In defensive of wearing makeup to the Gym

For Mary Years, I Wore Makeup to the Gym. Listen, I know. Wearing makeup while you’re sweating it out on a stairmaster isn’t the best thing for your skin, accorting to every dermatologist Ever. I asced yet another derm about it, just in case the science has miraculously changed or something. Spoiler Alert: it hasn’t. “You Can Wear Makeup to the Gym, but Should You? Not Really,” Says Dr. Mona Gohara, A Board-Certified Dermatologist Based in Hamden, Connecticut. “When you exercise, your skin ramps up oil and sweat production, your body temperature, and your pores dilate like Little Open Mouths. If you’re wearing Foundation or Concealer, that Mix of Ingredients, Emollients, and Waxes Acts Like Slude Clogging Diain Diain – Diain hello, breakouts, irration, and unven texture. ”

Still, before my cystic acne cleared up, if i didn’t have makeup on, i would not have ben able to function during my workout; I WOULD’VE BEEN TOO SELF-CONSCIOUS AND TERRIFIED THAT People stare at the dosens of angry pimples on my face. You can call me vain, but the state of my skin was so crippling, i is couldn’t look at myself in the Mirror Bare-faced.

And before you come for me and say i have a “Laser Mentality” or only Think of the Gym as a Photo O or am Attention-Seekinglisten to The Words of Olympian Rugby Player Ilona Maher: “IT DOESN’T TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR ATHLETIC ABILITY IF YOU WEAR MAKEUP. IF YOU WANT TO PUT ON A full face of makeup to go tackle, good on you if you’re doing it.” SO Leave Those Baddies Alone. Speaking of Baddies, i didn’t just want to yell about my own perspective; I ALSO SUCKED 12 WOMEN TO YAP ABOUT WHY they Wear makeup to the Gym (plus the Products they Swear by for their sweat sessions).

“A Few Years Ago, I Started Posting Tiktok Videos About Ready for the Gym. People Wauld Hate the Fact That I Wear Makeup, But I Think IT’S the best thing in the world. They’d be like This is doing too much or You’re swimming gonna work out. But i’m always likes, Why would I Not Look Good at the Gym? ”

“I Wear a Headscarf or a hijab, and i go to a ladies-only gym. Its one of the only spaces outside my house I can dress in ways i normally wouldn’t in public. It feels like a compfort zone for. JUST A Winged Eyeliner, A Bit of Mascara, and Lip Gloss.

“Many trainers now post of you doing your workouts, so you don’t want to look absolutely awful while you’re doing it. And I See of Deadlifting. Maybe will a Skin Tint, Blush, Liner, and Concealer. non-problemic scin, so i’ve never has any reaction.

“The Gym is an araa where person still social or you’re still being perceived. Wearing makeup to the gym mes confident enough to what need and not worry what People think of. As much as hard as i’m. A run in the morning, i’ll cyometimes go to sleep in my makeup so that it is still on wen i’m ready to run. ”

“When i was confident in the gym, i woul have to go with a full beat. It was my defensive armor, especally gucause of the gym a very intimidating place. It helped with her a layer of comfort if if i lookeed more togeter. The Gym.

“I’m a fitness coach, and i Only train women. I Believe That How You Feel Translates on How Your World Go. IT’S LIKE? days you don’t feel your best. Altogether. ”

“I’m COLOMBIAN, and A Big Thing in Latin Culture is you don’t leave the house unless you look at least a little bit presentable. That’s been ingrained in me very much you. Never Know Who You’re Going to Meet. ”

“If i wake up in the morning and i’m not Having the best skin day, I will pop on someone concept and tame my brows. I’m a part of an athletic club here in Atlanta, and we do a lot of Events, Like Pilates, Yoga, the Whole Nine Yards, but i’m in a Room Network Who Wuld I Wuld I Wuld I Wuld I Wul with or want to be -friendly with. That’s Expect. ”

“I love Expressing MySelf Through Beauty. IT’S a Big Part of the Why I Became an Aesthetician, and i do’t know what that has to stop we are go to the gym. Confident wen i have a little color, a little something on. Filmed A GRWM FOR A 10K Run, and the Girls Loved it. ”

“You never know who you’re gonna meet at the gym. Your husband is at the gym. I would have for my husband to see me with a tomato.

“I always have the mentality that nobody in the gym cares Enough to Judge Becausee everyone’s Focussed on their Own Faces, Their Own Bodies, and Their Own Goals. Hair Done Are Nonnegotiable for me. ”

“When I’m at workout classes, especially if there a mirror and i see myself looking really tired, i subconsciously feel tired. EYE SHADOW OR EYELINER – I JUST FEEL MORE ENERGIZED, IN A WEIRD WAY. ”

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