If you wear makeup, you've likely gotten mixed messages about the right way to wear it, or if it's OK to wear it at all.

People of all ages and genders wear makeup. But RadioActive's Najuma Abadir was especially interested in how conflicting messages around makeup can affect young women like her. 

Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/make-up-creative-self-expression-or-social-demand

RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.

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