For makeup wearers, a WWYD question.

When I worked in an office, I would have turned around and gone home, assuming I didn't have anything on my schedule first thing. But, it entirely depends on the culture of your office and requirements of your job.

Depends on the job, but in my role/company (been there 10 years, not client facing on most days, etc) - I'd just go in with no makeup. If I had some in my purse, great, but I don't usually carry makeup in my purse.

I figure men go into the office every single day without makeup, what's the big deal about one day for me? I know there are different expectations on women and it does depend on the environment (for example, if I was in sales and meeting with clients - not an option to not wear makeup. New job - not an option). But for me, I use days like that to be all "This is some sexist shit!" and use that as my justification, haha.

I have a small purse stash, but it does nothing really to cover the redness. I have rosacea and people ALWAYS comment on my red face if I happen to forget makeup, so I am very self-conscious about it, so I would be late for work.

ETA:  If I went to work everyday, I would probably make my purse stash a little more usable, but I work at home and usually only go out of the house to do shopping and to church, so I don't usually have an issue with forgetting.  

I forgot to put mascara on one day and stopped at a drugstore to buy a new one

Go to work without and prepare for everyone to ask what's wrong ALL DAY LONG.

Makeup is such a regular part of my life that I literally cannot imagine "forgetting" to apply it.

That would be like forgetting to put on my clothes.

I can't imagine forgetting it, but I would have gone home. It's not a big deal for me to be late to work since I usually don't have meetings first thing.

I did this once when YDS was an infant. Going back home would have meant I'd get distracted beyond the makeup and be even later to work -- oh, let me quick clean this or that, look at the mail, put this into recycling -- instead, I stopped at Walgreen's by my office. I bought a few basics to get me through the day. Now, I keep a little makeup bag in my desk. When one of my every day products at home is getting low, I buy a new one for home and I put the almost gone one into the bag at work to freshen/restock the desk makeup bag so that the products in there are somewhat newish all the time. I got caught out in an unexpected downpour last summer. I was thankful to have that little bag then, too.

I actually ran out of time this morning. I was able to get foundation on but I grabbed my mascara & eye lash curler so I could put that on when I got to the office. If I tried while rushing, I would have poked my eye or something. I wouldn't miss a train (or go back) for make up.

Well, I voted Oprah! I'm glad you can make jokes.

My makeup-less face is not the WORST thing my co-workers will see today -- we have a staff refrigerator for that.

Tell yourself you're giving the face a DAY OFF!

Because this has happened to me before, I keep a small stash at work, blush, eyeliner, a pot of eyeshadow. I would have done what you did if I didn't have that, and told everyone I didn't feel all that great today!!

Since you didn't have enough time, you did the right thing. But then, I hate that feeling of knowing you're not looking your best and everyone can see it. Even though they're probably not even thinking about it.

i keep a stash at work

today I'm wearing no makeup.... I usually don't do this, but I was also running late this morning.