To do my make up on the train?

Absolutely fine. I never did it as part of a short commute into the city pre-children though I had no objection to others doing. Now I have a more occasional, much longer commute and I will always do it on route. It's a quick routine though, 5 to 10 mins max, and I save putting on perfume for the toilets so its not in peoples faces.

I don't wear make up so I won't be offending anyone, but I couldn't care less about someone else doing it.

MN is really odd about applying makeup in public. Did you not see the thread a few weeks ago where posters were defending the OPs work colleague who was mocking them at work for reapplying theirs 🙄 no one could justify why it was “not classy” to do it and were giving the most ridiculous excuses and responses (but fully thought they were justified by the tone of their responses…)

I find it mildly irritating.

Because I despise laziness. I get up at 0430 to 0500 for work in a stressful job every day (and have kids) and get fully ready before I leave the house. Not getting up early enough to do your makeup is laziness.

I am completely aware this is a ‘me’ thing. Nobody needs to be bothered at my mild inner irritation and scorn. I won’t show it.

I hate it but have no logical reason why. I commute in the tube so we are all crammed in elbow to elbow and people do it a lot. I was once fascinated though when one woman asked another who was sitting doing her makeup if she could take a photo of her for an album cover, and the makeup applied said yes! They got chatting and it was all very cosy. That doesn’t happen on the tube!

Well they clearly don’t understand what ablutions actually means.

The thing that puts me off is while it's not 'unhygienic' per se, if you use any powders at all you are creating dust and therefore dirt that will just end up ingrained in the seats etc. So it's a slightly selfish action really, to me.
But I do also find it fascinating - I find it hard to spend more than 5 minutes on make up myself even for a big occasion, and have no idea how people keep a steady hand on the train! How do people do it?

i hate people with long hair brushing it on the train, their hairs come off onto the neighbouring passenger and the seats - yuk

But OP asked, so are only those who don’t care allowed to answer? How odd, in a chat forum.

And still you manage to type as well. You deserve a medal for multi-tasking.

Would never do it myself but like others I find it fascinating, particularly if it's being done by someone who really has a whole ritual and knows their way around a makeup bag (I am a mascara and tinted foundation person myself and missed the whole makeup skillset completely.)
I remember seeing a woman curling her eyelashes on a tube which I thought was very daring. And another cutting her toenails on a London bus which was just gross.

Doesn’t bother me at all. I know some people are weird about it (my mother is one of them) but I’ve never remotely understood why.

I do object to people spraying perfume in an enclosed space like a train, but makeup has no effect on me so I don’t care.

Same but on an hour journey. She was absolutely stunning and, in my opinion, looked better without the amount of makeup she put on.

It irritates me if they are sitting next to me. The elbows constantly moving and the sound of all constant rummaging in the bag. I usually listen to a book on the train and I can hear the compacts knocking against each other over the audio.

1950s is a woman having to look her best and putting a perfect face of make up on!?

Genuinely difficult to tell if this is taking the piss or not!!

What is intimate about putting on a bit of lippy?

Or is it the amount of make-up?

Doesn’t bother me- I used to do mine on the bus when I was young, had to wait for a red light to do the mascara!

People regularly put their feet up on the train seats, scroll through loud annoying stuff on their phones, get drunk, eat smelly food, talk loudly on their phones. With all this going on I don’t see how anyone could find someone putting on make up annoying.

I'm in awe of anyone who can apply make-up on the move.
I'm not keen on seeing it but don't really know why and certainly wouldn't say anything. I'd just assume it saves them time.
I would rather be next to someone doing their mascara than someone eating a full-on dinner though

Why are you asking for people's views if your immediate response is to mock them?

You've obviously already made up your mind so have at it.

Oh, the typical mn response!

Unhygienic = a train is fairly dirty environment. Which means that your hands are also fairly dirty. But that’s your choice… so why not?

I personally frequently re-apply sunscreen on the train, which is just as unhygienic….

It's sluttish
Do your ablutions at home.

@Gingerdancedbackwards but what does that have to do with make-up and why does it make putting mascara on unhygienic?

I really don't understand why people get so worked about this 😂