Au Not naturel.

For 20 years of my life, I didn't wear makeup. 

Then I saw before and after pictures of me with and without eyeliner and thought: 

Oh wow. That's unfortunate. 

L'Oreal Power Volume Mascara

So I started wearing eyeliner. 

And mascara. 

Which then fueled an urgent need to hide those oh-so-charming veins beneath my eyes. 

Unfortunately, that light-colored cover up necessitated a bit of faux-tan bronzer, and quickly snowballed into an absolute intolerance for any shine but that precluded by "sun-kissed" (read: daily dime-sized drops of primer). 

Clinique True Bronze, Bare Minerals Prime Time, Neutrogena Shine Control Primer

And that's that. 

The riveting story of how I went from an au-natural makeup newb to someone with a "morning ritual'. 

True, though it takes all of 1 minute and 30 seconds to apply the 5 products I tirelessly turn to, I still sometimes miss the contentedness I once felt with my own nakedness.

A statement which likely confuses the offices outside my floor-to-ceiling window.

What can say? I hate pants. 

Cheers.

PS: Any tips on eyeliner that absolutely WILL. NOT. RUN. ? I'm at a loss.