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It was while working at the lad mag that I received my first beauty assignment for a national publication -- and it was a doozy. At least at the time I thought it was. The task was to wear zero makeup for two full weeks. Initially, I was incredibly nervous to go makeup-less when I'd been wearing primer, foundation, bronzer, blush, eye shadow and mascara since I was 14, but then I remembered that I wanted to get out of my comfort zone as much as possible to grow as a writer, so I accepted the assignment. During those two long weeks sans makeup, I was asked if I was sick, upset, on my period, if my boyfriend had broken up with me or if someone died. While I said no to all of those things, I refused to give an explanation as to why I looked different than they were used to seeing me because it got me to thinking...
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