Ennie, I would invest in longer-term care for your skin that would ensure that your skin tone is even (Retin-A at night, preferably prescription-strength - it takes one minute to apply a thin layer over the face, except for lips), in good nutrition with lots of fat and healthy hydration to ensure that your skin looks supple, and in ample sleep so that you look well-rested. Do that for three months and then re-evaluate if you still need makeup.

I will tell you a story. I do not use makeup but do the above and get ample sleep. One of my closest girlfriends is a young widow who is raising twin boys alone. She used to work as a beauty and health editor of a fashion magazine. She worked long hours and had a stressful commute. We live on different continents. I visited her once when her twins were toddlers (her husband died from a heart attack when she was 7 months pregnant). Her bathroom was like a storage room - every possible skin treatment on Earth, all because of the samples she had been bombarded with thanks to her job.

But she had tired, exhausted, pale skin that you felt sorry for, because all of those preparations are pretty useless if the basics aren't met and the key ingredient of luminous skin is sufficient sleep - ideally, enough so that you wake up without an alarm clock.