Friday, 3 February 2012

My Exercise Face

My Exercise Face

Welcome to my exercise face.

My exercise face is probably the truest of all my faces, as it seems to be one of the only appropriate times where I can leave the house with just a smidgen of tinted moisturiser, concealer and a little bit of eyebrow pencilling (this has only recently become a compulsive make-up habit of mine) without feeling too worried about my 'bare' face. It seems pretty pointless to me, really, to apply any more products when it's highly likely to result in unsightly sweat-induced smudging all over my face. 

Observing the other women in my legs, bums and tums class today, I noted that most also sported a rather pared-down look - probably for the same reasons as me - though some still wore (what is likely to be) their usual amount of make-up, upkeeping their usual, routinely identities. Perhaps they'd already been in university or out-and-about in the morning, but otherwise I find it slightly baffling that women would bother to take the time to apply a full-face of make-up, only to sweat it off half an hour after application and subsequently having to wash it off post-workout and start all over again! 

What is your take on wearing make-up to the gym/exercise classes? Do you go for an au-naturel/pared-down/full-face look, and why? Do you judge women who wear a full-face of make-up during exercise, or vice versa?

Don't hesitate to share your opinions with me :)



2 comments:

Unknown said...

Love your top in this photo:)
I don't wear a full face of makeup to the gym but people who do just probably arent that comfortable without wearing it. But I pop a bit of concealer on and thats me out the door. Dont really mind when Im working out x

Katie said...

Thank you! :) and thanks for your comment, I definitely agree. I'm really not bothered when it comes to exercise because I know I'll look about 100x worse by the end of it anyway! :p

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