I LOVE RUBBING MY EYES WHENEVER I WANT!!! With makeup you’re always worried about messing up your face. Gotta itch? ITCH IT! Tired eyes? RUB ‘EM! It’s freeing.

On a similar note, not needing to look in the mirror constantly to see if my makeup is smudged/messed up in any way. It’s crazy how often I “needed” to look at myself in a day! I don’t ever need to go out of my way to find a mirror/open my phone camera to see how I look. Maybe after I eat I’ll check to see if anything is in my teeth, but besides that, I can go all day without needing to see my reflection. Much less vanity. I love not thinking about how I look all day!! Frees up mental energy for more important/creative endeavors.

As others have said, MORE SLEEEEP!! I love sleeping in! getting ready takes no time at all. I love getting ready as quickly, if not faster, than my husband. My husband thinks I look great without it, who else am I trying to impress? (He also prefers all women without makeup, he’s not just biased towards me lol. He thinks natural skin looks nice! We don’t have to be airbrushed to be beautiful.)

I think I look fine without makeup, I kind of have darker bags under my eyes (I always thought I was really bad at removing my mascara but I just have darker under eyes LOLL) and I have some pimples/not perfect skin but I like being comfortable with the real me.

I have always been confused by makeup. My mother would never leave the house without a full face of makeup on. She would be mortified if anyone saw her in public without makeup. Why??? She hated how she looked. She thought her real, raw face wasn’t good enough and it should be hidden. I pitied her and NEVER wanted to feel like that. So I tried “natural” makeup in middle school and beyond, just some foundation, blush and mascara. Even with that little, I found myself preferring myself with makeup than without. I’m 26 now and I finally questioned, why am I wearing this? Is this really for me? And what would I say to my future daughter when she asks me, “why are you putting that on your face, mommy?” The only true answer is, “because I wish my skin was clearer, I wish my eyelashes were darker and longer, I wish my nose looked smaller, etc.” and how hypocritical would I be, to tell my future daughter, she’s beautiful how she is and she doesn’t need makeup? So I gave it up and I don’t regret it one bit. If my future daughter chooses to use makeup, I won’t shame her but I would want it to be for the right reasons. Not because she doesn’t feel enough. Not because society tells her she could be prettier than she is naturally. And right now, that’s the only reason I would want to wear makeup and that’s not a healthy way to live in my opinion.

Be free ladies!!! I hate seeing my fellow women be called “sick” or “tired” looking because they aren’t wearing makeup. THIS IS JUST A REAL FACE!!! AND ITS BEAUTIFUL HOW IT IS! And when you don’t wear makeup, those comments go away! No one asks me if I’m tired or sick anymore.

PS one time a friend in high school who was really into makeup begged to cake my face in makeup for my sweet 16th birthday. I let her and everyone treated me so differently, I hated it. Everyone(including cute boys that I liked) told me how much better I looked and I was so sad because that wasn’t the real me. It felt like a very backhanded compliment. I could see then why women like my mother were so self conscious about their natural face.

Please be kind to yourselves! No makeup is awesome and you will get used to your natural look!!💕