TBS women movement: No makeup challenge

Hello, i m back today with a very special post to talk about an experiment that i have done this past week along with some friends from universtiy.
Well it all started when Amira ismail contacted me along with a group of girls to take part in a campaign that she's been wanting to launch "the TBS women movement".

we agreed that we will conduct a campaign throughout the month of march (since women's day happens to be on march 8th). the whole concept is to help unleash us of all the constraints such as makeup (which is a huge deal for me). the campaign is also a reminder to all of us that we do not have to try too hard to be pretty and that all of the celebrities and magazine covers etc... take a lot of makeup, work, photoshop.. which is nothing  anormal human being can handle..
 well, i was chosen by Amira because she knew that i basically  never show up to class without a full face of makeup. (We're talking foundation, contouring etc).

My favourite all time makeup free picture

The 1st day of the expeiment/challenge was a little bit hard on me. i woke up with very dull skin, crazy break outs and i was lacking sleep.. but still i put my happy face on! jumped in a cab and off to Uni!! i was so self-conscious and insecure that day! i was feeling like people would be only staring at my scarred skin! but i did receive a lot of positive feedback. as soon as i stepped into the university halls a guy friend of mine said hi and stared at m and said " you look better with no makeup on" another guy said " he sees no difference " and some people said that i actually looked my age.
 and this is day 1 picture:

for the rest of the week i started having "normal" days. i started feeling less insecure and self-conscious. and i even started enjoying this whole challenge because i was getting extra 20 minutes of sleep each day  (YAYYYY ME! ). i was starting to feel comfortable and no one was asking me" why are you barefaced anymore?" as if it is not the normal thing to be. 

By the end of the week i was very confident. i started this whole challenge being very worried and scared. I have basically never left the house with no makeup for the past couple of years. even with no full face on i would still put a little of it on. and here is a rare picture of me with no makeup from last year HAHA!

to conclude, i would say that i did enjoy this experiment, and i would feel much more comfortable now to not put make up on. i feel better in my skin. but i will still be putting makeup because i feel like it is a form of expressing myself! yet i won't be putting makeup to hide my face or to use it as a camouflage!
Thanks amira and all the girls that took this challenge :) we will be challenging other people from TBS! stay tuned for all the upcoming details :) stay beautiful and radiate love :)

XO XO yasmine