The Naked Face Campaign

After recently starting to blog more regularly, I've realised that I love to read other people's blogs as much as writing my own. Last week, I came across a post called 'The Naked Face Campaign' written by a blogger called Lolli K. In this post she tagged anybody who wanted to write their own version of the post and thought that I would take up the challenge. You can find Lolli K's post here: http://lollikelly.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/the-naked-face-campaign.html

I wear makeup pretty much every single day and almost every time that I go out in public. It definitely makes me feel much more confident and for this reason you will hardly ever find a picture of me without any on. However, 'The Naked Face Campaign' has influenced me into exposing and embracing my natural face and it highlights just how different you can look. I wish I had the confidence to step out without any makeup on, but I know that I am a long way from achieving that, but I still wanted to be a part of the campaign. I don't think I've posted any photos of myself onto this blog so far and so this will be the first time you will properly see what I look like, which makes this post slightly more daunting. However, here we go!

Here is what is going to be included in this post:

1. 3 things that I like and don't like about myself and why

2. A picture of my 'naked face'

3. People that I tag in this post

 3 Things that I don't like about myself

1. My moles! I have a lot of moles, both on my face and my arms and legs. Although they aren't a major problem, I've never liked them and I have way too many for my liking! Luckily most of them on my face are quite small so they are hardly ever picked up on camera, which is good for me

2. Spots. I know as a teenager I cannot necessarily expect to have flawless skin. However, spots are just one of those annoyances which never seem to go away. I try to be good and cleanse, tone and moisturise my face, but I still get pesky blemishes. 

3. Under eye area. I always find concealer a must usually because I am quite prone to darkness underneath my eyes. I sometimes get circles here as well, which shows I probably need to get a bit more sleep than I do sometimes. It's not a major issue for me though, just something that I am aware of.

3 Things I like about myself

1. My eye colour. Most people will say that my eyes are brown. They most definitely are not. If anything they are hazel and I love my eye colour. When I was younger I wished I had blue eyes, but I have grown to love my eye colour and I find that on some days they appear to have more green in them than usual. I think they compliment my hair colour and skin tone as well and they look as though they 'belong' on my face.

2. My eyebrows. Ever since my auntie first plucked and shaped my eyebrows for me and then brought me my own set of tweezerman tweezers for christmas a few years now, I have regularly kept them in shape. I love the shape of my eyebrows at the moment and although I do fill them in slightly I don't think that I go overboard. I think it's really important to have natural looking eyebrows as they frame your face and it is so easy to over-pluck them so it is an important job! I've always been told eyebrows should be sisters, not twins and I've tried to follow this philosophy. 

3. My hair. I really love the colour of my hair. I don't think that it is too dark or too light and think that it compliments my skin tone and eye colour so well that I've never found the need to dye it. During the summer it naturally lightens from the sun, but I think I prefer it in the winter months when it is slightly darker. I also love the length of my hair and my current side fringe, although I am always trying to grow it longer so I've cut down on how often I use my straighteners and curlers. 

A picture of my naked face!

 

People I tag in this post:

Similarly to Lolli K, I don't want to pressurise people into thinking that they have to make their own 'The Naked Face Campaign' post. I know for some people it is a big deal to be pictured without makeup so I don't want people to think they have to do it. However, now that I've done it it wasn't as scary as I thought it would be! Therefore, I tag anybody who reads this post and wants to try it out :)