Mrs. Hopscotch's post about taking pictures with your kids made me think about how I'm never in pictures because I always look like such a bum. I don't shower, wash my face, brush my hair, put on makeup, get out of my sweats...
Anyway I regularly lament how few pictures I have with the kids and it's because I'm so vain about being photographed looking so bummy. I just look way better with makeup!
Are you happy with the way you look without makeup? Do you regularly take pictures sans makeup?
cantaloupe / 6923 posts
I am happy with no makeup, but don't take pictures that way. Most of my pics I am dolled up with clown face.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
Not really, but I rarely wear makeup. I'll still be in pictures though.... but I do admit to photoshopping myself sometimes. The other day I photoshopped myself because I was really shiny.
coconut / 8279 posts
I have super long lashes but they're blond, so I look really washes out without mascara. If they were dark I think I'd go out sometimes without makeup.
coconut / 8475 posts
I hardly ever wear makeup & feel 100% comfortable...but! I feel much much better with it on:)
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
same as you!! I don't generally take pictures without make up on because in general they look so ishy to me. I feel a lot better with it on.
I let DH take a picture of me right when I woke up last week and it turned out SO good though. IDK what it was but for some reason I loved it. haha
bananas / 9628 posts
No. There are very few photos of my naked face. I have terrible skin & my lashes are fair (even though my hair is dark, weird!) so I look MUCH better with makeup and am not comfortable going without it.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
@Coco Bee: You are so cute!
I never wear make-up, so you just kind of get what you get with me 
blogger / apricot / 427 posts
My skin's been awful ever since I got pregnant - and it's remained bad ever since having LO. My eyelashes are also very fair, and you can't tell I have any without putting on mascara. Before getting pregnant I would be able to put on just mascara, but with my new skin, I feel pretty uncomfortable most of the time unfortunately...
pomegranate / 3160 posts
I don't wear copious amounts of makeup on a normal day, there's quite a few days I'll go to work with none on. I don't think I'm drop-dead fabulous looking without it by any means, but I really don't mind being seen without it.
eggplant / 11287 posts
@anonysquire: I have read on here before you love costume makeup.
Where do you go with a clown face? the grocery store? Parties?
I do not feel comfortable when I don't have makeup on. Even when I go out "without makeup" I still have concealer under my eyes and a bit of bronzer so I don't look like a ghost.
pineapple / 12234 posts
I don't like how I look without make-up recently, unless I'm tan. I won't go out to the mail without a full face of make-up.
honeydew / 7968 posts
not happy with the way i look sans makeup. but i'm determined to take pics with my kids anyway!
@Coco Bee: wow, you look beautiful! u don't need makeup!
cantaloupe / 6923 posts
@Rainbow Sprinkles: Lol I don't go out with halloween makeup on unless I am picking up treats to take to a party or something. I just usually try out different looks and then wash them off. I have gone out with glitter face many times and like 1.5 inch feather eyelashes but thats as far as I will go.
pomegranate / 3983 posts
Not really. I have really light eyelashes but dark hair, so if I don't put on mascara and/or eye liner people tell me I look really tired. Hence, I try not to leave the house without it and prefer not to have my picture taken...sad.
eggplant / 11287 posts
@anonysquire: Oh so you just do costume makeup for fun? Like as, an art/hobby?
my girlfriend is a professional makeup artist at a Nordstrom counter and she does the BEST zombie makeup.
cantaloupe / 6923 posts
@Rainbow Sprinkles: Oh ya I am NOT a pro! I just do it for fun. I wish I was pro but I don't really have a big interest in makeup. Nails is more my thing!
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
Not at all! I'm just like @Rainbow Sprinkles and I always have to have makeup on, even when I'm "natural". If I'm nice and tan, I feel better about not wearing any but that's so bad for skin 
grapefruit / 4582 posts
I would say I'm relatively happy. As log as my hair looks decent. My skin improved 6372% when I got pregnant and has luckily stayed clear so that gives me more confidence.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
I'm happy without makeup. I don't wear much. It feels weird when I wear foundation. I recently started wearing eyeshadow. In most pics I'm not wearing makeup.
pomegranate / 3053 posts
Not happy w/o at least a little powder and some blush and a little color on my lips. I have blotchy skin on my face. Have always had it. Yuck. It's not really bad but I've had it all my life so I know it's there.
