I’m the same. When I feel like it, I play with makeup. Most of the time I go without. Either way, I do it for me.

Omg I’ve never resonated with a post so much. I do this. I LOVE seeing people’s looks but I have no energy to get up early during the week to do it before work.

I usually go crazy on the weekends so that it kinda fills that need of wanting it.

I know how you feel. I recently stopped wearing makeup to the office so I could sleep in 20 more minutes. I hate feeling lazy, but I looooooove staying in bed a little longer

Makeup isn’t something your required to wear, so there’s no need to feel "lazy " about it. It’s extra. It’s supposed to be enjoyable.

I’m new to makeup and I enjoy it, but I only wear it maybe once or twice a month. It doesn’t matter for my lifestyle, and I don’t feel like I’m ugly or underdressed without it. It’s a fun little creative outlet for me on a lazy friday night in, when I get to play around with new colors and textures and get creative with decorating my face. It’s a hobby, and nothing more to me.

That said, sometimes our hobbies just get boring for us, or we have other stressors in life that interrupt our enjoyment of them. Or sometimes it can feel overwhelming to even get started (which I can relate to a lot- when I was still learning to use makeup, every time felt like a whole production of steps and mistakes and corrections for just a basic everyday look). This stuck out to me from your post: “But when I see other people looks I think I wanna do nice looks but I dont know why I dont do that.” - Have you thought really deeply about this? Have you asked yourself why you even want to recreate these looks? Or have you given a lot of thought as to why you haven’t tried to, or felt inclined to try? There could be a lot of reasons, but these feelings might hint at something deeper than just makeup.

It’s okay to be “lazy” with makeup and okay to not wear it or to lose some interest in it. It’s really not important in the grand scheme of things, even if it is useful and fun, and there’s no requirement to wear it on any occasion at all. But I think if you’re feeling uninspired or unmotivated to use it often, and it doesn’t really serve you (as a confidence booster, a creative outlet, or whatever else) as it used to, it’s worth investigating why.

I understand how you feel! There are days where I want to look nice at work and then other days where I just want to sleep in. I watch a lot of YouTube videos and then that gets me a burst of motivation

No need to feel lazy, wear it or don’t. It’s one thing to go to a job interview disheveled but consider the moment I guess? Some people like natural looks, some want to enhance but the social media norm is to present oneself like some sort of starlet and let’s be real most people aren’t that.

Have you considered easy five minute looks? There are tutorials that don’t require a lot of time to get ready if you learn techniques and you don’t have to doll up yourself like you’re attending the Met Gala everyday. Find products that work for you that multitask like a cream blusher/lipstick combo or a daily moisturizer and a concealer and a neutral lipstick or lip balm. I feel sometimes people get intimidated because of television and media but there’s some insane standard of beauty that is just asinine to me. I wish we were taught to just love ourselves and how we look as we are and that makeup wasn’t used as some tool to “be pretty.” Idealistic of me I know and I love makeup, but I also love art so being able to do art on my face is my motivation. :)

I don’t see much of a reason to push yourself to do makeup every day if you don’t want to. Skipping it saves time and money!

Maybe just save fun makeup looks for days you plan on going out?

Alternatively, if makeup is something you normally enjoy, and you feel like you’re withdrawing from it due to depression or some other mental health reason, I’d recommend setting aside just a couple days each week as your “makeup days” so you can keep doing it without feeling like it’s too much to handle (and of course talk to a mental health professional).

I can’t tell you what’ll work best for you, but whatever makes you happy is the answer!

Me too. The older I get, the less I care how I look but I do still buy makeup so I should use it LOL. Plus it was summer and I just sweat it off no matter what primer/spray I use. It’s cooling down so I’m going to bust it out.

I just overslept today and couldn’t get ready in time…but I’ve been feeling unmotivated also. My main concern has turned to hair and it’s just overwhelming and mystifying to me.