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I love putting on makeup! It's like wearing jewelry, just fun and makes you feel more feminine. I love getting my nails done and wearing different shades of polish on the tips. Even men say they like my nails :) | |
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Posted: 2/8/2009 4:50:34 PM | I know that the OP is gone and this is an older thread.
Still....
From one guy's perspective:
Somehow it seems that a gal can alter the "look" quite a lot by what you use or how you use it. IE Day-to-day, casual, day/evening, mood etc. I guess this is one of those things that just allows a very personal expression of style. Are they doing it for themselves...someone else...or just because they felt like it at the time. Who knows for sure. I can't say that I know. Also, That style can also change over time. Maybe it's to reflect her own changing tastes, but it may also be a change with the times type of thinking. It could also be that makeup is used to highlight certain features. Or it might be used to minimize a certain defect. It's just one of those things.
At what point does it's use fall into the area of a "parlour trick"... I can't say for sure because so much depends on the woman using it. It might be one of those things that falls into the catagory of "I know it when I see it" type of reaction.
Still, a "less is more" or a "just enough" has a lot to be said for it. If you go way over the top there is the risk of you looking like a character from the old "Drew Carey Show". Now if that's what you want or that's what you are looking for, then great. Otherwise....
The same with perfume. I would guess that a fair number of women got their first exposure to perfume by raiding her mother's perfume and empty the bottle. You also probably had a lot of fun doing it although you mom thought otherwise. It's only later on that you get a better definition of your own sense of style and the best way to achieve it. Whatever it may be. Although some work environment (ie health care facilities) limit it's use for health and safety reasons.
Understand, I have no clue as to terms like base, foundation and the host of other terms that women know and understand. I simply get the deer in the headlight look when a conversation goes in that direction. I just look at it from the end result. Is it pleasing to the eye or not?
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Posted: 2/8/2009 5:25:50 PM |
Somehow it seems that a gal can alter the "look" quite a lot by what you use or how you use it. IE Day-to-day, casual, day/evening, mood etc. I guess this is one of those things that just allows a very personal expression of style. Are they doing it for themselves...someone else...or just because they felt like it at the time. Who knows for sure. I can't say that I know. Also, That style can also change over time. Maybe it's to reflect her own changing tastes, but it may also be a change with the times type of thinking. It could also be that makeup is used to highlight certain features. Or it might be used to minimize a certain defect. It's just one of those things.
very insightful!
i enjoy make up for just those reasons - i like playing with it according to my mood and how i'm feeling at the time... and it does change over time with fashion, but also appropriate to age and facial changes
well done, that man :) | |
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Posted: 2/8/2009 6:26:29 PM | | I use to have a neighbor who wore such thick make up that one time a fly landed on her face and got stuck in the make up. I'm not kidding and it's one free wing was beating like crazy trying to get off, she was brushing away at it, not knowing it was a fly, and finally, the make up slid over the fly, as she brushed at it and was swallowed. Now that was some thick make up! But you know, she was married and he loved her and who knows, maybe he thought it looked good or he didn't notice or his eyesight was bad. | |
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Posted: 2/14/2009 11:37:36 AM | | I agree that some women appear to be competing for Clown of the Year. And if you can smell cologne (on men or women) when the person isn't even in the room, they are wearing too much. I personally don't care for makeup and very rarely wear it. I find it gooky, cake-y, and it feels unnatural to me. I prefer that fresh-scrubbed Noxzema feeling. I do like mild fragrance, emphasis on mild. | |
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Posted: 2/14/2009 12:28:36 PM | When I was a little girl I loved watching my mother getting ready to go out for an evening. She would shower, blowdry her hair...add setting lotion and curlers. Make-up started with moisturizer, applying foundation, dusting powder and then working on the eyes, cheeks and lips. She would apply moisturizer to her body that was the same scent as her parfume (shalimar, her signature scent)...put on her stockings, lingerie and then applying perfume to her ankles, behind the thighs and wrists. Then she would get dressed, do her hair, add jewellery, slip into heels, switch purses and be ready. It was very womanly in my eyes , it almost seemed like a ritual.
As a woman now, I do have my own "beauty" ritual. I have learned how to apply it according to occasion like my mother...daytime or evening. I also learned how to apply it to enhance certain features without looking like a band member from the "Twisted Sister" era.
