I've Skipped Makeup Almost Every Day While Self-Isolating, and It's Changed My Point of View
Once upon a time, when our world wasn't in isolation (remember those days?), I would wake up, eat breakfast, get dressed, straighten my hair, do my makeup , and go to work. In fact, if you swap work with school, it's a routine I've practiced for the past 10-plus years of my life. Sure, there'd be days I'd skip the flat iron, and there were certain AM classes I was not putting on makeup for, but you get the gist. Almost every day for the last decade, I've looked at a done-up version of myself in the mirror, and still thought I had a healthy relationship with my bare skin. After all, I didn't need makeup. I just preferred it - or at least, that's what I'd tell myself. Makeup gave me confidence . From the compliments like "You have such pretty eyes" to "Wow, your skin is glowing" ( cough , thank you highlighter and setting spray, cough ), I have experienced firsthand the power of a full face. In high school, I was dependent on i