Putting on Make-Up Everday

After going to an all-girls school for four years it is safe to stay that I have perfected the art of getting ready in under ten minutes, it was five when I had a uniform.  Upon coming to college I have taken my lazy attitude towards the mornings and my love of sleep with me. This combination has helped me thrive in sleeping in and to perfect my homeless look that I adore wearing to class. This past week I have ditched my lazy girl ways in hope that I could see if there is a difference in the way people act between girls with make-up and girls without make-up.

Monday

The night before when I was setting my alarms for the week I involuntarily cringed when I was thinking about how I was going to lose sleep all week long. On Monday I woke up at my normal time, but instead of going through all of my emails and hoping to see one telling my class was canceled I got up and started getting ready for the day ahead. As I was putting on make-up I was nervous that too many people would either notice or that no one would notice at all.  When I showed up to my first class of the day the girl sitting next to me complimented me on how I looked and that was it. I walked around the rest of the day expecting some sort of reaction from everyone but it never came.

Tuesday

            Tuesday morning, I was thoroughly hating life because it was the first morning that I had give up sleep in order to complete my study. I put forth minimal effort this day in my make-up routine that morning because one, I was too tired to function and two, I did not want to be overly late to class. When a few people commented on my appearance I found myself replying that it was for an English project instead of just accepting the compliment.  But overall I found a minimal difference between the two days.

Wednesday

            By Wednesday I was actively looking for an epiphany that Buzzfeed blogger Maycie Thomas had experienced. Instead of having an epiphany I felt out of place. Even though I was putting on a full face of make-up every day I still my hobo chic style in outerwear. I felt as if my face did not match my outfit choices that I pulled out every day. Besides that, the day went pleasantly by and I was able to refrain from explaining my make-up as an experiment and just accept the compliments.

Thursday

            On Thursday I cheated some on the experiment. Instead of putting make-up on in the morning I waited until later on in the afternoon. I had my sororities semi-formal that night and I did not want to reapply my make-up later on in the day because it wouldn’t match my two outfits. In hindsight I wish that I put my makeup on earlier in the day because I was rushed later on trying to get ready within thirty minutes. Needless to say that even though I was successful it was not fun being that stressed. Even being that stressed I was able to have a good night with my sorority sisters who were complimenting me on my make-up.

Friday

            On Friday I went for a lazier look putting on a minimal amount of make-up. I stayed up late the night before at my sorority function and afterword’s just hanging out in my room with friends doing homework. I was late to my first class of the morning but I showed up with make-up on. It was at this point in time that I realized that I do not care about how people look at me whether not I wear make-up. Putting on make-u every day for class was fun but I would much rather not every day.

Saturday

            It was rough putting on make-up on Saturday. I had nothing to do and no one to see so it was hard to motivate myself to put make-up on.  After lunch I went back up to my room and covered my face in make-up. I sat in my bed most of the day and went to bed super early just so the day could be done.

Sunday

            By Sunday I was super excited for the experiment to be over. I was missing my sleep and I felt like I was wasting my make-up whenever I would put it on without my heart into it. I really do enjoy putting on make-up but when I was forcing myself to do it I no longer wanted to do it. I felt like I was just putting on a mask all week and I was ready to go back to my normal. It was fun while it lasted but I would much rather sleep in every day.

Reflection

            In the end, I found that I did not get treated differently for putting on make-up versus the weeks that I did not put on make-up. I also found that I forgot to take any pictures to document my week’s progress. Although it was a pleasant surprise to realize that I was taking better care of my skin throughout the week so that was a plus. My final thoughts on the project are that girls do not need to wear make-up to be confident, they can just simply wear it for fun or just because they wanted to do something different to their face. There is nothing wrong with wearing make-up, but there is no need to wear to impress anyone because if they cannot like you without make-up then they do not deserve you with it on.

Thomas, Maycie. "This Is What I Learned When I Tried Wearing Makeup For A Week." BuzzFeed. N.p., 21 Oct. 2014. Web. 22 Nov. 2016.