To those who wear zero makeup

[damnthatanxiety]

Did you ever wear makeup? Did you stop at some point or have you never worn it? Did you ever think about wearing it? Why don't you? Do you generally put much thought into your appearance or are you not at all interested?

I don't wear make up daily. Just moisturiser and lip balm during the day, rose oil at night.

Have always worn it for nights out and special occasions. Learnt in my 20s to mix a little foundation with moisturiser to get sheer cover, that was over 25 years ago. Do either a smokey eye with lip balm, or red lips with just eye liner and mascara. Have to use products that don't annoy my very sensitive skin.

Have never had time nor inclination to wear any more often than occasionally. Don't give it much thought.

Do care about my appearance but feel happy in my own skin. However, if I had the time and money I'd have my eye lashes dyed and eyebrows threaded regularly.

Now late 30's and only just started really wearing it! Don't put it on when just at home / nipping to the shop, but wear it for work or a night out

In my 20s discovering face powder, or foundation was life changing.

As I get older, I find that I just look very tired when I wear zero makeup, and this impacts my confidence at work, but I do minimal makeup for work. 5 minutes in the ladies in the morning- bb cream, concealer, liner, cream blusher and lipstick.

I enjoy going make up free at the weekends though.

I've never really worn much make up. My Mum was/is quite against it although I used to wear it daily at around 15-18. I had DC1 at 19 and couldn't be bothered. I was never very skilled at the application of make up anyway.

I like to wear some when I go out but I find as I'm getting older it makes me look older. I don't have loads of lines and wrinkles but foundation seems to highlight them, the same with my lips they're fine 'naked' but lipstick seems to make them look really wrinkly.

Sometimes my DD does my make up for me, she does fantastic eyes but the rest is too much for me, I feel like I'm in fancy dress.

I do care about my appearance, I don't see not wearing make up as not caring.

I only wear make up on a night out, lipstick and mascara. Never worn foundation except on my wedding day.

I can't be bothered with putting it on and taking it off and don't think it makes much difference tbh.

However I do get my greys covered which means my hair always looks glossy and healthy and I get my eyebrows threaded and shaped regularly and I think that makes me look groomed even without any makeup.

I've never really worn make up, apart from special occasions.
I hate the feel of it on my face. I feel dirty and whenever I do wear it I can't wait to wash it off. I am perfectly happy with the way I look without it. Once in a whike is ok but I really couldn't be bothered with putting it on every day. I am regularly thought to be 15-20 years younger than my actual age and also get lots of compliments about my skin. I am often asked to share my skincare regime, but actually I don't have one. Well, not unless soap and water counts. I attribute my healthy skin to what I don't put on it rather than what I do. Apart from sun protection, which I have always been careful about, I don't regularly put any creams etc on at all.
I have had make up done professionally a couple of times when I have been a bridesmaid, and must admit I was impressed by the skills of the women who did it. I have quite small deep set eyes and I thought it was clever the way they were able to make them look bigger with the make up. I suppose I looked "better" but I was still happy to take it off and go back to my normal look.
I do care what I look like, but things like make up, long nails and high heels don't appeal to me or fit in with my personality or lifestyle. I'm quite an outdoorsy person and the way I like to look reflects that I guess,

I used to wear make up and follow skin care routine to the dot as a teen, had flawless skin generally and my make up was “natural” looking.

Then it hit me one day that I was doing it out of insecurity and decided to challenge myself and love who I am... men were comfortable with their own skin and I didn’t like the fact my looks were meant to be so emphasised for me to be accepted.

So I quit cold turkey.. and now even when I put a bit of foundajdon I seem to not like it. I just actuallt like my own skin better. Even when it’s dry with acne and a bit of freckles.

It sounds vain but I like myself when I look in the mirror and don’t want to change that to look at an edited version of me.

I do however look after my skin and massage it and put creams and try make it look naturally good.

I put make up on occasions when I feel like it but don’t like relying on it to feel adequate

I used to sometimes wear eyeliner and/or mascara, and very occasionally lipstick, in my teens/early 20s.

Since mid-20s, nothing.

Wore loads as a teenager, then stopped entirely for a good many years, then in my 40s started wearing it for work, for reasons similar to @BolloxtoGender above. It just lifts me a bit. My skin has always been problematic and all the make up free years didn't change that, so maybe it's hormonal / bad luck. Though while I didn't use make up I also largely didn't bother with skincare. That has changed massively and now I am using make up regularly I also put quite a bit of effort into using skincare. My make up is still fairly minimal - foundation, highlighter, mascara and lipstick or gloss mostly. I go make up free at weekends.

As a teen and up until I was about 25 I used eyeliner and lipstick , then when I was pregnant with my first child I had hyperemesis amongst other problems and stopped doing so and then never started again . I’m early 50s now , I’ve also never dyed my hair / had highlights .

I used to in my 20s. But I read some stuff about how the beauty industry creates a need for women that they should do this or that, and need one product after another - reading about the manipulation pissed me off so I stopped. I wore heavy makeup for my wedding for the photos but I really regret it - it was uncomfortable and you can really see it.

So I've stopped completely. I probably don't look as young and fresh as I could but I don't care, in a lot more comfortable.

I feel a bit of a fraud posting in here!

