I Won’t Hide My Vitiligo With Makeup | SHAKE MY BEAUTY

A STUDENT has finally embraced her vitiligo after years spending hundreds of dollars a month on make-up to disguise it. Up until a year ago, 21-year-old Mariah Perkins, from Timonium, Maryland, would hide the white patches on her face with thick make-up. Vitiligo is caused by a lack of the pigment melanin and the criminology student would spend hundreds of dollars a month on her heavy-duty foundations. By the time she got to college she would even sleep in her make-up. But a year ago Mariah grew tired of caking her face in foundation and decided to go “cold turkey”. Posting pictures of her natural beauty on social media, Mariah was amazed by the positive comments and finally stopped disguising her vitiligo with make-up, even when performing with her dance group.