I went makeup free thee months ago when I left school, this decision was made honestly out of laziness as I could not be bothered to put makeup on every morning, especially when I had no where to go and it was the best decision I have ever made. I know the idea of putting makeup on even when you were spending the day at home would seem ridiculous to most people, and even to myself now to look back on. I mean why would someone put so much time into making themselves look good if they weren't going anywhere, or seeing anyone? Well, this tends to be a common problem for most women out there. You start to become so reliant on makeup to give you that confidence and to make you feel better that you no longer know how to find it from within yourself. Makeup application and removal becomes just as much of an essential daily task as brushing your teeth.
Now I would now quickly like to mention my secret weapon in getting the confidence you need to o without makeup: moisturiser.
Yes, I know. Moisturising your skin is common knowledge and everyone does it, right? Well no. Many women and men for that matter do not moisturise their skin often enough if not at all. I was one of those people who never moisturised, I just never saw the point in it and didn't think it would make that much of a difference. But I was very very wrong. The day I stopped wearing makeup was the day that I decided to moisturise every morning and night, and the benefits were beyond what I could believe. I was never one who broke out easily and I never suffered from acne, but I did have redness on my cheeks and the areas around my nose would constantly be dry and flaky.
The first two weeks of going makeup free and moisturising came with both good benefits and bad breakouts. My skin almost instantly felt softer and looked healthier and was glowing. But as this was a total skin cleanse all of the blockages in my pores were beginning to work their way out of my skin causing me to break out like I never had before. Usually if I 'broke out' it would be on or two pimples that lasted a week maximum but this was all over my face and lasted around two -two and a half weeks. I didn't want this at all, it was embarrassing and I didn't want to use any harsh chemicals on my skin to get rid of them because I felt as though it would contradict what I was trying to do, so I used tea tree oil. I used this twice a day after I had used my moisturiser and let me tell you, tea tree oil is the most effective product I have ever used to remove my pimples. They cleared up so quickly and my face felt fresh.
The first two weeks of my current three months of no makeup was horrific. Aside from the breakouts I was facing I had no confidence to even leave my house, I thought that without makeup I looked gross and that everyone would be looking at me and laughing ( did I really rely on makeup to give me confidence that much? that's crazy!)
Once I got through the first two weeks my skin cleared up and my confidence came back. I started to think that maybe I didn't look as bad as I thought without makeup, which is true. For all women Makeup is a privilege not a right, if you abuse a privilege it will work in reverse or get taken away. Obviously makeup cannot be taken away, but it can work in reverse. Makeup made my bare face look horrid, it was dry and had no glow in it, it just wasn't healthy and even when I did wear makeup I wore it everyday that it got to the point that it wasn't anymore beneficial to my looks wearing it. Since going makeup free however, my skin is glowing, it is healthy and has cleared up completely, and in all honesty I feel more confident now without makeup than what I ever did wearing makeup! Now on the rare occasion that I do wear makeup I can enjoy the process again.
-- Also, as a side note- during these three months there were of course times that I did wear makeup. However there were times in which I had somewhere important to go, which is fine. I wasn't banning it from my life I just was not wearing it unnecessarily.
I encourage all of you to go three months without makeup. The first two weeks are the hardest, but once you get past that, not wearing makeup feels so much better than wearing makeup. And remember, my results will not be the same as yours, my two week rule may be the first month for you, but I have complete faith that one month maximum of trouble, that the last two months you will be seeing maximum results.
I would love to see or hear about your results, so leave a comment below telling me how your progress is going.
Also, if you are interested in the moisturiser that I have been using and the cleanser I have been using check out my last blog post for more details: http://samanthamersin.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/favourites-skincare.html
Speak soon, xx
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