So, I came to a decision today. It was laziness more than anything else. But I decided I'm not going to wear any makeup this week. That might sound incredibly banal, especially coming from someone who doesn't look like she puts a lot of thought into her appearance to begin with, but I have been finding myself getting more and more preoccupied with stupid things lately, like worrying about the straightness of my hair or the length of my eyelashes, and it strikes me that I could save time and mental energy by just taking a vacation from thinking about all that for a while.
The experiment is as follows:
1. From now (including today--I'm proud to say I was able to walk around in public today without any makeup on) until the end of the week, I will not wear any makeup, which includes lipstick, eyeliner, mascara, or colored lipgloss (I still have to allow myself lip balm in this weather though). I don't wear eyeshadow, foundation, or blush (or glitter, or kajol, or ash, or any other special womanly stuff that I don't know about) and am not planning on starting to now.
2. I will also not blow dry my hair because it's getting damaged, and I'm kind of liking its wavy texture these days.
3. I will limit my "getting ready" time to 10 minutes in the morning (showering is separate). It's actually pretty easy to time--the cd/alarm clock in my bathroom has a disc with two songs that pretty much add up to 10 minutes: "Bohemian Like You" by the Dandy Warhols and "Gold Digger" by Kanye West. So when those two songs are over, I've got to be done.
Ho : No time over the week will be saved; I will continue to feel exactly the same about makeup's importance in my life.
H1 : My impression of makeup and perhaps even of my appearance without it will be altered.
Again, I know this is stupid. Maybe that's part of the point--it's so stupid, yet I think about it anyway. Hopefully this is the beginning of some necessary reprioritization.
What should I be prioritizing? Well, draft 3 of the play that's opening in April is probably a good idea. And draft 1 of the new play I want to work on is another. Also, I'm working on a sketch revue that will hopefully be going up shortly so I need to put together some sketches for that.
In short: writing comes first. Everything else falls into line after that--except makeup. That shouldn't be part of the equation for a while.
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Welcome to the club. I gave up makeup ages ago. Every once in awhile I get a girly little urge to put some on, and I do, and my face breaks out the next day and I don't have the urge again for awhile. I never really liked using it, and one day just decided, oh well, what you see is what you get. If you don't like it, there are plenty of other women out there willing to slop it on for you. Anyway, you're so gorgeous no one will even notice.
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