Hello Hivers!
What a chaotic week!
To say I've been feeling uninspired is the least.
Today is October's 1st and I haven't had the courage to thin comb my closet, between sorting out things there is a lot of trying on that I just don't feel capable of, so maybe this year I'm just using FW color scheme
On that, does anyone here sometimes feel guilty of letting a piece go? I have a terrible attachment to clothing because I know fashion comes and goes, the 2000s were just 20 years ago and we are already using Y2K!
"What if I'm getting rid of this piece and it comes back next season?" - that's why the "1-year pile" technique doesn't work for me.
So if anyone around here has any tips on how to make this process less painful I would be forever thankful.
The only trick I know is "The Power of Makeup".
Yesterday my sister had an army ceremony, but due to COVID restrictions, I had to watch it through a meeting.
I was a bit overwhelmed and sad, that's when I decided to do a full face of makeup.
I've been a makeup junkie since forever! Any chance I had as a toddler, I would be putting on body glitter and glittery hair clips.
That side of me has always been there. When I was 15 I would never leave without makeup - which can be limiting, no matter how much you love it.
Only when Covid hit I started paying attention to my skin and loving it so much I stopped wearing makeup (that and why to hide and waste products behind the mask?)
So I sat around my coffee table (I don't know for how long but I had time - and that's what I love about freehand makeup, you are not on a schedule), brought all the stuff, and spread it all over the place.
I noticed that for the first time in 11 years I don't have neither a contour palette nor FOUNDATION (any, not even one sample in the wrong skin color - 0.
No stress, I've been using a colored sunscreen SPF 50 with some pressed foundation which gives me more of a natural skin look.
I got some "foxy eyes" going on, and now time for the star: the lipstick, just like the nails, the choice you make can redirect your mood route.
I blended some maroon lip pencil for the outline and ombr茅 and went crazy with the classic red.
You know the runner high? This is better, I felt like a new person.
Not the one who had woken up and rolled onto the floor completely taken by my migraine.
I managed to go grocery shopping, baked a very sad looking marble cake but since the taste was good, I covered it up, so I wouldn't feel sad as well.
Exchanged some of my plants into bigger and much-needed vases, took care of some laundry, watched my sister's ceremony:
At the end of the day, I had that very long gone sensation of accomplishment.
The worst part for me is always taking it off at the end of the day.
Is not being lazy because I really want that fresh makeup free sensation after a long day, is just like the clothing, I like it too much and I feel like taking it off such a pity...
Enough rambling, this was just to say that:
While others might see makeup as a vanity act I see it as self care of most importance. If it helps us feel good and better everything else we attract will be in the same level.
I can tell that went a lot better then when I let myself be on sweats all day long.
