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To do my make up on the train?

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northchesterforest · 16/07/2024 08:05

Does it bother you when you see people doing this? If so, why?

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northchesterforest · 16/07/2024 08:18

This is so curious to me! It really bothers people but I just can't understand? I feel like a bit of a leper as I sit here applying concealer...

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Hazeby · 16/07/2024 08:18

I quite like it, I find it fascinating and oddly relaxing. It’s sort of that ASMR thing?

Mercurial123 · 16/07/2024 08:17

Well, if you're not bothered by keeping up appearances, don't wear makeup?

redfacebigdisgrace · 16/07/2024 08:16

I don’t like it. It’s too intimate.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 16/07/2024 08:16

I've only seen it once and it was quite entertaining seeing all the contorsions she was going through.

Or a bit like watching a 'Bake-off' cake being decorated from plain icing to an artistic triumph.

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northchesterforest · 16/07/2024 08:15

I can't see how my particular routine is unhygienic at all (no spritz or spray!) and I think life is already busy and stressful to have to worry about keeping up appearances...
God forbid someone sees the before and after transformation in public?

The hate all feels very 1950s to me. Not sure it's any difference to eating a sandwich on the train? ('Oh god forbid, eat your food in private!)

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AppleCream · 16/07/2024 08:15

I don't see the problem personally.

Dinosweetpea · 16/07/2024 08:14

It's annoying! It's a part of getting ready to leave the house- so do it in the house!

liverburd1 · 16/07/2024 08:14

I've seen threads on this before and it always starts a massive debate.

Personally I've done my make up before on the train. An extra 15mins to get the kids organised and out the door in the morning can make a massive difference and it then makes my commute more productive as otherwise I'd be scrolling through my phone.

I also love watching others do make up on the train. I find it fascinating to see how others do it differently and I love seeing the before vs afters.

I honestly don't see the issue. If someone thinks seeing someone else put on make up next to them unhygenic I honestly don't know how they survive day to day.

rallyup · 16/07/2024 08:11

TeachesOfPeaches · 16/07/2024 08:11

I can't stand the sound of all the brushes etc rattling around in the make-up bag

How can you hear a couple of brushes on a moving train?

OMGitsnotgood · 16/07/2024 08:11

I once watched someone spend most of a two hour train journey doing their hair and makeup. Mesmerising.

My full make up takes 10 minutes, would much rather do it at home but each to their own.

TeachesOfPeaches · 16/07/2024 08:11

I can't stand the sound of all the brushes etc rattling around in the make-up bag

liverburd1 · 16/07/2024 08:11

HowIrresponsible · 16/07/2024 08:08

Yes. Do it before you leave the house or when you get to work.

It's just unhygienic and I don't want to see someone doing their morning ablutions on public transport.

Unhygenic??? 😂😂😂😂

Mercurial123 · 16/07/2024 08:10

It's a bit weird. Do it home or wait until you get to work.

hadenoughpassthewine · 16/07/2024 08:08

No…I’ve just finished up my mascara just now whilst on the train. Why the question?

HowIrresponsible · 16/07/2024 08:08

Yes. Do it before you leave the house or when you get to work.

It's just unhygienic and I don't want to see someone doing their morning ablutions on public transport.

CuntRYMusicStar · 16/07/2024 08:07

I don't like it when things are sprayed next to or around me because certain things set off my allergies and I don't particularly want other people's cosmetics on my work clothes. No other part of people putting on make up annoys me though, unless I'm being jostled by elbows. Not plucking eyebrows and dropping the hairs everywhere though like I saw someone doing last week 🤮