I grew up in a family where women wore makeup so it is natural for me to wear it. My cousin doesn't wear much makeup, maybe some cherry gloss if anything...because her mother never wore any and she was raised in a more "holistic" type setting. And then there are some people who have super sensitive type skin or allergies that prevent them from using makeup or just can't be bothered. | |
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Posted: 2/14/2009 3:20:29 PM | i like wearing makeup and i like wearing parfum. but when i was in grade 8, i used to wear eyeliner but real thick and pale bright pink lipstick. i probably did look like bozo until i learned how to apply it better lol!  | |
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Posted: 2/14/2009 4:52:35 PM | | hi... I do not wear makeup outside of a little blush during the winter .. ~occasionally~ I have the need to wear red lipstick, being Italian and all ... I used to wear so much makeup and all that I remember is that it was time consuming.. a touch of perfume, natural oils are best in honor of those who have severe sensitivities to artifical scents.. warmly Mona | |
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Posted: 3/6/2009 6:21:17 PM | I do no make up and looking at my friends found that because we eat healthy, get plenty of sleep, drink plenty of water, are physically active, have clean bodies , hair, healthy nails, that everyone looks better sans make up. Wearing sun screen all year round when outside is a must!
Interestingly I noticed that we also don't read magazines or watch tv shows that push make up. About the only thing we do is get our nails done. My favorite perfume is a nice bath/shower.
Maybe its a city vs the mountains thing. Have yet to meet a guy skiing, kayaking etc who was with a woman who wore make up. | |
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Posted: 3/6/2009 6:46:49 PM | | I dont wear a foundation but I do love to play with other makeup. Before Cleopatra, women were using some form of cosmetic. | |
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Posted: 3/6/2009 8:01:33 PM | I avoided makeup most of my life, mostly cause I couldn't figure it out! LOL I never did the perfume or nail polish, cause the smells gave me aheadache. I would run from the sales ladies in the stores, trying to spritz me with something. I usually prefer creams like bath and body works has, something that smells fruity or something I would want to eat.lol As for makeup, just pink lipstick and lip glosses, and I am 36 and it seems to work just fine. ;)
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Posted: 3/7/2009 10:53:17 AM | I like my Outlast lipstick and a little eye color but that's about all. But I wash that off soon as I get off work and rarely wear anything but lipstick on my time off. Besides...I prefer to be outside and don't mind a good sweat so make-up just don't work for me. And for perfumes/after shaves/colognes...I would rather see them dumped down the drain as they give me headaches and make my eyes burn. I intensely dislike smelling body oder mixed with perfumes/after shaves also. Really gags me. Bathe daily, use a cleanser with a cloth and wash. Drink lots of water to helps reduce/prevent body odor too. But please don't take my little lipstick away.  | |
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Posted: 4/12/2010 12:25:57 PM | i don't wear make-up most of the time...i don't like the crap on my face...i like to be all natural...i do wear a little on my eyes...i wear gloss mostly in the summer time...chap stick in the winter...i have tried different brands of make-up but they all come right off on my clothes...i will wear make-up going to a dinner party or outing...but most of the time its very little...i would like to know if anyone can give me a brand of make-up that stays on your face and not come off on your clothes until you take it off... | |
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Posted: 4/12/2010 2:59:15 PM | | My friends wife looks 20 years younger without the makeup yet she wears the crap. I have photos I took of her with and without and the difference is amazing. She is so brainwashed into wearing the makeup. Makeup totally turns me off and don't plan on putting your head on my shoulder while wearing the crap. Most women look like clowns with their makeup. I have a makeup artist that I use for my photo shoots and when done properly it looks good but let a model do her own makeup that she thinks looks good and she in not worth shooting. | |
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Posted: 4/12/2010 5:35:47 PM | I wear make-up all the time, I have since I was 18; I couldn't leave home without it. I remember reading in another thread on here - can't remember which one - a poster said something like ' when you wear make-up all the time, you create a prison for yourself'. This is true. I am bound every day to bathing, washing my hair and putting my make-up on.
I think I look awful without it. My son says I look just the same. Must be a psychological thing... | |
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Posted: 2/22/2011 3:03:58 PM | | Read books by Bobbi Brown or look at makeup from the 90s - it's all about application! | |
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Posted: 2/23/2011 3:48:50 PM | There's complimentary application, then there's have not a clue application.
