It's a lot of work.

This might be self explanatory but wearing a full face of makeup every single day just got to be too much. I would get up at 6 in the morning to make sure I had time for all of my makeup. That just sounds ridiculous to me now. If I do wear makeup I have a go-to short routine that isn't too much of a hassle but for the full face glam look, that takes so much extra time. I probably sound somewhat lazy but if I had to choose between sleeping more or putting on a full face of makeup, I'm sleeping and I'm not sorry about it. To make my mother and grandmother feel a little better (they wear makeup regularly) I do still make the time for the full face of all things makeup when I'm doing something special, but that is becoming a rare occasion.

Wearing less helps my skin.

Makeup can cause acne. By constantly clogging your pores with foundation and concealer it can cause breakouts or make your already-existing acne worse. Once I stopped wearing that much makeup my acne improved. I really buckled down on my skin care and was careful of what I put on my face and I have seen results. To be fair, I still get breakouts like any other teenage girl but I really think by limiting the amount of makeup I put on my face I have seen improvements.

I was too busy in college.

When I started attending college, putting on makeup was the absolute last thing on my mind. I had to learn to get ready in a shorter amount of time and spending 15-20 minutes doing my makeup was one of the first things to be cut out. To me, it wasn't really a big deal. Many of my friends didn't wear makeup or not a lot of it so I never felt like I was doing something wrong. Honestly, even if my college friends did wear a lot of makeup I probably still wouldn't have worn it because I was too busy focusing on school.

I want to embrace natural beauty.

As I have gotten older, I have really tried to embrace being myself and looking natural. I didn't want to transform my face into someone that was unrecognizable anymore, I wanted to work with what I already have. Like I mentioned earlier, I now have a much more simple and shorter makeup routine. I am still experimenting with it but my goal is to wear as little as possible but still feel my very best. I have found that if you invest in a good skin care regimen and really focus on clearing your skin or fixing imperfections, you won't feel like you need a lot of makeup to look good. This is what I have been trying to do. Working on my skin and learning what helps it look the best so I can feel confident with barely or no makeup on.

I don't need it to feel good about myself anymore.

This is probably the biggest reason I wear less makeup now. This reason goes along with the previous one, but in high school I used to think I needed to wear makeup to feel good. If for whatever I ran out of time to put some on, my whole day felt off and I felt very uncomfortable. It was like I had to wear a full face of makeup to feel complete and confident in myself. Looking back I understand why I felt that way, but I am so glad I broke that cycle. Feeling confident in how you naturally look is so important. I really can't stress it enough. In order for a person to feel confident in themselves embracing how you look is a big factor.