ModernGear Women: fresh-faced and loving it, or fearful without make-up?

The web is on fire with talk of the Monster of Montauk, a strange alien-looking creature that washed up on a beach in Montauk, at the east end of New York's Long Island.

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You know, images of this thing bring to mind some of the photos I saw of celebrities without make-up in a magazine while I was having a pedi last night. Some look great, some not-so-great.

Alicia Silverstone

Julia Roberts

Drew Barrymore

Christina Ricci

Jessica Simpson

Eva Longoria

Avril Lavigne

Anna Kournikova

Kirsten Dunst

Heidi Klum

Rachel Hunter

There's no doubt, make-up is a tool that should help us play on our strengths, look better and feel more confident, but in the past it's one that I personally have relied on too much. Working as an on-air television reporter, there was no way I could go on camera without make-up, and I found that I was less and less comfortable bare-faced when not at work, as well.

But somewhere along the line I started wearing less and less, and now go days completely without. And while lip gloss, mascara and a soft pink cheek highlighter are on my list of favourite girly things and are usually on my face, it's actually quite freeing to use make-up truly for the love of it, rather than the fear of the absence of it.

So today's post isn't going to be about a cosmetic product at all, rather the question...are you comfortable going without make-up? (If so, send me pictures of you with and without and I'll share them!)