Thursday, March 28Royal Holloway's offical student publication, est. 1986

Author: Grace Yeadon

Should we stop calling ditching make-up ‘brave’?
Opinion

Should we stop calling ditching make-up ‘brave’?

We all have one, a bare face I mean. At least we all did first thing this morning, unless you were a little lazy with the makeup wipes and instead prayed to the Garnier gods to rain down drops of micellar water (no I don't really know what those words mean either) and delicately melt your foundation off as you sleep. Wishful thinking of course, and inevitably you will wake up contemplating why oh why you bothered applying it in the first place. A bit of a deep topic to delve into before your first spoon of cereal, so you repeat yesterday and reapply that foundation beforeĀ  getting on with your day. But assuming you're reading this post-breakfast, we'll dive in. Why do so many women, and some men, not go bare-faced and wear makeup instead? For many it is a fashion statement, another way ...