A lower maintenance Me
I online for cosmetics (and, my youngsters of course-ha) as well as like nothing more than getting glammed up (those who comply with me on social media, understand that applying fake lashes is part of my cosmetics routine most days. as it saves me time as I swerve the obligatory eyelash curling as well as two swipes of mascara) as well as means I’m photo-ready when I’m working on shoots as well as campaigns.
Reflecting on the origins of my beauty obsession is rather baffling as my mom was low maintenance from memory, applying just a smidgen of eyeliner as well as dash of red lipstick as well as commonly going without.
I on the other hand, was virtually born with a enthusiasm for all things bright as well as sparkling as well as would beg my mum to paint my nails from 4. It must have been a nature over nurture pull in this instance.
One of my sweetest youth memories included painting my nail when at 9, holidaying my aunt Eva, a beautician at the time, painted my nails with remove polish during a break in Cyprus. I liked exactly how they shone in the sunlight as well as spent the entire holiday feeling mature, elegant as well as oh-so cool.
Despite this life-long like of beauty products, something has shifted lately as well as I’ve embraced more cosmetics free days, in part since it’s summertime as well as easier to go bare-faced, as well as likewise in response to the compliments I’ve gratefully got on Insta stories on a remove skin tone as well as bright mascara-less eyes.
There’s something intrinsically liberating about embracing your natural deal with especially each time where filters as well as face-tuning is de rigour (it’s unfortunate it’s deemed an act of rebellion to just happy in your imperfect skin) as well as my lazy self as well is rejoicing in being more low maintenance than before. I’ve been painting my own nails over visiting the salon which zapped my time as well as not to mention my nail-health (my nails are so much stronger as well as longer for providing gel nails a wide berth by the way) so win, win.
The modification in my beauty routine doesn’t end there, either.
I’ve started dying my own hair at house too.
Despite many kind offers from frankly, a few of the world’s finest hairdressers to tend to my locks, I’ve discovered it easier to whack on the dye to cover my greys at house before either leaving my hair to dry naturally in a mass of unruly curls or straightening it with my GHDs in less than twenty minutes. I’ve always liked natural products as well as well as this will never change. Olive oil is still the trick to healthy skin…
Now, this publish isn’t by any type of means an admission I’m shunning beauty products, make-overs or getting my hair done by the pros (all of which I love), it just means for now, right now, I’m embracing a more ‘DIY hair as well as beauty’ approach as well as low maintenance method of life.
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