The Naked Face Project

I heard about this on my radio.  The DJs, who I really like, were horrified by this idea.  Check it out here.

The idea is to go natural for 60 days. 

"For sixty days, we will give up wearing any makeup, removing any body hair, altering our hair from its natural state (dying, curling, straightening), wearing uncomfortable feminine clothing (high heels, tight skirts), wearing jewelry (with the exception of wedding bands), painting our nails, using anti-wrinkle or anti-acne lotions, wearing deodorant, or styling our hair for reasons other than function."

My first reaction was -- Piece of cake!  I could do that.  But let's break this down a little to see if I am being realistic.

1.  No wearing any makeup.  Check.  Seriously easy for me.  I mean I am already doing this.  I don't think I have put any makeup on in over 2 or 3 years.  Maybe I should see if my makeup needs to be trashed.

2. No removing any body hair.  Any?  Okay, I gave up plucking my eyebrows a few years ago.  Sometimes I do it -- and by sometimes I mean every 6 months or so.  I have gone years without shaving my legs -- in the past.  I do it now.  I am not sure I can handle going 60 days now (work) but I do go 7-10 days on a regular basis.  Arm pits??  Oh yeah, not gonna be able to do that one.  I hate arm pit hair.

3.  No altering hair from it's natural state.  No dying -- I can do that (even though Ladybug keeps bugging me to color).  No curling or straightening -- easy.  No blowing it dry (which is when I also style my bangs with a brush) -- ain't gonna happen.  Actually tried that this morning -- not pretty.  If I didn't have bangs it would be easy.  And If I had to give up my hair gel -- deal breaker.  No way.  No how.

4.   No wearing uncomfortable feminine clothing (high heels, tight skirts).  Easiest one yet.  I wear platform clogs and sandals.  But they are comfortable.  I swear. Platform -- not heals.  I am a big believer in comfortable shoes.  Same for clothes.  I don't understand those women who are willing to be uncomfortable for fashion.

5.  No wearing jewelry (with the exception of wedding bands).  Okay I am going to say easy at the same time I will say -- I don't understand this one.  I mean, I am not married so I don't wear a wedding band.  And my fingers are too fat for me to get my 4 favorite rings on.  I will do it again.  Two are birthstones and two are rings I inherited from my grandmother.  Yes, they are adornments but they also have meanings to me.  No necklaces?  I use to wear an Ankh pendant all the time (and by all the time I mean I never ever ever took it off) until Ladybug ripped it off my neck at our first meeting.  It had meaning for me... it was not just adornment.  No earrings?  I actually haven't worn earrings in a long time because my ears have become ultra sensitive but I don't see a problem with wearing an understated pair of earrings.

6.  No painting nails.  Done.  But Ladybug would hate this one.

7.  No using anti-wrinkle or anti-acne lotions.  Done.  But I don't agree.  Okay -- I understand the anti-wrinkle one but the anti-acne is medical.  And what about people who need moisture.  I am lucky... I can go months without using lotion.  Ladybug -- it would just be unhealthy.

8.  No wearing deodorant.  Another major deal breaker.  Not just for me but for those around me.  Seriously stinky without it.  Not pleasant.  Don't want to do it.

9.  No styling our hair for reasons other than function.  Okay this depends.  I put my hair up in a twist with a clip almost every day.  I do this because with my hair down it just annoys me all the time.  So is that a reason of function?  And what about all the styling I do for Ladybug?  Would I have to stop that, too?

So what about you?  Could you do these things for 60 days?

Mean Mama