A self-confessed makeup addict who spends thousands of pounds on beauty products every year has vowed to go bare-faced for 12 months to raise money for charity . Rebecca Mead , 25 , says she never leaves the house without wearing foundation , powder , blusher , mascara , lipstick , eyeshadow and eyeliner - which takes her an hour every morning to apply . In her lifetime , Becca , who lives in Hadley , Suffolk , claims she has spent more than 5,000 hours applying makeup to her face - and is now going cold turkey – to prove women do not need ' a mask ' and to raise money for Special Effects , which helps disabled people . ecca with her new bare-faced look as she vows to go a year without wearing any makeup . Becca , pictured left as a brunette and , right , as a blonde , estimates she spends 5,000 hours a year applying makeup - but has vowed to quit to raise money for charity . Becca , who will also stop dyeing her hair every month and wearing fake nails , said : 'Considering I have worn a full face of makeup everyday for 16 years and refused to leave the house without a full layer of foundation it 's quite scary . ' So far , the beauty obsessive , who spends hundreds of pounds a year on beauty products , says people 's reactions have been mixed . 'Some people have said nothing but other people said I looked tired , which is n't great , ' she said . The supermarket worker started applying hair dye at 12 and wearing makeup at 14 , spending hours before school carefully applying cosmetics to her face . Becca ( pictured left and right with makeup ) never left the house without makeup before taking on the challenge . Becca ( pictured with makeup ) spent at least an hour each morning layering on foundation , powder , blusher , mascara , lipstick , eyeshadow and eyeliner . She would spend at least an hour each morning layering on foundation , powder , blusher , mascara , lipstick , eyeshadow and eyeliner and even put on false eyelashes . ' I 'd get up at least an hour earlier each morning so I looked my best , ' Miss Mead admitted . ' I had special tricks like applying extra powder to my eyebrows to make them look thicker . ' I would carefully apply nail varnish and had boxes of cosmetics which I ordered off the internet . ' I spent a lot of money on makeup and loved it . ' But Becca is now out to prove a point : ' I think women have become too reliant on makeup and I want to prove they do n't need to be . Becca , pictures with makeup , revealed that she will be going fresh-faced for a year to to raise money for a charity called Special Effects which helps disabled people . Becca admitted hair dye was one of her biggest problems , and she changes her colour every month . 'There was a time when I would change my hair colour every month – now I realise that was not necessary . ' I ca n't believe I used to be too scared to leave the house without makeup . I would n't even pop to the shops without applying slap which seems ridiculous . ' ' I do n't know what my natural hair colour is , ' she admitted . 'Possibly brown . When it came to make up , Becca admits she used to would wear 'the whole shebang ' . ' I even put power on my eyebrows to thicken them , ' she said . 'This was to give them more shape . Becca also admitted hair dye was one of her biggest problems . ' I probably changed my hair colour every month , ' she said . ' I became addicted - most colour I used was quite unnatural . ' Becca who decided to quit her addiction earlier this month said she received great encouragement from friends . ' I asked a few of my friends what they thought and decided to go for it . ' I ca n't believe I 've thrown the makeup out . ' Donate at to Becca 's on Just Giving .
Rebecca Mead , 12 months , of Suffolk , never leaves the house without makeup . Supermarket worker spends 5,000 hours a year applying products . Now Becca is going cold turkey to prove women do not need ' a mask ' Also raising money for charity Special Effects , which helps disabled people .