Well, as we roll into March, it’s nice to feel the springtime almost upon us and the hope of the summer to come become a reality again at last. So having a spot of sunshine outside, I figured that since it’s a nice enough day to be jacket free, then I might as well go makeup free as well.
A Makeup Free day
Most days, I wont even see a single person or venture out the door until my makeup is on as I usually feel really dysphoric without it. But these past few days, I have felt quite good without it. I do love wearing makeup I must admit and I also love doing it. But it feels great not to have to actually need it.
I’ve always been a great believer that women dont need makeup to be beautiful. But some days I look at myself in the mirror and see really masculine features which really makes me cringe. So I usually like to wear makeup to brush these features away and make my face look more feminine. Some days, I cant bear to face the world until I’ve done this. So it has been very nice the past few days not to feel so dysphoric and able to pop to the shops and stuff without wearing any makeup.
Giving my skin a rest
I must admit, it has also been nice to give my skin a rest by not wearing any makeup for the past few days. This has been much needed actually as recently I have found myself wearing my makeup from quite early in the morning until super late at night, leaving little time to exfoliate. So it has been a lovely relief on my skin to have a few days rest.
It has also been good to have a makeup free face as it has gave me plenty opportunity to moisturise my face. I like using moisturising cream for this but also like to apply face packs too from time to time which i have been doing these past couple of evenings. I thought I’d try some under the eye hydrogel masks last night too as i like to get rid of the bags under my eyes. So that has also been quite refreshing.
It Feels Nice to be Makeup Free
So, it has been nice to be makeup free and still feel good these past few days but i have to say that I do still love doing my makeup and would like to go back to college to learn how to do makeup professionally. It’s something that I’ve never given much thought to for many years as it never ever really seemed like an option before, especially when I was leaving school. Back then, where I grew up “Boys didn’t do makeup” and so have always pursued manual work which I guess was a way of masking my femininity.
So the idea of doing makeup as a career has been an interesting prospect and I never actually realised just how much I could enjoy doing it until I come out as Transgender and started presenting female. I kinda threw myself in at the deep end on that one and started wearing makeup every day with the philosophy of “sink or swim” so had to learn how to do it right pretty quick unless I wanted to carry on looking like a circus clown.
But I’m so glad that I have felt fine without it these past few days. Although I think I might put some on later on and glam myself up a little. But at least it will be because I want to do it and not because I feel that I need to do it. Hopefully I can keep the dysphoric feelings away when I’m not made up in future but we shall see how things go.
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