Make up

No I don’t wear make up. I’ve never found brands/techniques that I’m particularly impressed with.

On the rare occasions I do wear it, I really cannot see much difference to my usual bare face. So, for me it’s just an expensive way to look virtually no different.

What a ridiculous post 😂I'm sure if you think hard, OP, you can conceive of some reasons why a person might choose not to wear full makeup and do their hair every single day.

I love wearing makeup! I honestly feel like I look ill/tired without it. A bit of foundation transforms my skin and I always have to colour in my eyebrows, because they are almost invisible. Eyeliner also makes my pale eyes stand out. 2 minutes applying these I the morning and it makes me feel confident for the rest of the day. I will wear more if I go out. I admire people who don't feel the need to wear any. It is definitely a personal choice. My SIL rarely wears makeup. She looks good with or without it, just different.

Never at home. My husband loves me just the way I am. I am secure in the way I look as I have got older, no fillers or hair dye here!

when I was young and insecure I was one of those women that got up early so my then husband would never see me without make up. Now I would never waste time with a man who made me feel that way.

Towards the end of the first covid lockdown I had spent several weeks only seeing women without make up. I saw a woman in full face when out walking and it looked really strange to see the artifice of it so plainly.

I do every day. Foundation, blusher, concealer, eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara, eyebrows done. It makes me feel ‘put together’ and at least I don’t look like the utterly chaotic mess that I usually feel.

I am so pale I am ghostly. If I don’t wear make up people tell me I look ill which is lovely.
I wear mineral foundation and blusher each day. Sometimes mascara. Never lipstick or eyeliner. I also have lots of acne scars lately as seem to be going through peri menopause and have teen skin again. So I will wear it at home more often I usually do.

Personal choice, everyone's different. I go through phases of wearing more or less make up. On reflection I generally find the more happy and confident I feel in myself, the less I feel like wearing make-up.

I know so many people who don't wear make up on a daily basis who look stunning when they put make up on to go out. Why wouldn't you want to look the best you can all the time? It doesn't need to take a lot of time...

They might not have low self-esteem like you OP. They might genuinely like how they look naturally. Or not care either way, because they're content with their personality and what they have to offer. Their own internal role in the world might be more around being a good person, parent, friend, partner, employee, than being the most attractive person in a room. Believe it or not, lots of us have other things on our mind beyond how we look to others.

Should men do the same?

I rarely wear make up because I’m happy in my own skin and don’t feel the need to look younger. There are more important things in my life than whether I look “perfect” all the time.

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

Why WOULD I want to look the best I can all the time? My husband certainly doesn't.

I very rarely wear make up because I have very dry skin and I don't like the feel of foundation / power/ primer etc. However, I am very groomed so my hair is cut and coloured regularly, eyebrows and lashes are professionally dyed monthly.

My skin is very good (dryness is the feeling rather than the look!) so I don't need to do much to complexion and my eyes are enough with the dyed lashes etc. Unless I was going for full on for a night out I wouldn't wear anything else.

I can't be arsed with it.
I'm not blessed with attractiveness so it'd be guiding a turd.

I'm more interested in personality, competence, kindness, honesty and compassion than looks.

I used to when I was younger. Even when I was alone at home I’d still put a bit on. It was pretty much just part of my routine. Then I moved to a hot country and started wearing less and now I don’t wear any at home. Even for work I just do my eyebrows and put on some mascara. I very rarely wear foundation any more, even on nights out. Probably four times a year. Saves me so much money! Also, as you get older, less is definitely more!

No. The last time I wore make up was about 2 years ago. I only wear it for special occasions. I'm comfortable in my own skin and don't particularly care how I look to other people.

Its time we stopped perpetuating the fear of aging

If I wear makeup it's for me, no one else. I like to feel I look different if I go out so I don't normally wear makeup around the house.

Exactly!! The OP reeks of ingrained misogyny! Why as women must we try to look as young as we can?? What is so awful about looking our age? This attitude is so dated, sexist and actually it fucking stinks. Wear make up if you want, if you don’t want- don’t!! There’s already been a constant pressure forever on women to constantly look “good” all the time and I was hoping this awful message is finally fading so it’s disappointing to read this shite, especially from a women. You do you why are you even questioning other women on not wearing overpriced fake shit on their face just to look “younger.” Shame there’s no make up for your attitude OP you need it.

I know so many people who don't wear make up on a daily basis who look stunning when they put make up on to go out. Why wouldn't you want to look the best you can all the time? It doesn't need to take a lot of time...

I mean it just wouldn't be fair on everyone else would it? Going around looking so stunning all the time would just make all the ordinary looking people feel inadequate. So I sacrifice my stunningness for everyone else's self esteem. I'm not just potentially stunning but also, deeply kind and self-sacrificing to hold up all the less-stunning goddesses around me.

JFC wear make-up if you want. But what the actual hell else is going on in your life that you think women should want to look 'stunning' all the fucking time. And that if they aren't wearing make-up, they aren't their best. Personally, I do like looking my best, but looking my best means looking strong and athletic. Which means being strong and athletic. Which means ageing slower and living healthier life for the longest time possible. If I'm taking 5 minutes a day to 'look my best' I'm doing pull-ups or intense cardio or improving my balance or flexibility. It's almost never going to mean putting on make-up.

I always wear lipstick when leaving the house or sometimes at home on a video call; usually mascara. No foundation but I moisturise every morning and night. I definitely wore more makeup on my wedding day op, but it’s not why my husband loves me so I don’t feel the need for a full face of it everyday.

I wear eyeliner and mascara when I leave the house. Add lipstick for work and social occasions. Nothing else and no difference between day and evening. It doesn't make me look younger or that much prettier tbh, as I'm not skillful enough to change or enhance my features, so i tend to look the same but coloured in.
I do it from habit to look 'finished', like styling my hair or putting in earrings. I must be missing a trick if there's a way to become stunning and look 20 years younger with it.

I used to wear makeup every single day from 13 onwards, until having my child and then going into the pandemic. I stopped wearing it a lot of the time, and got used to seeing my natural face. Previously, when I was wearing it daily, I wasn't insecure without it and didn't hate my looks, but I definitely felt 'weird' like my face was bare and like I must look tired or drained to others. Once I got used to seeing my natural face day to day in the mirror, out and about at shops, I started to get used to it and eventually grew to love it. I still wear makeup quite a bit now, but have no qualms at all going bare-faced lots of the time, for trips out, to the shops, even to work. It's been quite revelatory for me.

My dh said that too....I was actually wearing a full face of make up. Like I said most men have no idea!

Do all the people that scoff at that only ever have sex wearing make up then?

Good for both of you. One of the first things my bloke really liked about me was my bright red lipstick. There’s a lid for every pot.

When I first met my DH aged 42 (we are now 53), one of the things he says he really liked about me was that I wasn't wearing any make up. He liked my natural look, thought I was attractive and still does.