My jaw hit the floor this morning when I saw the ladies who host the TODAY show on TV without even a stitch of makeup on! I mean, Savannah Guthrie and Natalie Morales are drop-dead gorgeous even without any makeup on, but it MUST have been hard for them to part with their intensive glam squad before hitting the airwaves. I don't really consider myself all that high maintenance (cough, cough) but honestly, I just don't think I could do it!
I don't wear makeup every day, but I definitely wear it to work! It makes me feel more confident and empowered. I like the ritual of "putting my face" on before I have to go out into the cold, cruel world! The Today show pulled this No Makeup Monday stunt in order to support their new "Love Your Selfie campaign", which was created to encourage women to love themselves and their bodies for what they are.
It kicked off on February 22nd and according to a new study conducted by TODAY/AOL, 67% of adult women worry about their appearance regularly…even more so than they worry about money, their relationships or even their health. That's just downright sad, chicas!
In order to encourage women to love themselves how they look naturally, the TODAY show anchors dared to bare—their faces that is. Refreshingly, a few admitted that it was super tough.
"TV is a little less forgiving than being outside in your normal life," Savannah Guthrie said on TODAY.
"I like to have lipstick on," Hoda admitted. "If I have nothing on but I have lipstick, I feel better."
I give them CRAZY credit for putting themselves out there like that, and really, I feel like they set a great example for how us women should look at ourselves more frequently. Instead of getting all of our worth from how we look, we need to be paying more attention to how we FEEL.
