Last night while cuddling my baby to sleep, I began thinking of what I was going to do today. Im a sahm and most of the time cleaning and taking care of the baby consumes me. So I decided today I was going to get all glammed up, just to make myself feel better.

I got all my makeup out and sorted on my table, I turned on some music, made sure the baby was entertained and cared for and then I went to work on my face.

I’m currently 6 months pregnant and with this pregnancy my skin as broken out so bad. I normally have clear skin so the random patches of acne have effected my self esteem a little, but I accept it.

About an hour and a half later, I’m all done. I have this beautiful Smokey eye going on, my brows are tweezed and filled in, my acne is covered up, my contour has never looked better and both my wing eyeliners looked even. I love doing makeup, won’t say I’m the greatest at it but I was really proud of this look.

I went and fed the baby and played with him for a little while, then put him down for a nap. I walked into my bathroom and I just stared in the mirror. After 5 minutes of just admiring myself, I walked back to my table with all my makeup on it, took a makeup wipe, and wiped everything away. Threw my hair in a bun, went back to the bathroom and looked in the mirror.

I don’t know what overcame me, but as I was staring at myself in the mirror, bare faced again, I started to cry. Not because I just wiped away and hour plus worth of work, but because I felt so much more beautiful and comfortable with no makeup on despite the acne and the bags under my eyes.

I stared at myself and reflected for a moment then I heard coos from the other room. Baby’s up. I picked him up and he smiled and laughed at me and that made me feel even more beautiful.

I don’t know what the point of this post is, but I wanted to share anyway because today in my spit up, stain covered, oversized clothes and my messy hair and no-makeup face, today I felt like me and I haven’t felt that way in a long time.