The Week I Ditched Foundation

I'll let you in to a little secret...I'm terrified of going completely barefaced in public. Like, won't even leave the house for a bottle of milk and a newspaper without at least a base, brows and mascara. However, I have officially spent 1 week without foundation (the only exception being one night out in Wilmslow, because, let's face it, no one can be subjected to 'inebriated Sian' and 'terrible skin Sian' at the same time).

As a teenager, I was plagued by acne-ridden skin and severe lack of face definition and it has left me feeling a little sheepish when it comes to toting a bare face. No makeup, no chance! But I managed a week without any foundation! Baby steps.

So for anyone else that is 100% dependant on make up, here's some of the withdrawal symptoms and side effects.

•My skin did look much better as the week went on, it helped keep my oiliness at bay as I wasn't piling on product and I started to enjoy the look of my skin without a base.

•I learned that concealer is enough. I am plagued with large red blemishes (super annoying) and it's because of these that I've always been keen on using a full coverage base but actually a spot of light concealer was enough.

•I would totally save money in the long run...because foundation is expensive! 

•When I decided to use foundation just for one night my skin was vile next morning, it needed a really good exfoliating treatment. Since I've started wearing make up again, my skin is really horrible (hormones do not help with this- damn you hormones) so I feel like I need to wear even more make up to cover it up. It was nice to break out of that vicious cycle, even if it was only for a week. 

•My skin looked better and more glowing, but I found it so much harder to pull together a full makeup look. I don't know if it's because I'm used to seeing my face with a full base and then everything that goes on top, I couldn't help but feel that I looked like I wasn't wearing enough makeup, even when I was going for a heavier makeup look. 

So it was eye opening to ditch my foundation for a week however I have reverted straight back to using it. Although I certainly prefer the look of my skin without any base at all, I think that's the my bare faced insecurity is too deep set to be brave enough to give it up forever.