I see so many woman, clown faces who must be blind. Either that or someone, somewhere in the life has convinced them that more is better. Racoon eyes, lip stick tragedies, over perfumication, gotta be a sickness or a beleif that covering up all natural skin is a must. Teenage girls, you can give them a break. But cake up queens past 21? Gross! | |
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Posted: 2/23/2011 7:37:13 PM |
From my experience I see men love it. The girls that really straighten, highlight and process their hair, get manicures and pedicures, tan and put on a full face of make up get asked out far more often than the plain jane. I am sure there are few men that like the plain jane but the majority I see in my area, like what I call the processed look. It is just an observance.
You know, I think it’s almost every young man’s dream to meet a girl who doesn’t wear make-up but looks naturally as if she were wearing perfectly done make-up.
I think they all dream of a woman who can be ready in a instant to go anywhere on (their) whim.
When men grow older, and mature, they learn a lot about women and most realize this is NOT very likely to happen.
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I agree that many women actually do wear way too much make-up. Even more look overdone, simply because they are wearing the wrong shade of make-up -- or not blending it in properly.
Some ladies do not realize that they either have “warm” or “cool” skin tones, and the foundation needs to be warm or cool to suit them. Some falsely believe that a shade of foundation that is way too dark for them will make them look like they have a ‘tan”. Some women (especially over 40) have faces that really are darker than the rest of them -- so they should tone it down by wearing a SLIGHTLY lighter shade to make them match. When foundations or lip colors are not a good shade for the wearer they really do look unnatural -- and much more heavily applied than they acturally are.
If a lady’s skin is “warm” toned or sallow she should use a russet or peachy shade of lip color -- a cooler pink or red is going to make her look garish.
I think some of the dramatic eyes make-up looks are cute on the younger ladies. But when we get older -- we need to stick to a lighter, pinkish or taupe eye shadow with a highlight. That opens up the eyes. Darker shades or the smokey look close the eye down and accentuate fine lines and deeper set of eyes.
Over 40 ladies for the MOST part should nix the black liquid eyeliner. Stick to a kohl pencil in a softer color like cognac or plum. Rim the eyes VERY thinly so that the liner barely shows. Then blend it just a little with the finger tips so it won’t look like a line drawn on your face.
Blue and green eye shadows can also be cute and retro on a younger girl. On an older woman they USUALLY just look like she never stopped wearing them after they went out of style the first time. If you are over 40, please pick a shadow that opens your eyes, and enhances your own SKIN tones, ladies. Do NOT match your eye color.
Don’t forget to blend eye shadow and blushers. If you don’t --- the same amount of make up will look like you have on MUCH more than you do. Please don’t go around with a distinct line where your blusher begins and ends -- it looks like war paint! And even though you should put highlight on eyes UP TO the brow line, don’t let it get mixed in with your eyebrows -- that really makes you look more made up than you are.
IF you are concealing dark circles under the eyes -- blend the concealer too. Don’t look like you have white circles around your eyes.
I personally like the newer mineral powder foundations. They have a much lighter look and feel that blends in with your own natural skin tone. They give a better match. While they cover better, they let your own natural beauty shine through. They have a natural SPF of 15. They are NOT drying, and do not accentuate fine lines like powders do. In fact, if you have dry skin when you start wearing them, you will soon have normal skin. If your skin is oily, they will refine your pores, because they don’t clog.
I personally believe that starting a subtle make up routine with good health habits and glowing well cared-for skin is the most glamorous look you can get. But that’s just my opinion | |
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Posted: 4/12/2011 10:12:44 AM |
I use to have a neighbor who wore such thick make up that one time a fly landed on her face and got stuck in the make up. I'm not kidding and it's one free wing was beating like crazy trying to get off, she was brushing away at it, not knowing it was a fly, and finally, the make up slid over the fly, as she brushed at it and was swallowed. OMG that's gross! 
I think that what anyone wears, male or female, is personal and up to the individual, to each her/his own. What a boring world it would be if we all marched in unison. | |
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Posted: 4/12/2011 6:24:57 PM | | I dont wear a foundation. I dont think I need to. I do like to enhance my eyes and put some color on my lips. Its a personal choice. | |
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