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This Is How You Do Makeup When You Are Blind
Lucy Edwards is a 19 year old who lost vision in her right eye when she was 11 and left eye two years ago because of a rare genetic disorder called Incontinentia Pigmenti. Lucy has a great fashion sense and is very much into fashion, make up and being a social butterfly. Not being able to do her makeup anymore after her vision loss was somewhat of a setback. However, to stay positive and to continue to do what she loved, she learned to do make up without a mirror! She didn’t stop there though – along with her boyfriend, she recently started a youtube channel called yesterday’s wishes where she shows both blind and sighted people how to apply make up in a very detailed manner, gives her opinions about make up products, and shares several tips and tricks that are especially helpful for blind people. But why do blind people care about their looks? This is something she addresses very confidently – it’s about looking good and feeling good about yourself. It feels nice when someone gives you a compliment – “you look nice”, “you look lovely”. Being sighted or not doesn’t really matter. It doesn’t matter either [...]
Venkat Rao