Beauty sleep - what beauty sleep?

Here I am again, having slept through my day off yesterday, to catch up on some well deserved sleep. This week, I've had final uni deadlines and a LOT of work to get through, whilst still working my four night shifts.

I've begun to realise that this lifestyle is really taking it out on my appearance. I mean, for starters, there's never any 'beauty sleep' unless a thing such as 'beauty naps' exists, which it doesn't. So this really starts to show around my eyes - I feel about 40 sometimes! I cover the sleepiness up with make up the best I can, but it's not a solution is it?

I am sick to death of doing my make up. I'm also sick of hearing my boyfriend telling me to just skip it - (you're beautiful the way you are, blah blah blah) - not with these bags! But seriously, in most jobs you can get away with skipping a few make up or skin care days, but with bar work you'd put people off! However, I'd just like to note that I still disagree with having to send a photo in with your CV. If you're good at the job you should get the job, regardless of how you look. Surely it's better to have an 'average' looking girl serve you WELL than some good-looking idiot that fucks everything up. I'm naming no bar names in Lincoln... But for love of God I shouldn't be splashed with a shot of vodka 3 people back from the bar...

Anyway, I've got no skin care routine anymore - I'm just too tired to take my make up off at night and I could slap myself the day after! The extra 2 minutes of standing there would make so much difference to how I feel the day after. I'm going to try my best to look after my skin because it's always been fairly decent, but I've noticed more blemishes than ever lately. Here's a link to Wikihow about skin routines - when and how to use what: Here

As I've mentioned before - Mcdonalds - Bar Staffs' best friend and worst enemy. I always bump into some of my colleagues in there - sometimes more than just once a week. Even my manager admitted to having 4 Mcdonalds this week. I was on 2 and felt so ashamed! We all know it's bad for us but who wants to come in and cook at 5 in the morning? Mcdonalds feels like a savior when all you've eaten is a bowl of soup at lunchtime.

I just find it funny that part of bar work is looking good  behind the bar - yet it's really difficult to do most days. Sometimes, just a smile will take notice away from how bad you think you look, because after all, being friendly is more important - and you get friendliness given back to you. I felt like absolute crap on Saturday - I'd barely slept or ate, but did the whole fake smile thing and made some decent tips :)