Make up

Isn’t it interesting how the deeply unpleasant and scathing posts on this thread are virtually all from the no makeup side of the debate?

I also would wear make up if I'm just at home hanging out with my DP...I want to look my best for him

Fuck that. Just fuck that.

I wear make up Monday - Friday for work as I have to look immaculate and well presented for a very public facing position, often recorded. I would not look or feel right without make up. Either Saturday or Sunday I give my face a rest unless we are going out. Have never not worn make up ever for work since I started in the late 90’s. Shows effort and a good, polished look.

I'm really pleased for those people that don't need it for their confidence/want to spend money on it etc but I wish that there wasn't such a "not like other girls" energy to some comments.

Just because you like make up doesn't make you fake, fickle, pathetic, less loved for the real you, less intelligent, less capable in the mornings. I think it plays into a broader narrative about girls who like make up being 'lesser than'. I remember once having a go at a male teacher who told some girls some bullshit that "clever girls like them shouldn't care about mascara". Liking make up, or not, isn't a proxy for anything.

Another reason I stopped wearing make up was how depressed I got with constant male attention and dealing with absolute pervs. It definately happens less now which I'm relieved about. Spent all of my 20s being objectified and laughing off disgusting comments.

It is a waste of time and money to buy and apply that crap. That’s why. I refuse to let our patriarchal bullsh*t society convince me that women’s faces are not acceptable unless they’re covered in paint.

“Why wouldn't you want to look the best you can all the time?”

Because having more men stare at me in public with their entitled to women’s bodies male gaze is not really something I want.

Just a not terrible looking, not so young anymore but not old yet woman here. Not bragging I’m a model or anything. It doesn’t take much to get men to gawk, and it’s exhausting and enraging and I’d love to tell them all to fuck right off. So looking my best isn’t exactly a priority.

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I wear makeup most days but not when I am at home
I enjoy wearing makeup and look great because I learned to apply it properly as I didn’t want to resemble a clown.
I have great skin so I probably don’t ‘ need’
it but it makes me feel good.
However, it is not my business whether others wear make up , likewise it is not their business what I choose to do with my face
All this nonsense about not having the time to apply makeup…
I had three kids ,a professional job, was a carer to an aunt, had various hobbies and still had time to apply a little makeup .
If you don’t want to wear makeup, just say so.

I don’t wear it at all. I seem to be allergic to every brand (even the hypo allergenic kind before people say ‘oh why don’t you wear….’). I’m 40. I made me peace with it long ago and even if they did suddenly invent something that didn’t make my face puff up or come out in dark red patches I’m not sure I’d be bothered to check it out.

If it makes you look "better" and "younger" why aren't ugly middle aged blokes devoting 5 minutes of their day to this miracle cure?

No, I'm fortunate that I've always had good skin (touch wood!) so never needed powder/foundation etc.

I do like make up, but only wear it if going out - mascara, blusher/bronzer and sometimes a bit of lipstick/gloss

My husband has held my hair while Iv been sick, cleaned up after food poisoning, watched me give birth. He really isn't bothered if I wear make up, I asked him. When we were teen I used to wear a full face as I had little self confidence. He says my confidence is attractive now rather than needing to wear make up.
It's a bit weird when husbands are proud of how their wives look, smatters a bit of trophy wife

I have some, I play with it sometimes, but my face is fine just as it is.

None of my partners has worn makeup either (well, one did consider trying some eyeliner once), so I think we're about even on effort put in TBH.

No. I cba. If my partner doesn't like it he knows where the door is 😂

Never wear make up and told my husband that what he sees is what he gets. If he only found me attractive wearing make up then he's not really attracted to the real me. And am at the stage where I really don't care if other people would think I look better with it. Like a pp said, it's just so fake

I wear make up every day. I can assure you I don't do it for DH or anyone else, I do it for me. I'm not confident in my own skin and I like how much better I feel with it on. I have no problem holding my hands up saying that.

10 mins max for light make up daily and probs 30 mins if I'm out out (which is rare) it's part of my daily routine, get up, make a brew, take it up and have ten mins at the dressing table before I take the dog out. It's not bothering anyone else so not a problem.

I probably do feel a bit envious of people that feel comfortable in their own skin but I also don't think everyone looks better without it either.

Totally depends on what I’m doing, how i feel. I’d say it’s about 50/50. When I do wear it though I wear it for me, nobody else.
my DH is well aware what I look like without it after 20 years together!

I have long dark eyelashes put wear glasses which hide them away unfortunately.
Mascara makes them a tiny bit longer, but not enough that anybody would notice. Completely pointless!

Oh and the cost of makeup!

I literally can't be bothered and don't feel that my basic makeup skills are enough to improve my face that much anyway.
That's 5 mins of my day that I can spend snoozing in bed!

I went on a date with DH yesterday and didn't put makeup on for that either

No I don't wear make up every day. I don't like the fakery of it; I'm fine with my husband & family seeing the real me.

I will wear it when I have an important event coming up (eg job interview or party) as then it feels a bit like a mask I can hide beneath.

I wear makeup every day as it makes me feel better and more confident. I feel like I look like my brother without it. Nothing crazy, just a tiny bit of foundation to balance out my colour, eyeliner, eyebrow pencil as I have rubbish baldy brows, and a very neutral lip liner as my lips are quite thin and I just want a bit of definition. I can do it all in five minutes and I am ready to go. When I go out running I don't wear any, and feel as if I look like an old pink potato, but funnily enough I get more likes if I post a running face than a going out face on my SM. Some people are very lucky to still look nice without makeup, and that's great. But I feel soooo much better with it.

Anyway..he's now obviously seen me with not a scrap of make up in and he agrees that I absolutely look better with make up on. He's right. He doesn't utter a word if I'm not wearing any so there's no pressure but why lie?! Obviously I look better with make up...vast vast majority of women do.

I doubt I would. Im not sure I'll ever get the hang of it