Back last year there was this one week that was so chockablock with errands, present buying, food shopping, christmas light purchasing because our ones from the previous year didn’t work – you know the drill – that I didn’t open my makeup bag for a whole week. It wasn’t on purpose, but before I knew it a week had passed and my makeup brushes were untouched. I know, clean brushes that had stayed clean for longer than one day – heavenly. So here are 10 things I learnt from my makeup-free week…
1. Pair not wearing makeup for a week with not wearing a bra for a week and you’ve got the best seven days of your life right there.
2. You can get ready in about five minutes. This pleased Mark greatly.
3. I found myself surprisingly not really missing it. If I saw a lady walk past with an amazing red lip it didn’t make me want to rush home and grab the NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Cruella. Though I did want to tap her on the shoulder and enquire what the kick-ass colour in question was.
4. Skincare becomes even more of an essential than it was before. If I’m not wearing my BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector Poured in Moonstone, then I least want some kind of glow!
5. The only thing I really missed was curling my eyelashes and when I reunited myself with the Shu Uemura Eyelash Curlers I swear it happened in slow motion.
6. …and boy did they feel so long and fluffy when I first curled them! Perhaps I should have a curl-free week more often just for the sake of my eyelashes?
7. Need to blow your nose? Tears streaming down your face after watching Love Actually (it might be the new year but I’m still watching it!)? Blow and wipe away without fear of swiping off all your beauty-related hard work. Amazing.
8. People may start to query if you are ill/tired. I even noticed the postman giving me some funny looks and that’s surprising considering the vast array of various loungwear/jogging bottom with fancy top filming outfits he sees me in.
9. I found myself needing to tweeze my eyebrows more often because without them looking groomed my face looked even more werewolf-y than usual.
10. My towels were a mascara and foundation free zone. That never happens. They looked so clean without the black and orange stripes and smudges that usually adorn them.
Of course when I decided to dig back into my makeup bag and do my usual face it pleased me greatly and everything felt brand new again. So if you’re itching for a Space NK visit then perhaps this is a new method to try to suppress any sprees. Though I did see a new Smith & Cult colour that I think I might need to purchase…
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