Am I the only one who wears absolutely no makeup?

I only wear makeup a few times a year for special occasions.

No makeup here. I have severe allergies, and makeup makes my skin itch. When I was younger, I tried all kinds of allergy free makeup, including some really pricey stuff. Nothing worked. So I am makeup free!

Just mascara here, because it is easy to put on and does help my eyes not look so sleepy, I don’t do anything to my nails either and keep them short.

Just for work - a bit of face powder to even out. Never, ever outside of work and never anything on my eyes, lips or finger/toenails. It may be an improvement, but not my thing.

I wear it when I'm going to work or going out but other than that no way ... that means right now, since I work from home and there is nowhere to go, I hardly ever wear it    

I don't need to impress the cashier at the grocery store    

I never wear makeup of any kind including nail polish, or color my hair.

I don’t. I will sometimes put some on when going out with friends but usually not. I work in an office daily and I wear nothing, never have.

Me also. I do wear tinted sunscreen in the summer months, but I basically just smear it all over my face which takes about 30 seconds. In the past I've had a weird obsession with buying lip crayons or gloss but I never like how they look better than my natural lips, so I never wear it. Other than that I've never owned eye shadow, mascara, or any other makeup.

I am very into nail polish though, it's more of a hobby though and i don't always have it on my nails. Not sure if that counts as makeup.

Of course you're not.

nope, never really have except for a few special occasions. Right now I don't own a single thing makeup related. My DH recently commented that he loves how low maintenance I am, LOL.

When I'm going out I wear foundation, blush and lipstick. However, if it's just a grocery store run I don't always bother. I'm allergic to every flavor or eye makeup. I've tried everything. I wear eye shadow and mascara for special occasions and date night, only. It irritates my eyes, too much. I wear lipstick the most. However, during the pandemic I don't both. I let my skin breathe and stay as healthy as possible.

I agree about the reporters, that they look so much better the less make up they wear. I’m always commenting to co workers when they haven’t put any make up on that they look so much younger without it. They usually don’t agree. 

Since the stay at home, I’ve only worn my mask and eyebrow pencil when going to the store. I’m enjoying it. 

My makeup use had declined with age. I'm sure in my younger years I would have looked at my older self and said, "Why would you just give up like that?" However, the beauty of age is I am no longer interested in impressing others by making myself uncomfortable. Now, that's not to say I never wear makeup, but it's pretty minimal. Moisturizer, loose powder, eyebrow darkening, and mascara. For my niece's wedding I broke out the eyeshadow also. DH always tells me that makeup is not needed to keep his interest.

When I think back to those younger years when I did the whole shebang, I remember what a pain in the ass it was if I needed to touch it up (carry a bunch of makeup) or got caught in the rain, or decided to jump in a pool/lake/ocean. Or stay overnight unexpectedly and now I didn't have what I needed to redo my makeup (which I would never consider going out of the house barefaced). Some of it was my horrible skin in my 20's that I was forever trying to cover. Now, I see young women who use so much makeup and bake their faces and it never looks like it does on YouTube. They look 10 years older and cakey. It's even worse on older women with lines and wrinkles. My skin looks much younger without foundation (which also makes me breakout).

As I've gotten older, my eyebrows and lashes have thinned, so I darken my eyebrows. I wish lash extensions were easier to maintain so I could ditch any thought of mascara and make my eyes stand out more. They disappear in my face as I've gotten older.

I’ve found my tribe, LOL! 

I can’t have anything around my eyes for an extended period of time or they will start to really, really itch. Even the hypoallergenic stuff makes me itch. So rather than fight it, I gave up a long time ago. I’m by nature a very low maintenance kind of person purely out of laziness coupled with the fact that I truly just don’t care. I figure as long as I’m clean and have clean clothes on, have clean hair and don’t stink, I’m good.   I don’t have the time or patience for it, plus it’s expensive and I’d rather spend my money on other things.

My DH likes me the way I am and he’s the only other person whose opinion matters at all to me. I impress him more by picking up a shovel and helping him dig a trench, or picking up a paintbrush and helping him paint or any of the other hard things we need to do.

If people can’t stand looking at me with no makeup, gray hair and unpolished nails then that’s their problem and they can choose to look away.

The really funny thing is that my BFF is the polar opposite of me. She always has makeup on right down to the fake eyelashes and she usually has her hair styled. Always has her nails and even toenails done fancy. Usually has nicer clothes on than I do (compared to my plain t-shirt and shorts or jeans). I guess opposites really do attract!