I don’t need an adult coloring book when I can fill in my eyebrows.
If you don’t wear makeup, I get how easy it would be to misunderstand my love for it. You might assume that being caught barefaced is the nightmare that motivates me to paint my face with products that cost more money than I care to admit. In reality, I’m comfortable with the way I look without makeup, but on days I don’t wear it, I don’t feel like myself. I feel as though something is off, like I forgot to put underwear on before leaving the house.
People often think of makeup as a kind of mask, used to cover up or hide, embellish or enhance. But for me, my makeup routine is a process that allows me to start my day with a clear mind. Even the simplest of makeup routines take time, and no matter how haphazardly you swipe on your daily BB cream, that process will always come with a moment of concentration followed by a moment of reflection.YouTube is home to thousands of beauty tutorials, many with millions of views.
A few Decembers ago, I was on the phone with one of my oldest friends. As goes with a lot of conversations that happen around this time of year, we were swapping resolutions. I can’t recall what mine was — I can only assume it was something I did not achieve — but I can remember hers. “I just want to floss every morning,” she said from the other side of the country.
I’m no stranger to the benefits of meditation; I’ve written about gray matter, the hippocampus, and the way our brain canif we do it on a regular basis. And one day I hope to make “real” meditation part of my morning routine, but until then, I’m thankful for what I have — an allocated block of time each morning to focus on myself without thinking about anything else, at the very serious risk of coming to work with one brow thicker than the other.
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