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Has something like this happened to you?

Scarlet

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I don't know, maybe because it was a Monday I drove off to work somehow having completely forgotten my makeup routine. I realized this on the road and had to soldier on, but I really felt uncomfortable. So much so that I had to run out despite being overloaded with work and buy a mascara from a brand I had never of from the nearest store (they sold only one!) I instantly felt much better.

It's weird, because I used to not wear makeup at all, and now I have a pretty minimal routine for the last two years or so that I usually completely forgo on Sunday, but I felt just not ready to face the world without my "face". I am embarrassed to admit it.

My watch also stopped at 11 o'clock, and I am really uncomfortable without a watch. Monday, Monday....

Wishing everyone a good Tuesday.

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catgirl

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Lipstick, or SOMETHNG on my lips. Since I wear glasses, my eye makeup is minimal, but I have to have a little color on my lips to feel human.

Astrid

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I don't really use any make-up short of lipcolor, but I've been feeling very uncomfortable the few times I forgot to put my watch on. I just need to have it there!

LoP

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I completely hear you. My make up is my face and I would be very uncomfortable at work or elsewhere without it. I get asked if I'm sick or tired if I don't put on make up and that makes me self conscious.

Stephanie

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Absolutely. And I have a minor complex about it now: once I had to rush to a second date straight from work and my mascara had fallen out of my handbag. So I shrugged and went to dinner without eye makeup. The man who had seemed so smitten with me the week before was practically ice-cold to me.

Meredith1953

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Eyebrows!!! Mine are non existent. I also like a little eyeliner and a nude lipstick. It doesn't take much to make you feel so much more confident. I am really bugged when I don't have a watch!!

biscuitsmom

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My eyebrows have always been only half-formed, so I NEED my eyebrow pencil !

Isabel

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CONCEALER ! I have been at the ER with my mom in the middle of the night and run out to a 24 hour pharmacy for concealer, ANY concealer, I would have bought White Out if it was all there was. I also feel weird without earrings. I have bought those also when I have forgotten.

So now, I always carry a little concealer, a small brush, and stud earrings in my bag. ALWAYS.

Travelgal Nicole

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I once went to work without makeup. Not sure how it happened but yes I was uncomfortable. And like you I have a minimal make routine. I needed to buy some mascara as well. With my light eye lashes I needed something on them so they stood out.

Louise

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The only thing I *have* to do before leaving the house is clean my teeth! I wear a bite guard at night (due to clenching my teeth and locking my jaw) and I'm paranoid about bed breath!! X

Scarlet

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Ah, it's so nice to read your stories. I feel less nuts

Isabel - I NEVER leave the house without earrings. You know at some level, who even knows why this stuff is so important?

MsMary

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YES!! EARRINGS must be worn at all times!!

Last Thursday I had a doctor's appointment before work, and in my haste to get there on time I forgot to put on my earrings. To say I felt naked is to understate the level of my distress. I had to stop at the house after I left the doctor's because I could. not. imagine. going through an entire day bare-eared.

Which reminds me, I need to get an emergency pair of earrings to keep at the office along with my emergency mascara, deodorant, and just-in-case-of-a-big-earthquake jeans and sneakers.

Queen Mum

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I have been known to stop at the store to purchase mascara when on my way somewhere and realizing in horror that I forgot to put it on.

Jjsloane

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What Queen Mum said. I once waited in Target parking lot until they opened to buy a mascara before I would go to work. I also feel naked without a watch.

Debora

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Monday, Monday, reach and run day
Tuesday, Tuesday, tap your shoes day

I don't know why those kiddie song lyrics are stuck in my head - my youngest is 17 yrs old, for crying out loud!

Here's to a "tap your shoes" day Tuesday. Things can only get better!

Scarlet

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Earrings, mascara, and watch--I must add these to my emergency work stash, alongside the toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, deodorant, band aids, coffee, tea, various snacks, headache, stomachache, and cold medications, as well as the hand creme and two kinds of lip balm. Why have I not thought of this before?

Heather

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Hugs, Miss Scarlet!!!! It happens to the very best of us. Always remember: things can ALWAYS be worse. <3

Mander

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It bugs me all day if I forget to put my wedding ring on, but I've never gone back to the house to get it!

