Having said what I did above, my mum always looked beautiful, glamorous and made the effort even whilst she was dying of cancer. That was her act of defiance I think at the horrible disease.
I've become a bit like that. I have terminal cancer, and in the last year, I've started playing with make up, buying perfume samples (so I can try lots of different ones cheaply) and wearing nail varnish.
I only leave the house about once a week, and still don't wear make up very often, but I always have my nails varnished, and wear a spray of perfume.
For me, it was because I wanted to have something to pamper me, that didn't take much effort, and something to look forward to the next day, wondering which perfume I'd decide to wear that day.
Over the years, I've gone through phases of wearing make up every day, or only wearing it on special occasions. I think make up can enhance people's appearance (and I'm including men, because I think a guy with eyeliner on looks hot!) as long as it's not overdone. I think the fashion for slug eyebrows, fake tans, and pale lipstick, looks fucking awful!