I wore makeup as a teenager but when I realised it made my spots worse I stopped wearing it. My spots cleared up, but I couldn't be arsed to put the makeup on again!

Now, I very rarely put mascara on, but that's it. I don't wear makeup often enough to justify buying it and I CBA to do it in the morning. And to be honest, I look like a 5 year old playing with mum's makeup.

Literally, no-one has ever said anything to me about not wearing makeup. Maybe people silently judge me but meh, who cares? And until men start being judged for not wearing makeup, I won't be worrying about it.

I used to like make up when I was younger and wanted to look my best.

Now I'm early 60s I wear less than I ever used to and have given up on foundation or even tinted moisturiser (which I used to love for a dewy natural look) as any sort of foundation just exaggerates fine lines and makes me look older and I think I look better and younger without.

So a bit of smoky eye, natural looking blush and natural or pinky beige lips. Plus tidied up softly defined but natural eyebrows.

I very rarely wear anything.

I used to use it a bit more - nights out, interviews, special occasions etc, but obky what most people would consider a half hearted attempt.

I've never really got the hang of it so I'd have to out a lot of effort, time and money into it to look presentable. I am v pale so it's hard to find base stuff that doesn't look really jarring.

I am so OK with being bare faced. I work in a very public facing role at all times and I like feeling comfortable as I am. I know lots of habitual make up users who wouldn't ever leave home without a full face of make up now they've become so accustomed to it and that feels like an awful trap to fall into.

Please don't equate it with not being bothered about appearance though. I'm fastidious clean, brush my teeth well, moisturise and try to wear nice outfits and do my hair etc. I just don't want to feel that I'm not socially acceptable without a mask on.

I love makeup, I love playing with it, I love buying it, I love seeking out the next miracle mascara.

I don't wear it day to day. I prefer the extra time in bed and I travel to work by public transport and my face sweats so I don't bother.
I'm lucky to have good skin and have never been self conscious about my face.

So I’m early 20s wore a tiny bit. By 28 couldn’t be bothered.

36 had a long standing basal carcinoma removed and since then just soap/water - no makeup etc.

Feel fine without it.

Do you generally put much thought into your appearance or are you not at all interested?

Wow, that’s an interesting way to look at it!?

I always dress smartly and do my hair, I don’t often wear make up because I’ve got nice skin and I don’t think I really need to wear it unless I’m going somewhere fancy, men don’t wear it, do they, so why should I?

I haven't worn make-up since my teenage years when I first started working. I don't remember why I stopped, but I didn't wear it for long. I wore the smallest amount possible on my wedding day, but otherwise I don't bother. If I'm going out I might put on a little bit of pale lipstick, but nothing else. I don't believe I will ever wear it again, it just feels much nicer without, and I can't be bothered with putting it on, and then having to take it off again.

Did you ever wear makeup? yes
Did you stop at some point or have you never worn it? never really worn it day to day except the bright blue eyeliner and glittery lip gloss stage every girl of my generation went through at 14 I'm very lazy
Did you ever think about wearing it? occasionally I'll look at myself and consider filling in my brows and putting mascara on.
Why don't you? lazy/time poor after doing my hair
Do you generally put much thought into your appearance or are you not at all interested? my hair is always styled (short crop, need to style or it looks like I've been dragged through a hedge backwards) my outfits are always smart casual unless I'm not leaving the house, then I wear lounge wear.

I forgot to say - people always think I'm younger than I am, but I don't know if the make up free thing is anything to do with it.

My mother is 88 and in a rest home and still wears make up every day.

Used to wear it quite a bit as a teen so have become very good at applying it and knowing what works for my face, I even when on a course in my 20's. And i can't help but cringe when I see a woman with messily applied eyeliner or wearing a lip that just doesn't doesn't suit her.

However now I'm older i don't wear it day to day, not even for work, maybe a quick slick of mascara. I only really wear it if i'm going somewhere nice out for dinner (certainly not to the local italian), or a special occasion. I know I look better with makeup on, but I'd rather be doing something else than spending half an hour applying it.

I've put a bit of make up on tonight because I've been to a party, but I don't usually wear it. I feel confident and attractive without, so generally can't be arsed (it's the taking it off when you're tired that puts me off the most). I'm nearly 50 and never really worn it.

Admittedly, I've never been fussed about how I look though, enough men that I've liked have fancied me over the years as I am (and my husband still does), my jobs have never depended on how I looked, so I am lucky(?) not to have to care about it.

I used to wear make up every day. I also used to do my hair every day. Now I get my Lashes done every 3 weeks and only wear make up if I'm going out. I work from home with children and they just don't care if I have make up on, it's also irritating having to think about touching it up, and hair just gets in my way and irritates me. Also start at 7.30 so the longer in bed the better. Takes me 10 minutes to get ready in the morning, wash, hair up, maisturiser on, instead of the hour it used to take.

At one point I was obsessed with make up and was training to be a make up artist. Still do other people's make up every now and then, just can't be arsed to do my own.

I started wearing makeup everyday at 15 yrs old when I started work I always cleaned it of at night, I stopped wearing it everday a couple of years ago but do wear it if Im going out. Im 64 my skin is near on perfect. I believe makeups saved it from sun and polution damage.