To celebrate NOT wearing makeup

[Awomansworkisneverdone]

All I see online is makeup tutorials and how to blend and contour Aibu to want to see more natural looking people? Shouldn’t we promote that also especially to our younger generation of girls ? I know I want to for my daughters.
I have been wearing makeup since I was 13 years old! And it became a part of my life every morning and apart of my normal daily routine. I felt like I had to wear foundation to cover my face (from what I don’t know) I felt like it was a comfort and never went one day without it!! I wouldn’t leave the house without it or even do the school run! That’s how insecure it made me..
but now for the last 12 days I have wore no foundation no coverage of any kind and I feel amazing ! After years and years of blocking the sun from my face feeling the skin on my face get natural sunlight feels lovely. After years of blocking my skin my skin has become pale and aged but with a little sun ☀️ it will become more natural... I love my makeup and will always wear it on special occasions like a night out etc but il no longer let it control me and my insecurities I will make the choice to wear as much or as little as I want 😊 and not feel that need to have to ! To some it may seem ridiculous but after 16 years to me it’s a little victory ❤️

I agree with all the post I do feel there is no right or wrong would you like to see a photo with full makeup? I honestly don’t mind sharing as it is the reason for this post
I do feel slightly better with makeup on but then I think it’s awful that I feel more better wearing a man made product to enhance my face
I don’t know... early stages for me I suppose

I agree with all the post I do feel there is no right or wrong would you like to see a photo with full makeup?

Why do you want compliments?

My natural nosiness votes post a makeup picture!

I get what you mean though OP. Round here you get all the teenagers off to school and college with full blown Kylie Jenner layers of thick makeup. They look really good and they are very talented but I do wonder how many of them want to do that every day versus how many of them feel the pressure to do it to fit in.

No it’s to show comparison. One lady commented that I would look better with. So I’m offering to show. A compliment can only be received if one is given. Lol a compliment is a lovely thing to have but doesn’t really mean much to me from online strangers on a thread. But thanks to those who of course have

Most products are man made,your shampoo,deodorant,hair serum,toothpaste
In the UK v few people have a life without man made products
It’s not common to forage for one self care products to avoid man made

I will ask for post to be removed after along with this thread as sadly the point is being missed 👎🏻 But Thankyou to all those who have any kind of view on the subject

Yup I never said it wasn’t just making a point

Why pull the thread?because the point is being missed? What’s that even mean?

I would love to go make up free if i looked like you. And i do want to make my own natural products.

Wow real spiteful thing to say
People like you destroy the confidence of others.

OP you look lovely- but saying that your skin has aged and the sun will make it better is ridiculous. Failing to protect your skin from the suns rays is at best ageing and at worst putting your health in danger.

Fabled,that is a really ghastly rude comment. Uncalled for too
Op looks great

YANBU

I used to wear full face make-up from ages 16-32 when I had DD1 and stopped. Never started again - didn't like it rubbing off on the baby or the smell of it and then realised how much time & money I saved.

I think that over time my perception of myself had altered and I thought I looked worse without it. Now I only wear it for a night out once every other month or so, and I regard it as fancy dress. The girls call it my "scary face".

Without a doubt, now that I no longer colour my hair or wear make-up or heels, I feel much less constrained. I still get an odd compliment - mainly I think because I dress well and have a funky cut for my grey hair but never have I had any negative comment. I am invisible to many when out and about but I think that is because I am a women in my 50s. I quite like passing stealthily below the radar now.

Each to her own and all that, but yes, I do think that there could be more done to combat received wisdom around all beauty products for women and men, But no-one will ever make money out of that, will they. So it ain't going to happen.

Last musing - I watched a video posted on FB about a lovely lass with OCD. She talked about having an off day because she had not done her make-up. All I could think was how bonny she looked without it and whether she'd feel freer without having that pressure long with all the others in her life.

