| | Women and makeupPage 2 of 7 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) | I don't wear make up because I'm feeling pressured to by anyone at all. In fact, those that have seen me without it encourage me to go bare faced, but it's my decision and I'm capable of making it all by myself.
I don't wear make up to lure a man. The men I've been with have seen me without it and kept loving me anyway.
I don't wear make up because I'm hiding some kind of sicko problem or otherwise perceived inadaquacies. I wear it because I have uneven, splotchy skin and it balances out my complexion.
I do what I do because I like the way I look, feel and smell. If it's offensive to others, they can pass me by. Heck, if they are offended by me on that level, what's the point?
To each their own, and all that jazz. | |
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Posted: 7/30/2006 5:36:28 PM | Make up should be about accentuating your natural beauty, not a means to hide it. In day to day life that comes down to a tinted moisturizer, little eye liner and mascara and lip gloss for me. When I'm on stage it is obviously heavier as the lights tend to wash you out. A small dab of perfume or a spray of body splash is my vote as well. A light scent is nice, but man...ever walked by an older women in a department store and feel your lungs closing in on you from the thickened air of perfume? Yuck.
Incidentally, the perfume/cologne issue stands for guys as well. You don't need to apply your cologne like an over hormonal thirteen year old, thank you. A little of the good stuff goes a long way! | |
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Posted: 7/30/2006 5:56:06 PM | I agree, Funny_Girl. It’s YOUR face and you should as you like. Nothing wrong with evening out a few skin splotches anyway.
And Honestly_over_your_knee, I agree that onstage is totally different from offstage. Onstage it’s all performance and more is usually needed to create persona. | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 11:05:09 AM | | Looking beautiful makes many women feel more confident. Can I go out in public with no makeup on? Sure, but if I am going for that killer account that I want to close, I'll throw on a bit of makeup and it does make me feel more confident. I do beleive that makeup should be worn in moderation and used to accentuate a womans features. Sure some people wear a bit too much, but at least they feel good about themselves when they are done. | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 11:13:23 AM | | Make up should be to lightly enhance what a woman already has. If you use it to cover up what you have or dont have, or to make you look like a different person. THats when its a bit much. I cant stand make up, wear it probably once a week. (mascara, eyeliner/shadow) | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 11:28:03 AM | a women always looks "finished" with makeup on. thats why whoever invented Avon is a
very very rich person. I love it and IM not changing for nobody.
None of the men in my life complain that much either | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 11:33:35 AM | I agree that less is more and more women should show their natural beauty. Gwen Stefani is someone I always think of: I don't think she ever looked more beautiful than she did at the end of the "Underneath it All" video, when she wore very natural makeup.
I used to wear a light powder foundation up til a year or two ago. One great thing about being in my thirties is my skin is less oily and I don't break out like I used to. So, I don't wear full face makeup anymore and I think it helps keep my skin clearer. All I use now is brow powder (my brows are a little sparse), lip pencil and gloss and maybe a little concealer for the occasion red spot. I HATE the idea of rubbing makeup off on someone's shoulder when giving them a hug and now I feel free to give more hugs! 
I rarely wear traditional perfumes. I tend to limit my fragrance to my body lotion. I don't want to be one of those women in the office who no one wants to sit next to in meetings for fear of her perfume transferring over to them! lol | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 11:43:01 AM | | I don't think that women wear makeup to hide behind it. Makeup can't really make you look a whole lot better than you look like without it. It only enhances what you've already got. I've never seen a woman that looks like a totally different person after putting her makeup on. I don't see anything wrong with wearing it. If you like it, go for it! I don't think it's necessary to wear it all the time though either. | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 6:12:56 PM | I couldn't stand it anymore lol
If you put makeup on a platypus you end up with a platypus wearing makeup. I wear makeup when I go out in public. I also use a little glitter in the makeup. I also wear perfume. I do all of these things because I like to. Makeup does enhance a persons features especially if they are light complected with dark eyes as am I. Now do I leave it on once I get to know a man.........no. At home I do not wear it to let my skin breathe. I never sleep in it.....ever. So I do not wear it to keep from frightening small children and animals. I do not wear it because I am insecure and do not want a man to see without it. It is part of my grooming just as I suppose most people shower and shave before they go out in public. If we spend the night together then you can expect to see a clean face in the morning, my hair doing it's thing and I'll expect to see you with an evening shadow and hair on end and we'll both have stale breath. It's part of being human 
Some people need to lighten up a bit
Do what makes you feel best and love being you!
