It’s a daily ritual that most of us face every day. Makeup! Covering flaws that sometimes aren’t even there to give us that little boost of confidence for the day ahead. But what affect is wearing makeup every day having on our skin?
Most of the makeup you wear contains chemicals as cosmetic products are not subjected to the same strict checks as food or medicine and it is the sole responsibility of the manufacturer to decide whether a product is safe to use or not. Unfortunately, a lot of them do contain harmful substances that get instantly absorbed by your skin and can cause allergic reactions or skin dis-colouration.
If you’d like to have the perfect blemish-free and glowing skin, covering it up with tons of foundation won’t help you with that. If you wear makeup all day, some of it will inevitably seep into your skin’s pores, causing them to enlarge and result in acne and blemishes. You need to give your skin some breathing time!
Work on the canvas being blemish free instead of trying to cover it up. Skincare routine is often neglected over makeup routine as with makeup you see an instant result with covering up the imperfection. However this is the plaster effect. You can cover it up, but it doesn’t mean that it is healing. Ever heard someone say take that plaster off and let your cut breath? Same goes for your skin! Take the foundation off and let your skin breath.
Use a good skincare range like Dermalogica, their products embrace skin health rather than cosmetic beauty and are designed to improve skin health by being free of common irritants and ingredients that could cause breakouts. Get your skin back to the form it deserves and you will be thankful for taking more time on your skin than on your makeup.
The benefits of going without makeup;
- More time – on average women take 30mins to an hour getting ready in the morning for the day ahead. Think of all that time you will gain back, or even sleep in!
- Love your flaws – Learning to love yourself and embrace your flaws is one of the biggest challenges everyone faces. At first, when you go makeup free, you’ll feel exposed, however no one actually pays attention to your tiny imperfection except you! Stop treating them like your flaws and think of them as the things that makes you special.
- Confidence – Unfortunately, applying mascara and eye shadows will not help you boost your self-esteem and confidence. Instead of covering up yourself, you should focus on loving your natural look and embracing yourself. Your confidence will skyrocket once you learn to accept yourself the way you are.
- Appreciation – Chasing trends and fighting to comply with social norms and beauty standards is exhausting. So is spending a huge chunk of money on beauty products in hopes they would make you feel “prettier” and thus “better,” yet leaving you feeling devastated and broke instead.
If you have a day where you struggle with your new no makeup routine just remember that Marc Jacobson models walked down the runway with no makeup. You should not allow anyone to judge you solely by how you look, or allow someone to get you down just because they have a different idea about how people should be presented.
