I do not wear much makeup, but I do it every day. And sometimes, the make-up removal step is a little too fast to rid my skin of all these products. My routine make up is, after the moisturizer and care of the eyes, foundation when I have many imperfections to camouflage (and at the moment, the buttons give themselves to heart joy on my face!) or "just" the corrector and concealer. Add a veil of powder to matifier, blush and it is good for the complexion. But there are still eyes, which I make up every day, even when I am lazy to work my complexion: nude eye shadow, black pencil or eyeliner, mascara. I reserve the smoky on festive days.

For the lip makeup, it is according to wishes and much less regular. Nevertheless, my skin presents some unsightly redness, a few pimples and a few tightness, especially in the corner of the eyes. That's why I decided to start a makeup detox. For three days (choosing days when you have - almost nothing to do and where you will not see big world), I stopped making up. That does not mean I stopped taking care of myself, quite the opposite!

• Day 1: Deep cleansing of the skin

Before starting my detox makeup, I had to get rid of all the make-up residues. Although I do make-up in the evening at bedtime, I often wake up with a natural smoky eye. This morning, then, I made sure to remake carefully my make-up, coupled with a good cleaning. With a gentle cleansing milk (and organic) for the eyes, I insisted, without rubbing, on my mirettes to remove the last traces of kohl and mascara. I doubled the cleansing action by passing a micellar water, refreshing and invigorating.

Then, to do my skin cleansing well, I bet on a cleansing micellar foam. Applied with the fingers, it is foamed by gently massaging the skin. I have insisted in difficult corners, such as the wings of the nose or the corners of the lips while taking care to avoid the outline of the eyes. Rinsed in warm water, my face is already cooler and my complexion a little less gray.

To supplement the hydration of my skin and try to hunt my imperfections, I applied an anti-imperfections treatment, charged with disincrusting the blackheads and other abominations that can be accepted at 15 years (and still) but more at 25 ! On top, a delicately patted contour of the face and my usual day cream, vitaminized at will.

• Day 2: De-incrustation of the dead cells

It is not because we did not put on make-up that we should not clean his skin. As a good student, I took care to remove make-up before going to bed and this morning to wake up. Then I started to erase my skin to get rid of its dead cells. I should have done it from the first day, to allow the treatment to do better, but - since it must be confessed - I zapped this stage when I had placed the product prominently on the ledge of the sink. Better late than never, so I attack the impurities of my skin. My exfoliating treatment is actually a gel that is very pasty to the application but which is gradually transformed into oil as you mass. I love the gesture and the feeling of freshness and sweetness that results afterwards. Once the product is a little more liquid, rinse with lukewarm water and end up with baby skin. A dose of cleansing care and my usual moisturizing treatments and left for a second day without make up.

How do I feel ? Rather good to say. I feel that the time spent in the bathroom is not only devoted to saving the furniture / hiding misery / swallowing the facade (of the choice). No, it's time for me. To do me good and have a healthier and more beautiful skin, which does not spoil anything. I feel she is breathing and not doing all that care for nothing. Yes, usually, when I do a care, I feel like I erase all the benefits in three seconds when I put a layer of foundation or blush over it. There, my skin is free and Jules still said that I was very pretty today! I especially cherish the hope that he releases a "wahou" the day I resume makeup. Yeah, when you wear makeup every day, people only notice the days without, while if you wear little makeup, you are stunning with a tiny touch of mascara and blush.

• Day 3: We restore the complexion

Before finishing my third stage detox, it is my duty to specify one thing: it is winter and I did not go out to expose my little face to the soft sun of February. But it goes without saying that if I had gone outside and had been closer to summer than to winter, I would have applied sun protection to my face! History not to ruin all our efforts to preserve our skin!

Today, after cleansing my skin, I decided to take advantage of the usual time devoted to makeup to make me a little pleasure. So I took the time to spread my face with an organic vitamin mask, perfect for the radiance of the complexion. During the pose, I could taste a green tea quietly - without burning myself since this morning I had time to let it cool! After the rinse, I spent about five minutes stroking the skin on my face and saying: 1) that this mask really feels great, 2) that I should do this more often and 3) that my skin really had the air more relaxed and supple and very soft. I wanted to start again but I reasoned and promised to now stick to two vitamin masks a week. It really boosted my skin and also my good mood so it's good to take!

• The balance of my detox makeup

During these three days without make up, I relativized on my way to make up. Nobody stared at me in my detox, neither the baker, nor Jules, nor even my mother! My skin is really softer after these three days and especially, it pulls me less. The fine lines of dehydration in the corner of my eyes are only a distant memory and my little buttons (virgins of any corrector for three days) are disappearing. I'm not going to lie, I'm glad to be able to put on a few concealer to camouflage the bluish area that already gave me cold sweat at ten when my schoolmates thought I was insomnia. The thing is, with the skin thin and so white that it is almost transparent that I have, only a good concealer does the job! However, I think it is important to preserve her skin from makeup as soon as possible, on weekends for example. And most of all, I promise that never again would I ignore a thorough cleansing, a good scrub once a week and a mask once in a while. Besides, the time of my mask has just ended, I leave you, I have a face to rinse!