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 ❤️

@BrightonCalling, that made me laugh!!!

Op I respect your point here. It baffles me that men are perceived as attractive or at the least acceptable in society naturally, however there is a huge expectation for women to be made up and groomed.

I'm guilty as I'm far too self conscious to go out make up free or with frizzy and greying hair, but I resent that my husband looks great without all that stuff.

Don’t get all rabid about make up,like repentant ex smokers who rail against smoking

Is tinted moisturiser Any good then?
I heard it’s a gradual thing??
After 16 years of wearing concealer my face is extremely pale! Would it darken it a little ? I may look into this :)

This isn't even just about makeup though. It's not even a photo of just your face, it's face, hair, boobs, midriff, tattoos... What do they have to do with if a woman has makeup on or not? You're definitely fishing for compliments and want it taken down because everyone isn't swooning over you

Hey all
I removed the photo I didn’t mean to offend or upset anyone with my choice of clothing etc (not being sarcastic) as I didn’t want the post to be about that. But il keep the post up

Self confidence comes from feeling good, and we all take that in different ways. Some it's having a certain skill, some it's dressing a certain way, others it's being prepared and informed.

I can appreciate the OP's mindset, she feels she is taking a step towards breaking an engrained behaviour, in order to set a better example for her kids. That's great! I don't share her mindset on makeup, in that it's a pressure from society, as that isn't my personal experience, but that doesn't make her initial action any less valid.

It simply wouldn't do, if we were all the same, would it?

OP - don't worry about my DD. She's academic, sporty and loves fashion. She doesn't need to post photos like yours to get validation.

Even if the op was fishing for compliments (not saying she was) so bloody what?! Why cant people fish for compliments? We live in a pretty rubbish society when it comes to attractive people getting better deals. If your someone who isnt routinely complimented at random why not seek it out?

Hiya
No honest it’s not but Iv removed it as some are finding it offensive it shows the contrast of the colouring of my face to the rest of my body also as a big part of my post was about my face being so pale ha ha which is bothering me a Little. No need for compliments fortunately for me my oh fills that gap for me his opinion is the only one I really matter mostly about. I personally didn’t find my clothing inappropriate as it’s very hot weather today an I’m in love with bralettes at the moment and think they look fab with high waisted bottoms or skirts. It’s more personal preference

Never worn makeup and don't intend to start. Nobody has ever screamed - yet 😀

Op there is nothing wrong with your clothes your face your hair or your tattoos. Theres some proper bitches on here trying to drag you down for no reason.

That’s awsome I’m hoping my 11 year old goes that way :) she loves football and is very sporty so I’m proud. But I certainly wouldn’t judge someone’s clothing online or in real life as every one likes different styles. It doesn’t make it wrong

I generally wear makeup for work or if going ‘out, out’. I never wear foundation but do use a moisturiser with SPF every day. Full make up for me is a little bit of blusher, eyeshadow, eyeliner and mascara. Very occasionally I will add lipstick. You can see my skin complete with freckles which I much prefer to a mask of foundation.

But again it was expected.
Thanks tho to save Any drama il rather take it down and keep them happy lol :) still wearing the outfit tho ha ha

I love my make up. Takes 5 minutes. Im now 50 and mt skin is beautiful because its always been protected.

It's a shame you were made to feel it necessary to remove your photo. A lot of jealous spite from some posters to you OP.

Its ok rather it online than in real life haha.
Still interesting to see so many views on it though.

Tinted moisturiser is temporary til you remove it.wont cumulatively colour your face
If you want a build up a self tan for face will do that try Clinique face gelee

OP wasn't made to feel as though she had to take the photo down. She started the thread to get a reaction - probably lots of "you look gawjuss, hun" responses.

Though I've found her posts hard to read due to lack of punctuation and lots of lols and ha ha. The Facebook generation

Indeed no one told op to remove picture,and if you post a picture expect comments.
There has been 1 unpleasant comment,but thread overall positive to op

I dont think anyone was particularly mean to the OP, but for the purposes of this thread it would probably have made more sense to post a clear, full day light face shot and possibly a before/after pic rather than a body shot......

OP you dont need tinted moisturiser, the skin on your face looks fine and even

" and you tube can promote make up and beauty why can’t I promote no make up and a makeup-free person?"

This.

Yes there is a very artificial, uniform, look around at the moment, heavy foundation, thick fake eyebrows and big lips. Everyone looks the same.

You just know that a beautiful face is under all that slap.

Having said that, we all wore blue mascara and Twilight Teaser lipstick in the 80's, no different than following the trend I suppose.

Very good point actually it’s become a Massive trend
And Googled the moisture cream it’s a gradual think to apply every day
And sorry about the punctuation it’s lazy typing from me. I spend to much time being too accurate in work so tend to slack off on these threads
And the horrible posts was enough to make me want to take it down tbh. Wasn’t because of not getting compliments I think that’s a little silly I’m 29 not 15.