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It can hide blemishes, enhance your favorite features, or, if applied improperly, unintentionallyage you.
Congested pores aren’t the only reason to forego your daily face.
In fact, periodically saying no to makeup may be the best way to maintain skin health over time.
Plus, let’s all admit it, mascara can be frustrating.
A much welcomed break for your face allows your lashes to recover at the same time.
Your makeup products will last longer
An added bonus of skipping makeup?
You won’t go through your products as quickly because you’re using fewer of them.
When you do return to using makeup, your skin will have had time to rejuvenate.
Your pores will have cleared up and gotten smaller, creating a smooth canvas for applying makeup.
Your refreshed skin, notes Annie Tevelin toStyleCaster, then shines through and requires less color correction.
“Less is sometimes more in the long run!”
This wild fact emerged from a survey conducted bySkinStore.
The e-tailer asked 3,000 women nationwide about their beauty habits.
Clocking it at around 21 minutes, New Yorkers triple the national average of seven minutes.
Imagine what you could do with that time if you passed on makeup just twice a week.
You don’t have to do a lot of math to realize that this time adds up.
Life is short and it certainly doesn’t have to be lived in makeup.
Spend your savings on the occasional facial or stay frugal and give yourself an at-home exfoliation or moisture treatment.
Take skincare advice from theno-makeupqueen herself, Alicia Keys.
From album covers to red carpets, Keys has lived makeup-free since 2016 (viaWomen’s Health).
The result of her diligence?
Picture perfect skin sans makeup.
