Me too! I sometimes wish it weren't such an extreme change, since it does marry me to the routine. I also feel like I make the jump from way below average to way above average with make-up.

I have a friend (with very low self-esteem) whom I've tried several times to makeover (as it's the most gratifying and instantaneous esteem booster), and she keeps saying make-up doesn't make a difference, and she's right. No matter how much I put on her - nothing looks especially different. It's like her face eats the make-up.