I stopped wearing makeup for 8 months

Hello everyone,

It has been so long since I made a post, it feels so weird for me to write this blog post now. I wanted to come back with a topic that I am so passionate about it.

Some of you might know that I suffered from severe cystic acne and I got Accutane acne treatment for it, and Alahmdullah my life changed since then. But there was a little of self-doubt and fear from seeing my naked skin every day and showing it to people. I felt that my skin imperfect to walk out the door without covering it, and I felt this way because during the acne treatment process I covered my skin with BB cream.

I got used to seeing my flawless skin every morning and I wanted to continue that for the rest of my life until one day I look at myself in the mirror before putting the makeup and I told myself “isn’t this the skin you wanted for so long and you wanted to feel free of acne?”. I knew the answer which was YES that all I wanted and wished for and I wanted to make a change.

From that day I decided to stop putting makeup “no BB cream, no plusher, no eyebrows making and no mascara” for one month and only do my skincare. For the 1st week I felt different in uncomfortable way and not myself every time I look at my reflection, and it took me a while to accept. With weeks passing by my morning routine became lighter and I could take my time to get ready and watch YouTube. One month passed by and I decided to make them 3 and at the end they became 8 months, simply because I refused to put makeup every time I felt it was unnecessary and every time I didn’t feel putting it. I didn’t want to push myself to do something for an occasion or for people, I wanted to do it for me.

Throughout the NO MAKEUP period, I learned so much about my skin and how perfectly imperfect as my skin is. I learned to embrace my skin and body with all of the flaws and marks that time left on them. I liked my sparse brows, loved my acne scars and my pinky cheeks because they showed the real me without any filtering. Seeing my real skin let me to focus on learning about best skin care ingredients and trying different product to see their effects on my face.

The event that let me break the 8 months was my graduation ceremony and I wanted to put makeup that enhances my facial features and show the real me though it. That the only event in a very long time that I felt the desire to put a full face of makeup.

This experience has taught me a lot about the real beauty and how I should view myself in all of the aspects. I realized that things can be and should be beautiful despite being incomplete. You can feel glam and amazing just by being yourself and knowing you are beautiful the way you are now at this moment.

You can make your challenge and might feel the change

Thank you for reading this post

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