No Meat & No Make-Up For A Week
So, I'm not starting some crazy fad or resolution for the new year. It was just sort of something I slipped into and it's stayed with me for a week now. Probably won't for an extended period of time but let me explain.
I heard about this documentary Cowspiracy a while back and in my attempt to watch things that actually teach me something as opposed to silly sitcoms or dramas (though I still really love my chill don't-have-to-think TV shows) I watched it the day before New Years. Ironically, this was right after my family and I had had a massive dinner, mostly consisting of meat.
I've been taking an environmental course this semester, so I've become even more aware of the negative impact mankind have on our planet but never did I think animal agriculture would play such a big part. I think a silly part of me thought their biggest problem was cow farts until last year.
Below is a chart from the website associated with the documentary:
I've always seen myself as an animal lover and that's why I've sworn to never eat horse, rabbit, dog or cat. Those animal to me are pets; I've had dogs all my life, used to have rabbits when I was younger, have had a horse for the past eight years and befriended several stable cats. However, I had no problem eating cow, pig and chicken?
I never really liked handling raw meat when I was cooking but once it was made I didn't really think more about it. It was food. Food I had always eaten ever since I could remember. It was something you bought at the supermarkets and cooked and I purposely never thought too much about how it was once a part of an animal. Just writing this now, forcing myself to remember, I actually feel nauseous.
In the documentary, it actually encourages people to go vegan but I thought that was too much of a stretch for me. However, I did take up the challenge to become a vegetarian, at least for now to try it out, and attempt to seek out vegan alternatives to dairy products and eggs.
The last time, I had meat was on New Years Eve where I had a bit of chicken at my friends' house party. This was a chicken breast, deliciously cooked and though chicken has always been my favourite meat, I mainly just picked at it and left most.
Since then I have not had meat. When I've had dinner with my family, I've opted not to put meat on my plate and stuck with main dish of the pasta or chips. However, the first two days of the new year we didn't actually have a proper dinner as my dad was slimming down after the holiday break and we were left to our own devices. I cooked on the third and fifth day though.
I think eating out might be a much bigger problem for me. Because I'm still extremely picky, always have been both with meat and vegetables. Honestly, I've only come to like some vegetables the last couple of years. I still don't like tomato, mushrooms or onions and I'm pretty sure one of those three are in most traditional vegetarian dishes.
We'll see how long it lasts but for now, it's a fun new thing to try out. Maybe, I'll break and the craving for bacon or chicken will become too much but as of now, I'm sticking with it and trying to at least until I move back home towards the end of January.
As far of the make-up thing that kind of happened by accident. It wasn't because I like the list of ladies above took part in a campaign for charity. (Photo above is from the BearFaced campaign supporting Children In Need).
I began using make-up regularly when I was fifteen and a half, just before heading to gymnasium. I had put on mascara occasionally while at my old school but everyone there had literally known me since I was five years old. We were a small school and not a lot of my friends wore make-up either.
However, my three years in gymnasium almost every day I put on mascara and maybe some eye shadow or powder on my blemishes. I continued to do so at university within the first year but slowly, I started to decide against it most days, especially when I had early morning classes. I simply didn't have the time even if it was just concealer, mascara and eyeshadow.
I still wear make-up every time I have to go to work. I sit at a reception and it simply feels wrong to show up with no make-up, like that's unprofessional when I'm hired as the face that greets the organisation's members.
So occasionally I would have gone a week without make-up but even then I'd probably have popped some concealer on my under eye circles and on my blemishes. I'm lucky in the sense I have quite clear skin but I do have break outs occasionally.
I only really do what I consider a full make-up look (concealer, multiple eyeshadows, liquid eyeliner, mascara, brows filled in and lipstick) when I'm going out with my friends partying. But then it's mostly because it's fun and we're all doing it together as a pre-party ritual. Sort of like picking the outfits for the night. After all, isn't make-up as much as being clothed to most women?
