No Makeup Week

I missed no makeup week, but I didn't really miss it, since I never wear makeup. Still, I wanted to write something about it, even though it's 3 months late.

I never had anyone tell me, as a teenager, that I should wear makeup. I saw other girls my age wearing makeup, so I decided to try wearing some too. The only makeup I wore when I was about 12 years old was bubblegum pink lipstick. It probably looked horrible on me, too. A few times, other girls would ask me if I was wearing lipstick, and I would say "yes". Another girl asked me what colour it was, and I told her. All of this questioning about me wearing makeup made me uncomfortable about wearing it.
I tried wearing lipstick and eyeshadow in high school, but I didn't like wearing it.
Before long, I stopped wearing it altogether.

There are a lot of reasons I don't wear makeup. Mostly practical reasons. I have oily skin, and when I wear foundation, it turns into a greasy gloppy mess on my face. I tried long wearing foundation a few times, but it felt sticky.
I don't like having lipstick come off on everything, and the long wearing lipsticks dry out my lips.
I don't like how stiff and crusty my eyelashes feel when I wear mascara.
When my face gets itchy, I like to be able to scratch it without getting a lot of stuff under my nails. I touch my face a lot, and I don't want to have to worry about smudging my makeup. (For this reason, when I wear makeup, I feel like a prisoner of my own face). I don't want to have to alter the way I do everything just so I won't disturb my makeup. I'd rather not wear any.
I don't look very different with makeup than without it. It's not worth the effort and expense, to me. There are also all of the questionable chemicals that they put into it. To me, it's unnecessary exposure to potentially toxic substances.

I don't like wearing makeup, and I especially don't like having to remove it.

I don't want to start wearing makeup and start liking my face with makeup more than without it. I don't ever want to get to a point where I can't stand to look at myself without makeup.

I never understood the concept of making your makeup look like you're not wearing any. Then why wear it at all?
I don't understand why slathering your face with chemicals means you're more serious about your job.

Sometimes I still get urges to start wearing makeup. But I realize that the only reason I would be wearing it is to cover up my large pores and uneven skin tone. Apparently, because I have minor imperfections like everybody else, I'm somehow unacceptable to society.

That's mostly why I never wear makeup - I'm acceptable just the way I am.