I have spent my whole day so far naked. I went to class, talked to my professor, dropped
by the office of the school I start working for in a few weeks, ran errands,
and drove all over town. Naked.
OK, not really naked (although I wish I could have been; it
was SUPER hot today!), but today I chose to forgo doing my hair or putting on
make-up, and it made me feel…different.
I got the idea from my little sister. She’s a beautiful hipster who hasn’t worn
make-up since her emo stage in high school.
Last night I was looking through some of her photos, and I was amazed at
how great she can look without anything really accenting her features. So I decided to try out that style for
myself.
Now, I am secretly a very vain person (or maybe it’s not so
secret…I don’t know), so I put on clothes that made me feel a bit more
attractive – one of my favorite shirts and some tight pants. This is the girl that the world saw today:
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| Hey look, it's a girl of average attractiveness. Cool. |
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Instead of seeing a beautiful girl, I saw a recent acne
breakout, the bags under my eyes, my lack of eyelashes, the flattest hair
possible, and those darn keloids on my chest.
It was today that I realized: I don’t really love the way I look.
It was kind of a weird revelation for me, because I’ve never
worn tons of make-up; I stick to mascara and cover-up (and eye liner when I’m
feeling super confident in my hand-eye coordination). I’ve always thought of myself as more of a “natural”
girl, but today proved me wrong. I
struggle with being all-natural. I feel
ugly and worn-out, and that’s not how I want to feel about my face (I would say
my body, but I honestly love my body.
Long legs, strong arms, huge boobs, a tight butt, a relatively flat
stomach…What’s not to love?).
So here and now, in front of all three of my readers who
AREN’T spam bots, I’m going to make a commitment. For the next two weeks I’m not going to wear
make-up. No cover-up, no powder, no
mascara, just plain ol’ me. I will let myself
do my hair though; I have to have something going right for me up there :P
Do any of my female readers feel like joining me? Or will I be joining your already-formed
ranks?
*Edit: To read about the end result of this challenge, go here
*Edit: To read about the end result of this challenge, go here
You'll kind of be joining my ranks. It's true that I love me some eye makeup, but I've been fairly lazy about it lately ( that translates into not wearing any at all). I don't wear any other makeup. Fixing my hair involves putting a couple of barrettes (I have no idea how that word is properly spelled!). My wardrobe consists of jeans and a t-shirt. Perhaps we should trade, you go naked and I'll put in some effort. :-)
ReplyDeleteI rarely wear makeup (which I wrote about here: http://clarkscondensed.com/linkup/beauty-scavenger-hunt-week-one/) and it's a good day if I do anything more to my hair than run a brush through it. You're in good company ;-)
ReplyDeleteI always wear makeup to church and to the temple, but beyond that I try to wear as little as possible.(I definitely have a love/hate relationship with the stuff) I think the key is to fix your hair, wear earrings, a ring, a watch, decent clothes and shoes. I dye my eyelashes sometimes too which really helps. Oh, and I am crazy-religious about skin care. (possibly due to post-tramatic-teen-age-zit-face syndrome:) I feel your pain sister!
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