whatnot, you might have to compromise.
It's okay to compromise! Sadly we live in a society where dressing outside of the norm and expressing oneself is seen as a bad thing, and we all need money to survive.
1) Hiding piercings (not applicable for new piercings- please wait until your piercing is fully healed before replacing jewelry or covering with makeup!)
Do not remove jewelry and leave it out for extended periods of time unless you plan to retire the piercing.
To hide a septum piercing, simply get a semicircular barbell (also known as a "horseshoe") and simply flip the piercing up. You can also get a curved barbell and the piercing will be barely visible.
To hide any other kind of piercing (or a septum as well) , your best bet is to wear a clear retainer, or clear bioplast jewelry.
You can also cover the piercing with foundation or concealer, or, if you can grow facial hair to cover your piercing, go ahead.
2) Covering tattoos
Cover any tattoos you can with clothing. Wear a long sleeved shirt, long pants or a long skirt, and perhaps a scarf. If you have a tattoo that cannot be covered by clothing, find a high coverage concealer and conceal your tattoo as best you can.
Below is a quick tutorial on how to cover a tattoo with concealer.
Be sure that the concealer matches your skin tone!
3) Covering hairOption one is to dye your hair a natural color - remember, auburn, black, and blonde still count as natural colors!
Flip hair over any shaven areas of your head.
Wear a hat if the job allows.
Or, you can buy wigs!
the easiest is to wear your natural hair un-dyed and un-shaven to work and then wear fun alternative wigs out when you feel like dressing up, but if you think you can manage to fool your boss into thinking a wig is your natural hair, feel free.
If you want to wear a wig to work, buy a high quality lacefront wig, with human hair. Synthetic wigs work as well, but they have a shine that natural hair does not have. Use dry shampoo or baby powder to dull the shine. (Another very good way to dull the shine is to soak the hair in a mixture of water and fabric softener for 24 hours and then when it dries to use dry shampoo or baby powder to make it less sticky and less shiny)
below is a tutorial on how to make a wig look more natural!
The best wig store that I know of is https://www.arda-wigs.com/, but you can try amazon, aliexpress, or ebay to find a cheap wig- know that you're taking a chance and the wig will probably need a lot of work if you buy from there. Unless a wig says so on the website, it's not heat resistant, so don't try to straighten or curl it the way you would your natural hair.
Personally, I own 5 or 6 synthetic wigs, all from amazon. they're not the best quality, but I know a decent amount about wigs, so I make them look more realistic by dulling the shine and doing a lot of work to style them.
Never use a hairbrush or comb that you use on your natural hair on a wig- make sure to buy a new comb that's only for wigs.
Well, that's all I can think of.
Hope these helped!
Creep it real!
This is such good advice on compromising on these things. It's sad that we need to change the way we look to be considered acceptable sometimes. But it is important to know how!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! It's hard enough for young people to get jobs these days, but especially when older generations see body modifications as negative things and younger people don't!
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