It's funny how we develop these little rituals, though.

Janet

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I did that very thing just a couple of weeks ago! Fortunately, I was just going to work at the radio station, where nobody really sees me. But I totally understand -- i feel naked without my makeup essentials (tinted moisturizer to even out my skin, mascara, and a little lip color).

I also feel naked if I forget rings or earrings!

Jonesy

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Ack, what a Monday! I do stuff like this all the time. It tends to get worse if my schedule is super-packed--I just get more and more absentminded, until I am leaving my watch places, putting the milk away in the cupboard, completely skipping out on dental appointments, etc. etc.

So all of you swear by mascara, huh? How do you remove it at night? (asks a woman who never wears mascara)

Isabel

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LOL !!! I often wonder how Angie carries SOOOO little in her bag - considering she doesn't have an actual work site in which to keep a stash. I try to pare down my bag and I just can't do it. So many things become "essential". After my first lumpectomy the first thing that I did was pop on my earrings ! The johnnies looked so much better with accessories. We humans are very interesting.

My son has borderline Apserger's ( he is 10 ) and he has an old dishrag that he HAS to take everywhere. Then I realized it is a familial thing since I can't leave the house without concealer or earrings.

It probably does have something to do with rituals...

Lisa

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I've done this with my: watch, rings, and make-up. I've been known to drive all the way back home to pick up the missing item and put it on. I simply cannot function without.

catgirl

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Jonesy! I have done that too! Or put orange juice in my tea. Last week I looked all over for my glasses before realizing they were on my FACE! Can you say over-tasked working mom?!

Irene

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It's never happened to me. The thing is, I'm so forgetful that I forget I should be wearing 'x'. So if I forget to put earrings in the morning, I don't realize I haven't worn them until I get back home. I used to forget to do my HW at school because I would forget checking my diary. Yeah, that's me

Elly

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I think this is situational for me. Most the time I feel no shame in being bare faced or bare-eared. However, there have definitely been times when I've forgotten makeup or something similar and been self-conscious the whole day. Usually the only time I "forget" things like this are times I'm ill or very stressed which means my normally decent skin looks like death . . .

. . . it's kinda like if you've ever been in a situation where you run out of time to shower when you normally would . . . you don't really stink/look dirty to other people, but YOU know you are dirty and think about it all day.

Elly

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I knew that I had memory issues when I found the milk in the bottom of our shower . . . for the second time!

Also-- not realizing you forgot to put your shorts on until the dog barks at you when you go out to the yard (because you look strange- with no pants on).

Or forgetting to put your undies on . . . that was an uncomfortable day.

Isabel

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Scarlet, I just wanted you to know that I also carry the following in my emergency make-up kit ( considering I wear VERY little make up, it is quite funny that I even do this ):

A mini mascara http://shop.avon.com/shop/product.aspx?pf_id=31417

and

http://www.sephora.com/browse/.....goryId=B70

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Oh I feel SO distraught if I forget some of my make-up (because of an interuption, usually) or earrings. I have been known to drive home to finish up, too! I feel exposed somehow. Once I had to send my watch away to get fixed and I felt naked with out it for a few weeks.

Scarlet

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Wow, I really felt like I was being extreme, but it sounds like many of you would have done the same. I guess that is how important these little habits are. Also sounds like there are a lot of people with a lot on their mind!

Isabel, the mini mascara is brilliant! I forgot, I also keep extra socks, and sometimes shoes at work too, in case I get too wet walking around between buildings. Actually I have a locker in the changing room--I should really stock up even more Sometimes i forget a pullover or a scarf for example. As for Angie, I can't imagine her forgetting much

Jonesy - my mascara comes off when I wash my face normally. Of course many require a remover, but I don't use those because it's just too complicated. If I use eye liner then I wash my face and touch up any residue under my eyes with a q-tip and makeup remover.

Aziraphale

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I can handle naked eyelashes (despite the fact that they TOTALLY DISAPPEAR without mascara), but no touch-up on my blotchy bits would have me running for the drugstore. You are not alone. I cringe to admit it, but I much prefer how my face looks when it has a bit of foundation covering the redness around my nose.

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