When is no makeup week

I only wear foundation a couple of times a week if I know I have plans after work or if there's something important happening that day. I apply some neutral shadow, set my undereyes with an illuminating powder, conceal any noticeable red spots, and apply a little blush or highlighter. Then I comb through my brows and fill them in a bit with some tinted gel. I finish everything off with a coat or two of mascara and some lipstick.

Her Biggest Challenge: "My undereyes are a big challenge for me to embrace, I don't even have dark circles. I just feel like I look naked without some kind of makeup under my eyes. Going without lipstick was the hardest for me because I'm hardly ever seen without it, so I feel like it's noticeable when my lips are bare.

I kept applying lip balm just to make me feel as if I were wearing something. What She Learned: "The fact that no one asked me if I was tired or sick made me feel great. Her Usual Beauty Routine: Simple and easy. Then I use an energizing moisturizer or hyaluronic acid. I let that sink in, then I apply highlighter to my cheek bones and cupids bow, tinted moisturizer SPF 30 , bronzer, cream blush, mascara, and I brush my eyebrows upward.

Also, I drink a ton of water and lemon water. Other than that, I felt great for the most part, but there were a few times I looked in the mirror and thought, Oh, my skin looks so sallow or my eyes need some definition. It made we wrestle with my self confidence a bit. What She Learned: "I learned that at 28, I am doing enough for my skin.

Also, never underestimate how much good a sweat session and a lot of water can do for you. As our cover girl, Mila, puts it in the August issue, "Wear makeup, don't wear makeup—do what makes you feel good.

For more on the barefaced movement, see how our editor-in-chief, Cindi Leive, is getting in on the makeup-free celebration. Rewards Free Stuff Promos. My 25th birthday.

I decided to do the no-makeup thing an extra day since I had had two slip-ups over the last week. I took the day off from work and spent it outside with my boyfriend.

I carried sunscreen in my purse and reapplied all day because I am now a responsible, year-old adult woman who knows that taking care of my skin is more important than having a nice tan — happy birthday to me. For the first time all week, I was feeling completely confident in my quarter-century-old skin.

I did, however, decide to put on makeup at night for dinner because, well, it was my birthday and I was going to put makeup on if I wanted to. That's the thing I realized about makeup through this experiment: If you choose to wear makeup, wear it for yourself and wear it because you want to, not because you're trying to meet other people's expectations. The only reason I wore makeup most days was because I thought I had to — that my spotted face would otherwise offend someone.

But I don't really care how my coworkers feel about my skin anymore. I think it bothered me a thousand times more to have them see my skin than it bothered them to look at me. Throughout the week, I started feeling better about my skin and it just so happened to start looking better when it wasn't covered up anymore. It's been a few days since I finished the experiment, and I haven't worn makeup to work since.

Despite the fact that I received way more compliments when I wore makeup and had to deal with someone blatantly call out my uneven skin tone when I didn't, I became aware of how much time, money, and energy I was wasting trying to hide something so insignificant.

Don't get me wrong, I still love to occasionally get dolled up. But I've learned to love the way I look without makeup as much as I do with it. Get non-boring fashion and beauty news directly in your feed.

Follow Facebook. Follow Brooke on Twitter. United States. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Brooke Shunatona. Day 1: The start of my first day at work without makeup was like that dream where you find yourself naked in front of a crowd and everyone's laughing at you — except no one laughed or stared at my bare face.

She warns, however, that these benefits could potentially come with an adjustment period. While your skin is recalibrating and getting used to the new normal of going makeup-free, it could be temporarily affecting your sebum production, which could lead to clogged pores and breakouts, according to Dr. Although these ingredients can cause skin purging, they will ultimately lead to a clearer complexion. Additionally, most folks apply their makeup in the bathroom, exposing their products to other types of bacteria, which can contaminate the makeup.

News » Lifestyle » Beauty Tips » Why women are embracing the nomakeup look. Why women are embracing the nomakeup look. Count: We have sent you a verification email. To verify, just follow the link in the message. Kritika Kapoor , Amrita Prasad. Updated: Apr 10, , IST. Recently actress Gwyneth Paltrow hosted a no-makeup party for her starry pals, which was attended by a bare-faced Demi Moore and Kate Hudson, among others. In , makeup is seeing an unprecedented decline in sales, which is being directly linked to the rise of skincare.

Beauty goals have shifted drastically — from mastering the perfect contour, one is now required to attain the Korean glass-like skin. Tinted glosses are the new lipstick, serums and moisturisers the new foundation, and eye masks the new eye shadows. We look at how skincare managed to dethrone makeup as the ultimate beauty trend Comments 0. Be the first one to comment.