PS I've never had a man complain about my perfume but you need to get close to smell it  | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 6:41:07 PM | | I remember when I was young I was taught the trick to make-up is to look like you aren't wearing any. That rule, and if it takes more than 3 minutes to apply it's too much are the ones I abide by. I grew up on the stage, dancing, so I had to wear a lot of make-up then...grew to hate that cakey feel lol, or to taste like makeup, ick | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 6:51:30 PM | | I used to wear quite a bit of make up in my younger years, and I admit, I was trying to "improve" not "enhance" how I looked. Now, I don't feel the need to hide anymore. I wear eye liner and mascara to really bring out my eyes, and lip colour (nothing too dark)......that's about it. Sometimes a little cover up to hide a spot or two, but in this weather, I really can't be bothered.........it'll just melt off anyway, and that's SO unattractive. LOL! | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 7:06:13 PM | The appropriate amount of makeup depends on the context.
Me, I don't wear makeup at work because of the no makeup policy at Tim Hortons. But I love wearing heavy makeup. I personally do think I look better without "those lines around my eyes", because they do have a tendency to make your eyes look more recessed and smaller. But the drama!! The drama of heavy makeup! It's just too much fun putting them on. You can contour your eyelids to make your eyes look any color and shape that your artistic skills will allow! You can make your lips thinner with the right foundation, or you can make it fuller with a little gloss. For the more daring: you can paint your entire face with gold powder, and you can draw squeaky lines around your face and pretend that you're an egyptian princess...well, you get the idea :P
Women uses makeup for a variety of reasons, and I do sincerely hope that to improve self esteem ISN'T one of them. | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 7:12:18 PM | t's like those anti-perspirant. I'd rather be smelly than die young
you do realize this is a myth, right? not the part about you being smelly, but the part about anti-perspirant being deadly.
if you aren't wearing deodorant, you probably are smelly and should probably give up dating. it's really unfair to those who have to smell you
My problem with makeup is that it can take a homely looking women and turn her into a glamour queen
um.........no it can't | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 7:16:42 PM | | YOU MEAN WOMAN STILL WEAR MAKE UP ...I DIN'T THINK THEY KNOW WHAT THAT IS ANY MORE... | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 7:23:14 PM | | Yeh fraid so big trucker only it got better over the years,works as a advantage now not just to cover flaws. | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 7:24:17 PM | like i say ...
"how can you take anyone serious when they paint there face like a clown".
im kidding ladies! but some over do it! get a tan and exercise, and eat right, your skin will look fine. | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 7:48:03 PM | ~Incidentally, the perfume/cologne issue stands for guys as well. You don't need to apply your cologne like an over hormonal thirteen year old, thank you. A little of the good stuff goes a long way! ~
I couldn't agree more! I like it when I can't smell anything on a guy until I am so close that I can touch him with my nose. That's sexy!
As for the make-up, I am a bare girl most of the time. Lack of time and interest in putting it on or taking it off (I guess that is really the worst part of the make-up! Don't you agree girls?). I only put on some mascara if I think about it and sometimes some lipgloss if my lips are dry and I don't have moisturizer for my lips on me.
Being from Holland, the first thing I noticed when travelling the States and Canada was the layers and layers of make-up women wear here. I usually estimate a girls age to be a lot older than she really is based on the make-up look! Sad but true. No offence to anyone though! It is ultimately everyones choice and I can respect that. | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 8:02:26 PM | | your dead right dutch,a lot of make up makes u look older especially on the face,i like the guy im with to wake up with me,not somemade up doll.As for the perfume go expensive,a little smells good all nite,i even have guys say they smell me days later,and if expensive subtle is enough. | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 9:34:57 PM | | My guy prefers the natural look. Women who choose to wear makeup should go lightly. Too much makeup actually makes you look older. One of the problems is that society expects women to wear makeup. I put it on when I am going out, but only as little as possible. For a weekend around the house - I'm "so fresh and so clean". | |
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Posted: 7/31/2006 9:47:30 PM |
My guy prefers the natural look. Women who choose to wear makeup should go lightly. Too much makeup actually makes you look older. One of the problems is that society expects women to wear makeup. I put it on when I am going out, but only as little as possible. For a weekend around the house - I'm "so fresh and so clean".
