To make or not to make(up)...another cup of tea

We have been working-from-home for almost two years now and while many find it hard to find the demarcation between work and life - there are some areas where this work-life integration feels useful.. or even helpful.

Personally, it has saved me tons of time getting ready for work, specifically towards the effort of putting on makeup.

For context, I attend a lot of online meetings in my current job day-to-day and unless there's an important meeting/presentation, you'd never see me with a full-face or even a half-face (read: smidge) of makeup.

I now equate going out with putting on makeup and find showing up au-natural on video calls with internal and external folks very comfortable.

I also like my video on for the majority of my meetings as it feels more personal and as someone who doesn't deny a good OOTD or a full-face, this realisation was a little surprising for me.

I related to this Tik Tok/ Instagram reel so hard because unless I'm feeling way out of my comfort zone at work- I'll never show up fully ready with my A(ppearance)-game on.

'Zoom Dysmorphia' never bothered me and I find WFH very liberating as a working woman because I feel more at ease with my 'home personality' now being reflected in my 'work appearance'.

What about you? Do you find this shift in work-appropriate uniform liberating? Let me know in the comments below!