To not understand the heavy makeup trend

[Moment1000]

ie girls in their teens and 20s caked in heavy stage like make up with extremely heavy eyeshadow and false lashes- for during the day as well ! Wonder how long this trend will last..

[Aquamarine1029]

It's horrible and looks ridiculous.

[Noqonterfy]

I don't understand the eyebrow thing. Where women have really black thick eyebrows. Is it supposed to enhance people's looks or is it some kind of statement, like the punk / goth thing was (in a different way). Genuine question (I am old btw, hence not understanding)

[FeckinCrunchiesInTheCar]

No Praisebe it isn't the same thing.

I agree - Op - they all look dreadful.

[SheGotBetteDavisEyes]

ie girls in their teens and 20s caked in heavy stage like make up with extremely heavy eyeshadow and false lashes- for during the day as well ! Wonder how long this trend will last..

My grandmother said the same thing to my mother when she was 16, over 50 years ago.

It's not exactly new, is it?

[Peanutbutterjelly1]

I think people should be able to do what they want with their face. I dont "cake" myself in make up but I'm so jealous of the people i know that do. I would love to have that kind of time.

[ElderflowerWaterIsDelish]

I think they are trying to copy the kardashians and the reality stars who wear all this heavy make up and do contouring etc..

[MrsDilber]

The worse part is that they all look the same, it's like a face uniform. I don't get it at all.

[Moment1000]

MrsDibler , that’s exactly what I thought- it’s like some kind of uniform

[Shadow666]

The eyebrows freak my out. I work with a woman who has the really heavy HD painted-on brows and I find it really hard to talk to her as my eyes keep drifting to them.

I was on a flight recently and one of the flight attendants teeth were almost fluorescent. I get teeth whitening but these were another dimension.

[opionated]

theres a simple solution dont wear heavy make up yourself you seem creepy telling other females what they should and should not wear

[DrowningEveryDay]

It's the veneers (teeth) that I find weird. Everything else is just another makeup trend.

[Likejellytots88]

Maybe it makes them feel good?
I don't wear a lot of make up but when it do it's to make me feel better about myself. I.e family meals and such, I don't want to parade the spots on my chin so I cover them up with make up, just the same as i cover my muffin top with lose clothing because I know I have spots and I'm conscious of them and I know I'm a bit heavier than I'd like to be so I cover that. You should judge people on their make up, one of my closest friends is heavy make up wearer - she's suffered bad acne since teenage years and has scars from it she chooses to hide. It's her choice, not anyone else's.

[FirstTimeRound984]

you should't judge people* that was meant to say

[Battleax]

Expressing bafflement isn’t the same as judging.

I too am bewildered by the scouse brow thing and wonder how it looks to those sporting it, what they think it projects, etc.

But I absolutely support their right to have them; everyone’s right to do whatever they like to their faces.

There’s no contradiction there.

[Farfel]

Isn't it to look good in selfies? That's what I thought, make up for pictures on the internet.

[DrowningEveryDay]

Farfel

Yup, spot on.

[Battleax]

That makes a kind of sense, I suppose.

I hope selfie culture isn't driving too much self criticism and private misery and it’s making my a positive thing.

[Battleax]

Mainly^

[123MothergotafleA]

Isnt it that they are all trying to look like porn stars or something? I must admit to finding " the look" freakish, but, like all fashions, it will pass.

[Topseyt]

I think it looks daft, but then, I am happy to admit that I just don't do make up anyway. I can't be arsed with it and never have been.

I guess they do it to fit in and to feel good though.

[Farfel]

Hahaha, the only porn star I now know is Stormy Daniels and she looks totally normal in interviews. But what struck me, I needed new mascara the other day and many of them are labelled 'fake lashes' whereas 'in my day' (oy) fake lashes were labelled as looking natural. So maybe looking fake is the very trend and not just a result.

[Praisebe]

Why don't you bugger off and bully someone else. How you can't see that this is wrong is beyond me

[Shadow666]

It's more drag queen that porn star. Not that I'm an expert.

I honesty don't notice what 99.9% of people look like, but the eyebrows that look like my 4-year-old drew them on do really freak me out.

[Farfel]

I'm not bullying anyone. You, however

some old woman on mumsnet

ageist, much?