| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/16/2006 5:41:43 PM | | It's the kind of thing that works based on how it affects your self-image. It does alter your appearance, so you can't say it is an imaginary effect. The question is how it makes you feel, and how others then see you. It can work for some and not others, so there is no harm in people using make-up, or not. Taking a stand for or against it, why? | |
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| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/16/2006 5:47:26 PM | | This is for interlude..grow up already..I have long hair..because I like it long and also I am too cheap to pay for someone to cut it..cut my own bangs though..like I said I have never worn makeup (or high heels as a matter of fact) but you know what I still can turn a lot of heads I have never had trouble finding male company..they like me for just me. I am on this site because I find as I get older I get a little more....pickier...is that a word? | |
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| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/16/2006 5:53:27 PM | | Which is great that you are happy with yourself the way you are, and it doesn't bother me one bit that you don't wear make up or high heels or anything else. What I don't get is why it would bother you that somebody does. | |
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| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/16/2006 5:55:25 PM | | to blondedevil no one is ever ugly...ugly to me is a fake person...when did you last see a ugly animal?? do they wear makeup?? We as humans are so stupid sometimes..... | |
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| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/16/2006 6:02:47 PM | | Cheryl..What the female of our species does..reflects not only on us as older women but also on our daughters..I am tired of this image thing that has made us into clowns and our daughters into insecure neurotic (maybe not all) teenagers. Look at how our girls emulate...Ok thats enough..In a nutshell I don't think we need to pass on the makeup gene........ | |
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| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/16/2006 6:10:40 PM | | Is my thoughts blonedevil, she was happy with how she looked even though millions of people thought she looked like a clown - that isn't fake to be happy with how you look when it is an expression of yourself and you don't change for anyone. How I look is portrayed from who I am... it is an expression of me inside and my moods. If I dressed and wore make that looked sophisticated, I would be a fake because that isn't me. I dress for myself. Men see me without makeup and with. The only way it makes me "untrustworthy" is if I was wearing a mask and walked into a bank, or if I quit wearing makeup or doing what I want because somebody else didn't like it. | |
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| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/16/2006 6:13:38 PM | | Your right Fishon in the sense that many are neurotic, but it isn't the makeup gene that is the problem. The gene we need to pass on is be yourself and do what you want for yourself, whether it is to wear makeup or not. | |
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| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/16/2006 6:18:08 PM | [I as a woman do not trust a female wearing makeup..I hire and fire people in my job]
Fishon - If you worked for me and made such unprofessional decisions I would fire YOUR a$$. Maybe you should go on a seminar to learn how to make decisions which are for the good of the company you work for and are not influenced by your personal idiosyncrasies. | |
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| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/16/2006 6:21:58 PM | I'm 45. I wear make up. Didn't for some 10 years, already had the guy, was holed up in an office that saw no people. It was so much easier to get up, do the 3 S's and head to work. Where I could wear jeans and a t-shirt, Skirts were few and far between.
I wear it now and have been say for 3 years. I wear natural colors on my eyes, IF I do shadow. I mostly wear mascara, a bit of color on my brow since I am so fair I feel I have no facial hair LOL and lipstick (that I forget to replentish).
I do this because at some point I felt I needed to do something for me. It feels good to care about my self in this way. I dress differently as well. NO more baggy t-shirts and sweatpants hanging around home. I like to wear summer dresses, fitting shirts with capris
I don't dress like a teenager by anymeans. I try to keep that to my age. Clothes can make or break your "look", I love the What NOT to wear show.
I feel GREAT. I am glad I do this for me. | |
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| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/16/2006 6:46:49 PM | | Ok I give up..women are so silly..how are our daughters and granddaughters..ever going to revel in their own humaness when we we keep giving them this kind of message..you will not be acceptable to others unless you plaster your face with chemicals..I think that maybe I am not in the right place.....As for my employment standards I have the best women (men too) in the world as my staff..Actually my company has a no scent no makeup no nailpolish policy to protect the food that you eat... | |
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| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/16/2006 7:46:17 PM | | I wore a ton of makeup in the 80's because that was t he look - heavy eyes, lips & mouth. I wear a lot less or nothing now. But in my defense, all that foundation protected my skin and kept it youthful. Going au natural still requires lots of sunscreen. Its swapping one kind of goo for another. | |
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| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/17/2006 7:35:04 AM | My point exactly Cheryl 2006.
