PUT down the trowel and foundation – a quarter of women worry about the amount of make-up they wear and believe they could be suffocating their skin.

Three quarters of women like to have a break from wearing make-up at least once a week, according to a survey by Simple. Of the 2,000 women polled, more than half said that women who wear a lot of make-up are trying too hard and 34 per cent said they are hiding who they really are. The poll said Katie Price wore the worst make-up and Emma Watson sported the best.