I have spent the last 7 years hiding in my own skin.   My skin during Christmas time - Junior year I started getting acne the beginning of sixth grade. It slowly progressed and became what I thought was the end of the world but was actually not even noticeable. The instant fear of being different and being the only one with acne in middle school terrified me and I instantly had my mom take scissors to my hair to create bangs to cover up the few (unnoticeable) pimples. I think I was so terrified of being different because I wasn't feeling as if I fit in. This was only the beginning.   I was so shy during middle school that being surrounded by other people who looked and just were better than me (in my opinion) terrified me.  Seventh grade was a blur and I still had my bangs. I was still awkward and still so insecure about what I hid under my hair. That's when I started learning about makeup. I had found a wonderful world of foundation that seemed to magicall...