I'm the type of girl that never takes her make-up off. And I mean NEVER. I'm not even sure I'd know how. I feel like the concealer either gets absorbed into my skin or rubbed off, same with the eye shadows. Mascara and the rare times I wear eyeliner will most likely just leave black streaks around my eyes when I wake up. I'll rub that off with my hands. Or it'll go everywhere when I shower and I'll wipe it off with a towel.
I actually like the freedom of not wearing make-up, especially the fact you can rub your eyes whenever you want to without having to worry about smudging your mascara. It's the little things. That being said when I have don't feel like wearing make-up but are leaving my house to do something, I'll usually use concealer.
This week I haven't even done that. I've purposely giving my skin a complete breather and pretty much succeeded in not caring about what other people thought. To be honest, my timing was way off as I picked the time that I was breaking out. Every two weeks or so I get break outs due hormones linked to my menstruation cycle. TMI? Maybe.
I've still been using my skin products regularly and a bit more often than usual (which was literally every three-four days before). I still want to look after my skin, which is one of the main reasons I've never bought a foundation. I really don't like the idea of smearing a coloured creme all over my face. I could be swayed towards a tinted moisturiser but it hasn't happened not so far. I just don't want to have to use make-up to brighten up my face.
The reason it stretched out to a whole week was because I was either at home working on a exam assignment or out with my horse (and she really does not care how I look). However, I had to fly to England yesterday but fought the urge to use the concealer, despite the fact I would be around so many people.
I don't want to have to wear make-up for other people's benefit. Think I'm unpresentable without make-up? Tough. It's how my face looks like. Would you be annoyed at a male for not brightening up his eyes? Nah.
I will probably feel obligated to do it when I go back to work as make-up is seen just as important for women as being dressed appropriately. Should we fight it? Honestly, maybe we should. At least I can get away with wearing only concealer and mascara and seem to be presentable.
This post just got far longer than I anticipated, though that is the tendency with these blog posts. I just ramble and ramble. Often without reaching any conclusion. However, let me attempt to make one for this one.
I'm trying to cut out meat from my diet as an experiment, both because I love animals and to spare the environment, even by a tiny fraction. I've gone make-up free because I don't want to feel obligated to wear it and to give my skin a breather. That's all. Next month, I could be all dolled up with a face full of make-up stuffing myself with meat, who knows?
I heard about this documentary Cowspiracy a while back and in my attempt to watch things that actually teach me something as opposed to silly sitcoms or dramas (though I still really love my chill don't-have-to-think TV shows) I watched it the day before New Years. Ironically, this was right after my family and I had had a massive dinner, mostly consisting of meat.
I've been taking an environmental course this semester, so I've become even more aware of the negative impact mankind have on our planet but never did I think animal agriculture would play such a big part. I think a silly part of me thought their biggest problem was cow farts until last year.
Below is a chart from the website associated with the documentary:
I've always seen myself as an animal lover and that's why I've sworn to never eat horse, rabbit, dog or cat. Those animal to me are pets; I've had dogs all my life, used to have rabbits when I was younger, have had a horse for the past eight years and befriended several stable cats. However, I had no problem eating cow, pig and chicken?
I never really liked handling raw meat when I was cooking but once it was made I didn't really think more about it. It was food. Food I had always eaten ever since I could remember. It was something you bought at the supermarkets and cooked and I purposely never thought too much about how it was once a part of an animal. Just writing this now, forcing myself to remember, I actually feel nauseous.
In the documentary, it actually encourages people to go vegan but I thought that was too much of a stretch for me. However, I did take up the challenge to become a vegetarian, at least for now to try it out, and attempt to seek out vegan alternatives to dairy products and eggs.
The last time, I had meat was on New Years Eve where I had a bit of chicken at my friends' house party. This was a chicken breast, deliciously cooked and though chicken has always been my favourite meat, I mainly just picked at it and left most.
Since then I have not had meat. When I've had dinner with my family, I've opted not to put meat on my plate and stuck with main dish of the pasta or chips. However, the first two days of the new year we didn't actually have a proper dinner as my dad was slimming down after the holiday break and we were left to our own devices. I cooked on the third and fifth day though.
