It's National No Makeup Day in England, we're very sorry to report. According to the organizers of this clearly subversive holiday that only benefits women under 16 with perfect skin, such a holiday is required because women are too dependent on makeup. Sarah Vine of the Times rebels against the very idea.
Today, apparently, is National No Make-up Day. Not in my house it isn't. Aside from the fact that my colleagues have done nothing to deserve the sight of me without my under-eye concealer, it is a ludicrous concept. You may as well have a National No Shoe-Wearing Day, or a National No Shouting on the Today Programme Day. Inconceivable, not to say inadvisable.
According to the organisers, we need it because we women are too dependent on make-up. Damn right we are -- just as we're dependent on breathing. There is absolutely nothing wrong with giving Mother Nature's work a little touch-up now and then.
Of course, we're adamantly pro-makeup around here, mostly because we just like playing around with it. And looking like we have flawless skin, of course. We certainly respect any one who doesn't feel like wearing makeup. But even if your face is makeup-free -- just for us -- please put on your sunblock even if you're just heading out to the grocery store.