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
No, I like to have the basics on: bb cream, eyebrows, and eyeliner. Otherwise, I look too pasty and tired.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@tequiero21: you are too kind!! This is just a really good picture 
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
I always have eye makeup on. I simply don't do a naked face! If I know photos will be taken, I'll put a little more on. I'm not against running a skin smoothing action in photoshop, though. DSLRs are not forgiving!
blogger / pomegranate / 3491 posts
I used to be much more comfortable without makeup, but since third trimester and the babe's arrival, I feel like I just look tired. Now I try to at least throw on blush and mascara if I'm going out or planning to take any pics
pomegranate / 3503 posts
I'm actually not at all happy with myself without makeup these days. My age is really showing more in recent years. I'm actually making more of and effort to put something on my face so I can take more pictures with the kids. Nothing crazy, just tinted moisturizer/bb cream, mascara, blush and some sort of tint on the lips. Takes just 5 minutes and makes a world of difference. I'm generally very awkward in front of a camera and my photos come out awkward which is why I prefer to be the photographer but I'm trying to be better.
pomegranate / 3329 posts
I've never been happy with my naked faced, especially these days. I'm allergic to something and I don't know what. My face is red, itchy, wrinkly and swollen. I look awful with and without it's worse!
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
I don't mind my naked face--or don't have the energy to care, rather. I almost never wear makeup, and it's minimal when I do.
That said, I HATE the way I look in photos if I'm not wearing it. That article hit home for me--I've taken about a billion photos of DS alone or with DH or my ILs, but the last one of the two of us together was probably the day he was born:
pear / 1787 posts
Not really. I won't go out in public without foundation--I hate my uneven complexion! I have gotten pretty comfortable with going out without eye makeup and mascara, like if I'm just going to my girlfriend's house, or to the movies. I feel more confident with all my makeup on, though.
@Coco Bee: @FutureMrsMcK: You both look beautiful!
grapefruit / 4819 posts
I hardly ever wear make up and kind of prefer it that way. I use a bit of translucent powder every day as my moisturizer makes my face shiny, but other than that, I generally can't be bothered. I like a bit of eyeshadow and mascara occassionally when I go out, but even then, I go out sans makeup more often than not. I have good skin though and my personality definitely suits a more natural look so it works for me.
Oh and DH hates when I wear makeup - he even wanted me to go without on our wedding day as he prefers my natural look, but there was no way I was skipping makeup on our wedding day! I didn't wear much though...
cantaloupe / 6164 posts
In high school I wouldn't have been caught dead out of the house without full make up. I don't know if I've just gotten lazy or if I'm just more confident now, but I definitely don't mind going out with naked face these days. If im going out with hubs I'll usually do full make up, and most of the time I'll put on a little concealer and mascara to run errands. Sometimes, though, I just don't feel like it.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
@Coco Bee: Beautiful!
Def don't care the way I used to when I was younger. Pref is to have face on, but don't care really
pomelo / 5820 posts
I don't like how I look without makeup, but I'll still occasionally run an errand or two without it. I have really dark circles under my eyes, and unless I cover them up, I feel like I look so tired. I always try and use bb cream at the very least, it just helps to brighten me up and reduce those dark circles.
cherry / 195 posts
If I had nice skin, I would go without often. But it's unfortunate- hormones have taken over since pregnancy. I'm a monster without make up. No joke!
pomegranate / 3895 posts
Before I was pregnant? Totally fine - had lovely skin.
Since I've been pregnant? I don't even like looking at myself in the mirror without make-up, let alone going out in public or getting my photo taken. I have developed a nasty case of cystic acne all over my face. It's very embarrassing
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
Love makeup but I don't make the time to wear much these days! I'm ok with my bare face...but I don't like being in pictures!
honeydew / 7917 posts
I have never worn makeup on a regular basis. I'm pretty sure the last time I wore makeup was over two years ago. DH always has a camera on him and it's nearly impossible to avoid having my picture taken. I am thankful for that because I have a good number of pictures with my LO.
honeydew / 7589 posts
I don't wear makeup every day, but I don't like the way I look without it.
I don't have great skin (which is why I REALLY want the clarisonic mia!), and also because I'm naturally SO pale, I really need mascara, lip stain, and blush to look human. Otherwise I look like a ghost or zombie or something.
When I go out without makeup, strangers ask if I'm feeling unwell. Yeah. THAT pale.
bananas / 9628 posts
@Arden: i get people thinking i'm ill because i'm so pale too! doesn't help that my husband is african so when we are standing next to each other, the contrast make my paleness stand out =) mascara seems to make people think i'm less sickly than bronzer though.
honeydew / 7589 posts
@mrs. bird: Heh, yeah. It's sad. My parents boss thought I had some kind of disease like leukemia or something "because she looks way to pale to be healthy. Have you had a doctor check her out recently?"
Except I've been like this my whole life, and I'm very healthy thank you very much rude man!
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