I think eating out might be a much bigger problem for me. Because I'm still extremely picky, always have been both with meat and vegetables. Honestly, I've only come to like some vegetables the last couple of years. I still don't like tomato, mushrooms or onions and I'm pretty sure one of those three are in most traditional vegetarian dishes.
We'll see how long it lasts but for now, it's a fun new thing to try out. Maybe, I'll break and the craving for bacon or chicken will become too much but as of now, I'm sticking with it and trying to at least until I move back home towards the end of January.
As far of the make-up thing that kind of happened by accident. It wasn't because I like the list of ladies above took part in a campaign for charity. (Photo above is from the BearFaced campaign supporting Children In Need).
I began using make-up regularly when I was fifteen and a half, just before heading to gymnasium. I had put on mascara occasionally while at my old school but everyone there had literally known me since I was five years old. We were a small school and not a lot of my friends wore make-up either.
However, my three years in gymnasium almost every day I put on mascara and maybe some eye shadow or powder on my blemishes. I continued to do so at university within the first year but slowly, I started to decide against it most days, especially when I had early morning classes. I simply didn't have the time even if it was just concealer, mascara and eyeshadow.
I still wear make-up every time I have to go to work. I sit at a reception and it simply feels wrong to show up with no make-up, like that's unprofessional when I'm hired as the face that greets the organisation's members.
So occasionally I would have gone a week without make-up but even then I'd probably have popped some concealer on my under eye circles and on my blemishes. I'm lucky in the sense I have quite clear skin but I do have break outs occasionally.
I only really do what I consider a full make-up look (concealer, multiple eyeshadows, liquid eyeliner, mascara, brows filled in and lipstick) when I'm going out with my friends partying. But then it's mostly because it's fun and we're all doing it together as a pre-party ritual. Sort of like picking the outfits for the night. After all, isn't make-up as much as being clothed to most women?
I'm the type of girl that never takes her make-up off. And I mean NEVER. I'm not even sure I'd know how. I feel like the concealer either gets absorbed into my skin or rubbed off, same with the eye shadows. Mascara and the rare times I wear eyeliner will most likely just leave black streaks around my eyes when I wake up. I'll rub that off with my hands. Or it'll go everywhere when I shower and I'll wipe it off with a towel.
I actually like the freedom of not wearing make-up, especially the fact you can rub your eyes whenever you want to without having to worry about smudging your mascara. It's the little things. That being said when I have don't feel like wearing make-up but are leaving my house to do something, I'll usually use concealer.
This week I haven't even done that. I've purposely giving my skin a complete breather and pretty much succeeded in not caring about what other people thought. To be honest, my timing was way off as I picked the time that I was breaking out. Every two weeks or so I get break outs due hormones linked to my menstruation cycle. TMI? Maybe.
I've still been using my skin products regularly and a bit more often than usual (which was literally every three-four days before). I still want to look after my skin, which is one of the main reasons I've never bought a foundation. I really don't like the idea of smearing a coloured creme all over my face. I could be swayed towards a tinted moisturiser but it hasn't happened not so far. I just don't want to have to use make-up to brighten up my face.
The reason it stretched out to a whole week was because I was either at home working on a exam assignment or out with my horse (and she really does not care how I look). However, I had to fly to England yesterday but fought the urge to use the concealer, despite the fact I would be around so many people.
I don't want to have to wear make-up for other people's benefit. Think I'm unpresentable without make-up? Tough. It's how my face looks like. Would you be annoyed at a male for not brightening up his eyes? Nah.
I will probably feel obligated to do it when I go back to work as make-up is seen just as important for women as being dressed appropriately. Should we fight it? Honestly, maybe we should. At least I can get away with wearing only concealer and mascara and seem to be presentable.
This post just got far longer than I anticipated, though that is the tendency with these blog posts. I just ramble and ramble. Often without reaching any conclusion. However, let me attempt to make one for this one.
I'm trying to cut out meat from my diet as an experiment, both because I love animals and to spare the environment, even by a tiny fraction. I've gone make-up free because I don't want to feel obligated to wear it and to give my skin a breather. That's all. Next month, I could be all dolled up with a face full of make-up stuffing myself with meat, who knows?
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