I expected it tbh I have asked for it to be removed as it’s seems to have attracted negative attention maybe posting without the pic would of been better maybe I’m just to much into my new way that I just wanna share with everyone lol!! Maybe the wrong place to spread the joy

Honestly, unless you have major misgivings I’d keep the thread.its fine

I’ll carry on worshiping at the alter of Lisa Eldridge, but I hope it works out for you, Op. do whatever makes you happy, life is way too short.

Yes Lisa does great vids on YouTube.she taught me the easy smoky eye
I see the recurring notion that make up is a societal compulsion undertaken by easily manipulated women
I do find it quite intellectually lazy to trot out such a hackneyed stereotype that Make up = vacuous and manipulated

Don't remove it OP. It's a valid thread and you always get people that will look at things differently. FWIW I look like an old dog without makeup and only go without about two days a year if I know I'm not going to see a soul. I'd love the confidence to go barefaced so good on you.

I look ill without make up. You celebrate going without. I'll celebrate wearing it. Everyone's happy. That isn't so hard, is it?

It shouldn't be, but you'd be surprised how many people feel it's their business to tell a woman that she SHOULD be wearing make up, and that she could 'do a lot more' with her looks.
Relatives have repeatedly bought me little to make up sets and told me that now I 'have no excuse' - when I was a respected professional, not a teenager. Once the woman who washes hair in the hairdresser's told me off for not wearing it - I tried to laugh it off, but she was very serious and a little bit annoyed I didn't seem grateful!
People would never randomly advise a woman that they think her clothes aren't flattering, or that she looks overweight and should fix it - but make up does seem an area where those who enjoy wearing it, feel free to critique anyone who doesn't.

Makeup has been around forever. Its not about how women should want to go "natural" like men, its more a shame that society seems it inappropriate for men to wear makeup. Because why wouldnt you? I bet if it were considered totally the norm, the vast majority of men would choose to cosmetically even out their skin tone too.

Society is largely based on appearance, presentation and judgments, which you know OP, because you chose to decorate your body with tattoos, to keep using makeup on your eyebrows, and to bleach your hair. Adorning the body and enhancing appearance is a pretty natural human desire.

Makeup formulations these days arent as toxic as they once were, some also actuallt have benefits to the skin.

It doesnt cost me time or money to do my makeup - I use several pretty basic high street products and it takes me a grand maximum of 5 minutes to do my everyday makeup, probably less time than it would take someone to style their hair.

So in a word, im glad you have found a new lease of confidence, but i dont see makeup as an unhealthy trap.

I think it’s great you feel confident and happy without make up.

However there are a lot of women who need the security of make up to help with their confidence, it’s a bit like putting on war paint to face the world. I don’t think they should be judged for that either.

Generally people should be able to wear as much or as little make up as they feel comfy with

It's a perfectly valid topic for a thread, OP. I find it amazing that many women's knee-jerk reaction to this topic is an angry "How dare you question my right to wear make-up!", as though it's by sheer chance that women choose to wear hide/alter their faces and men don't. Yes, each woman chooses, but it's a very loaded choice, influenced by all kinds of social pressures.

I'm 46 and have worn make-up every day since I was a teen. Like many women, I don't wear it because I love buying it and applying it. I wear it because I feel that I look crap without it.

I'm glad you're happy OP but I think you're wrong to want to "normalize" going without makeup. For a lot of people it IS already normal - I don't wear makeup and neither do most of my friends so your post is a bit confusing! Maybe it is a generational thing.

I bet if it were considered totally the norm, the vast majority of men would choose to cosmetically even out their skin tone too.
Well if it was the norm for men, I expect they would, because many would follow the flock (and of course, it has been the norm, at least among the wealthy, but has gone now out of fashion).

But otherwise, I get the impression that many men have the attitude for dating that, if you don't like their appearance, that's just fine, someone else will, rather than working hard to project a 'better' appearance. I can't see men bothering at work about whether they look flawless in the same way women some women seem to.