Well,

I kinda suck when it comes to posting every day for a week… so, sorry.

Let me update you on how my “face fast” went.

Day 3: My face started rebelling.

My blemishes (the ones that caused me to start the face fast in the first place) got redder, and more angry with me on day 3.  I was however still hiding behind my glasses, which, to be honest… pissed me off. I tried to convince myself that I should wear my bare face proud, and not hide behind my lenses, but alas…

Day 4, 5: My face gave in to the fast.

I awoke on Thursday, and low and behold… my blemishes were not red, angry, and irritated. They were all but gone. Also, by afternoon on Thursday, I had shed my glasses, and seemed to be far more comfortable showing my face. Which, by this point, I can tell that the reason I was willing to lose the glasses was directly related to the lack of redness.  My peers and students were used to my makeup-less face, and virtually no comments were made about it.

Day 6, 7: The afterglow.

The 6th and 7th day were Saturday and Sunday, which meant that the only person that I care about who had the opportunity to see me at all was Daron. Upon asking him if he noticed a difference in how my face looked, he said, he thought it looked the same. Which is, of course, expected. However, I did notice a difference, my face looked brighter to me, and I had finally stopped my CRAVINGS to put make up on in the mornings.

What I learned:

I have to say, it took a few days for me to accept the fact that this little experiment was closely tied to my self esteem.  Wearing not a drop of concealer was quite a challenge. Another side note, is that I happen to wear a highly popular “mineral” make up… it is… essential… to me… have the… bare… type of make up. Even so, I was surprised that most people, when told what I was doing, said, “they have really cool mineral make up thats good for your skin, and they have really light moisturizers too.” When I told them that I knew that, and used them, the majority of people just couldn’t FATHOM why I might not want to wear make up for a few days… it was strange.

My word of advice… don’t use make up as a crutch… if at some point you feel like you really couldn’t leave the house without it, then I highly recommend you DO leave the house without it. You are not your made up face. Remember that.