Beauty vlogger faces criticism for using sanitary pad for eyeliner tutorial
A beauty vlogger has apparently angered a section of the online community for making use of a sanitary napkin as a prop to show how to get a perfectly winged eyeliner. This doesn’t come as a big surprise in a country where menstruation is still considered taboo and only 12 per cent of women of reproductive age use sanitary napkins.
In the tutorial, Geetika Chakravarti is seen pasting an unused sanitary napkin on her cheek as she works with the eyeliner in her other hand. An infuriated commenter, @nailaimer, wrote: "@makeupbygeetika respect your country first. And some things are not meant to be public..I respect your creativity but this is not our culture..some things are not meant for public..Find new thing if you want to invent something."
Chakravarti later went ahead by reposting the above daft comment alongside the following message:
"I don't ever do this but I thought it was necessary to bring light to this subject. This girl commented on my latest video justifying the fact that the use of "sanitary pads" is against this so called culture of ours. This is backward thinking. Women have periods. God or the universe GAVE IT TO US. Stop being so backward in your mindset and thinking. I can parade a sanitary pad anytime and anywhere I want. I sure as hell am not ashamed. I can eat on my period , go to the temple when I'm on period , or be a normal human being on my period for god's sake. It shouldn't be a taboo subject."
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