Same here.
I think the key is knowing how much to apply and applying it correctly to enhance your good points.
After 10+ years, I still can't apply eyeshadow properly  My cousin showed me step-by-step once. She'd apply it, then show me what she did, then get me to do it. It looked so great-- like eyeshadow on women in magazines! Then I try to do it myself a few weeks later and no dice! 
The worst is when you can tell a woman has smothered her face with liquid foundation. You can literally tell it's on about 2mm thick. Yuck. I don't know how they can stand it on their face like that! | |
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Posted: 8/1/2006 12:55:33 PM | | I find a lot of young women are doing that theses days(applying make-up very thick),it looks terrible,often its far too dark and it will ruin their skin.I would say fresh skin looks much nicer than the clown look any day.Keep it simple,and like i said before use products to your advantage.Today they come with sunscreen,moisturiser,firming wrinkle reducing you name it,and it does protect from polution. | |
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Posted: 8/1/2006 1:38:31 PM | A bit of makeup tastefully applied is good but to much of a good thing spoils the look. If they are enhancing what they have than great, if the are hiding behind the makeup it's not so attractive. | |
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Posted: 8/1/2006 2:49:01 PM |
you do realize this is a myth, right? not the part about you being smelly, but the part about anti-perspirant being deadly.
It's not a myth. It cloges up your skin pores and that's why you are not sweating. This causes a lot of problems for the skin as it tries to release the water but it can't. Also skin absorbs things you apply on. The anti-perspirants have Aluminum which may cause Alzeheimers when digested - who knows?. Well, ok it's MAY, but why risk until they found out for sure. Rather than anti-perspirant people should use natural deodorant which all it does is neutralizes the smell. In reality people should also get used to being a little smelly especially in the summer. Naturally we as a species have distinctive odor. Get used to it!
I am glad to hear so many women chose to apply makeup lightly. And with a lot of posts I totally agree. | |
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Posted: 8/1/2006 3:03:03 PM | If a woman wants to wear a ton of make-up, that's her perogative.
That said? I'm not attracted to it at all.
Smoochin on a paint by number ain't my idea of a good time.
The less make up, the better.
Colin | |
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Posted: 8/1/2006 3:11:43 PM | Humans seemingly have always had an interest in make-up; the ancient Egyptians wore it, as well as men and women in other ancient cultures. People in the Renaissance wore white make-up liberally laced with a poison that made their skin rot. It has always been to beautify, of course, but the ideal of beauty has changed over the centuries.
Make-up also provides a mask; a way to hide who we really are: goths weat a different kind of make-up than supermodels.
I think most make-up doesn't hide anything, especially on older women. I am 53 and I wear NO make-up, but I understand why other women do. (By the way, make-up for men is becoming more and more popular--for the same reasons why women wear it.) Older women are under a lot of pressure to look younger than they are. It bugs me to see people on these forums talk about how people tell them that they look 10 or 15 years younger than they are--so what? We should be proud of our ages, and if we do look younger, it is due to genes, not to make-up or much of anything we do.
But about women and make-up: it is hypothesized that older women began lying about their ages and strove to look younger during the witch craze of the Renaissance. The largest percentage of people persecuted/killed as witches were women; the largest percentage in that group were old women. It was deadly to be a post menopausal woman because fertile women still had a purpose in life--to bear children. It was also thought that women who menstruated shed toxins in their system; the toxins built up in post menopausal women and it was believed an old woman could poison a baby by looking at it.
Women also wear make-up because it is a multi-million dollar business with a huge advertising arena. Just as women are told they should be rail-thin, we are told we need to wear make-up.
Bah. Humbug. | |
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