I am not what you would call a "makeup girl".  No one taught me the art of selecting quality products or how to apply them, and I am as helpless in the makeup aisle surrounded by all of those brands and tools and options as my husband is in the fabric store.  So for a long time,  I just basically avoided the whole realm of makeup mastery and would grab the cheapest thing off the shelf in Target and make it work.
   I never even wore makeup consistently until my late twenties, and even then,  my daily routine would, by some women's standards, barely count as wearing makeup at all.  A little concealer under my eyes, shadow on my lids, gel on my brows, blush and mascara, and some lip gloss if I am feeling extra fancy.  The whole thing wouldn't take much longer than 2 or 3 minutes.

   I could get by with this because I was young and still had that dewey glow to my skin that didn't seem to need anything to help it.  Well.
Enter kids.
Enter sleepless nights.
Enter turning thirty.
 
   And suddenly I found myself in need of a little help when it came to the skin department.  And while I am still a huge fan of the natural look, my natural look was starting to look a little less "girl-next-door" and a little more "girl-needs-some-sleep".

   And when you find yourself with three kids at 30 years of age and starting to slip into that frump-zone that haunts women's nightmares in their twenties, a little help can go a long way. And while I don't ever desire to become the one who spends an hour in the bathroom applying layers of product to her face,  I do want to learn a little more about affordable, quality, organic beauty products.

   But before we get started with all of that, allow me to clarify.  I can't count the times I've heard someone (usually a guy) say, "I don't like it when women wear makeup".  Well that's perfectly fine, but I think it's because generally, they are envisioning something like this: