This is what happens when you stop wearing makeup

If you're anything like me, your idea of a perfect Saturday afternoon involves perusing the aisles of Sephora, drooling over shelf-after-shelf of bold lip colors and shiny eye shadow palettes. It's heaven.

Indeed, there are a lot of reasons to love make up. It can help us bring out our favorite features, hide flaws, and make us feel more confident. And if we're being honest, makeup is a blast to play around with (hello, smoky eye YouTube tutorials). But as much as makeup can be a girl's best friend, it's not exactly the healthiest thing to be slathering all over our faces on a daily basis.

In fact, dermatologist Dr. Idi Martins told Vanguard that wearing too much makeup can actually expose the skin to a considerable amount of chemicals and toxins. "The chemicals found in lipsticks, eye pencils, and mascara, could cause serious health problems," he said. Yikes!

Luckily, going sans makeup (even once in a while) can do wonders for our skin. Hmm, guess Alicia Keys' recent makeup-free look is benefitting her in more ways than one.

Here's what really happens to you face when you ditch the makeup.