I'm toying with the idea of going make-up free for a week to unplug myself from needing to look good and see how I feel. I'm not sure if I'm ready to do it yet, but I'm considering it.

The UK recently celebrated "National No Make-Up Day" on March 27, 2008. What's sad about this are the many negative articles and blog reactions against this concept. Threatened women, grasping onto their make-up as a dying man is to a life preserver, described the holiday as "silly" and "ridiculous."

One blogger writes:

I think this is one of the most ridiculous ideas I’ve ever heard. That’s like saying ‘OK everybody, today we’re all going to shave our hair off’ or ‘Come on, people - today we’re going to walk round with our eyes shut’.

I've been enjoying Eckhart Tolle's class on Oprah.com very much. I was not blown away by his book A New Earth, but I find Tolle to be absolutely heartwarming to watch.

One of the things Tolle shares in A New Earth is his belief that women are not as susceptible to the ego as men are. Well, Tolle, I appreciate that you revere women so much, but as a female I beg to differ. Never mind my own fantastic, stubborn ego. Ego is at work in many women in our culture today, as we focus on our looks instead of our brains, our bodies instead of our hearts, and our appeal to men instead of our appeal to ourselves.