But, a good quality modern
foundation make up can be good for the state of your
skin.
- It often includes a fairly high level of sun protection, reducing the damage that sun will do to your face (so, fewer wrinkles for you). Most decent bases are now at least SPF8.
- It protects your skin from the city grime and gack that can fill your pores and give you blackheads and other zittish nasties. (Yes, you do have to take it off properly later with holy trinity of cleanse, tone and moisturise.)
- On cold days, it's another layer of protection and moisturiser to help reduce the drying out effects of chilly winds.
On a more frivolous note: make up is fabulous fun. You get to
paint and
play with colours and goof around. (None of this natural
malarky for me, thanks.)
Yes, good make up can be expensive. Sometimes, the
luxury counts. And anyway, splashing out on a hugely overpriced
lipstick will do less damage to your
bank account than splashing out on a pair of hugely overpriced
shoes.