Putting on makeup is one of those everyday actions, passed from mother to daughter or

friend to friend, that are historically diminished in importance because they are seen as feminine. Wearing makeup, and masking up, is a ritual. I wear makeup to get ready for the day, I wear makeup for fun, I wear makeup to parties, and I wear makeup to perform myself.

The video frames me, doing my makeup without a mirror, from memory, feeling the
shapes of my face. Once filmed, I extracted screenshots and reconstructed the video in
stop-motion, repeating certain gestures.