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How I beat overwhelm: I quit using makeup – and faced the world as I really am
The average woman in the UK will spend 474 days applying makeup. Without it, I have more time for a life well spent
As a student, I was thrown into an early 2000s performance of femininity that involved thick eyeliner flicks, dyed hair, doll-like blusher and bright pink lips. A 2017 study by a private clinic touting so-called “semi-permanent makeup” claimed that, over a lifetime, the average UK woman spends 474 days putting on slap. The truth is that letting makeup slide to the very back of my burners has simply given me more time for the tiny, unremarkable, prosaic acts of living that turn mere existence into a life well spent.
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