For me I have always loved makeup so when I started wearing makeup normally my parents had no issue with it just make sure to keep it natural( powder,lip gloss, mascara, foundation) Don't go with eye liner at first. Natural is best. Tell your parents I just want to pop a litle more .
If you did everything in your power for them to let you wear makeup and they still won't let you you wear a small amount of makeup . So that it blends in with your natural skin type remember the less the better and the more the worse you want a natural look because your so young and im 13 and my mother does not know I wear make up bc I blend it in but I promise your friend will notice hope this worked.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.