Summer #BlogChallenge : My Smiling, Naked Face

Well, here I am (in the bathroom of all places--best lighting). I finally stopped wearing any make-up after becoming a SAHM. Lazy? yes. But I feel so much better. For years I though my eyes were dry from my contacts. Then I had laser surgery and I thought my eyes were dry from that. Then I thought I must just have naturally dry eyes. It turns out that when I don't wear mascara my eyes are just fine!

Also, I've learned a few things that make me comfortable with a naked face:


1. The love and acceptance I have received from God blows insecurity out of the water. He made me, redeemed me, and wants to love through me. Hating myself because I don't reach my broken standard of perfection is over, and that's big! Make-up is not bad or wrong (itchy eyes and questionable chemicals aside), it just has nothing to do with my identity.

2. People don't care as much as you think they do. I have always had a few people in my life that don't wear make-up and I didn't notice until I thought about it, or they suddenly wore it for a wedding or something. And I never, ever, thought that they were ugly (hideous, monstrous, whatever lie hits you when you look at yourself). For me, a person looks how they look and its actually change that surprises me, and then I get used to that look. It should be irrelevant to how I feel about a person's worth. When you love someone, they don't look ugly!

-End rant.

All that being said, I still wear make-up on special occasions. Except now I feel more self-conscious and uncomfortable when I do!

Must. post. flowers. :-)

Peonies are blooming now! And its been raining all day--yay!