I currently don’t wear makeup because
- I’m lazy
- It’s expensive
- I think my face actually looks kind of ok the way it is
Confession: I did go through a phase in high school where I’d get up at the crack of dawn to paint on a face, Picasso-like, from a huge case of cosmetics that looked like a tackle box.
In any event, reading about all the toxins, chemicals, and xenobiotics has been kind of freaking me out. Occasionally, I have to do TV appearances, and the camera people always flip out when I show up bare-faced, fretting over my shiny nose, etc., and then they “do” the makeup for me, usually spreading on this stuff that looks like putty, using some super-strength powder stuff on my nose. I won’t let them use (someone else’s) lipstick or eye stuff (ick!–not just the chemicals, but the bacteria) and I’m realizing at some point, I’m at least going to have to find some kind of semi-acceptable lipstick and powder, at the very least. Didn’t they say that’s why Nixon lost that debate to Kennedy because he was all sweaty while Kennedy had that nice man-makeup and looked all put together. Will vanity be worth it? We’ll see.
In the meantime, here’s some great information from the Breast Cancer Fund on probable carcinogens in cosmetics. Obviously, if it’s a carcinogen, it’s probably not too great for fertiltiy, either.
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