I had a girlfriend a few years back that I had to drop, she was sooo toxic! She delighted in ripping women apart if they lost weight, how they dressed ( if it was too trendy or fashionable) and of course the make-up thing! She preferred the casual look at all times but constantly liked to snipe at women who liked to look their best! It was as though she wanted everyone to follow her lead.
Fishon if you feel wonderful just as you are, long hair and all at 50 something, no make-up, good for you... but why must you judge other women. Everyone is unique and different and that's what makes us special! I am by no means a fashion slave and do resent the media constantly telling me, magazines, television, etc. me what expensive designer clothes I should be buying or what look I should be trying to achieve.
Yet at the same token, I am a women who loves femininity. I love make-up and expensive perfume which I buy for myself because it makes me feel good!
BTW Fishon, I'm a hairstylist and you wouldn't believe the number of my younger women clients who make caustic remarks about older women and long hair. I've heard remarks like,"who do they think they're kidding?" You look at them from behind with their long hair, then they turn around and you see this wrinkly old face! Scary! is the comment they usually say. See what I'm trying to say here. As women let's be nice to each other instead trying to ripe each other apart! | |
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| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/17/2006 8:56:17 AM | Oh and just for the record, if older men enjoy wearing their hair long, by all means go for it!
I have no problems with that. My kids and their friends of course have a different opinion and feel that these men look like their in a time warp, with there dated look!
Vive la difference! If your a musician, I think it kinda identifies the music your into.
In my opinion, it's bad enough when some men out there, not all , thank God, like to put women in their so called "place" by attacking us where we are most vunerable...that is that were too heavy and undesirable or too much make-up! Women doing it, is even more reprehensible and I don't understand why they feel the need to put each other down! Couldn't believe what I read on one thread where a man was actually complaining after a women who didn't return his e-mails, that who was she to reject him because she wore make-up and was probably ugly without it! OMG how juvenile! | |
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| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/17/2006 1:47:42 PM | Hey I'm with you blonde devil...now I'm going to get judgemental, didn't want to stoop to this but...
As far as I'm concerned any person who gets wigged out about make-up and actually fires someone cuz they wear make-up or doesn't trust them...holy crap....this is the same kind of mentality who mistrusts people of a different culture or race, cuz yah never know what's under that shawl...or OMG she has really short hair, must be gay and therefore untrustworthy, they have a eastern accent, they must be terrorists. Such small mindedness!
As for Fishon's argument as to why do women wear make-up, men don't,... jeezlouise make-up has been around since the days of the Romans! No one is holding a gun to your head forcing you to wear make-up Fishon!
Personally, I love the ritual, I love being soft, I love the difference! Check your history books, at one time men were the peacocks!
And yes, there are women who overdo it, but come on there are more important things going on in the world to get wigged out about!! Global warming, HIV, pedofiles, corporate welfare, people on this beautiful planet still dying of starvation , people driving big Hummer's, originally meant for the desert, polluting the air, etc...take your pick!
And yes, we can all concur that Tammy Faye might have overdone it with the permanent make-up. Does it hurt you personally? Then there's Dolly Parton, who's looking a little strange these days, but who cares
it's her dam business and I love her! Her inner beauty still resonates brightly. OK that's my rant for today! | |
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| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/17/2006 5:10:14 PM | Let me get this strait...men don't wear make-up to enhance there appearance...so with that said...does this suggest that we as women should refrain from shaving our legs and armpits because men don't??!!!
And fishon, you are quick to point fingers and pass judgement on others....remember there are three pointing back at you. If the deciding factor on you employing someone is as shallow as them wearing make-up it says a lot about your level of intelligence and it also prejudice. Your deciding factor should be education and pertinant experiance. Also, as for your enviorment being the food industry. I do believe long hair would be more of a health issue than a bit of lipstick.
I mean really how can you honestly judge another person because of what makes them confindent and feel better about themselves. All this suggests to me is ignorance and lack of respect for other peoples choices that in no way harm those around them. Get a life.
P.S. Sistermary is my mother. | |
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| Women that wear too much makeup at our age....
Posted: 5/19/2006 8:21:31 PM | | so its ok for an older man to have long hair but not an older woman??? crikey girl how old are you and who is pulling your strings??? Is it ok for him to wear makeup too?? | |
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