To do my make up on the train?

You've seen people holding handrails then doing their make up. Then you've seen the same people a few days later, not only with spots, but audibly wondering why they have spots?

I find it off putting and interesting all at once 😆

The way women look at their face/up nose/pull down eyelids from all angles to view their reflection, apparently oblivious to people watching this rather private act performed in the open.

I don't like powder dusting over me or perfume sprayed nearby, or hair flicking at me.

I think it's fine to discreetly put on lipstick or dab a bit of blush onto cheeks with your finger, not so much a full face.

That's OK, then. I usually do make up and hair in the bedroom.

It has no impact on me whatsoever so, no, it doesn't bother me.

😂😂

Once they're not spraying anything, I'm not bothered at all.

Maybe it’s the dichotomy of:-

1. Makeup being used to conceal imperfections and/or look natural, in which case it feels like we’ve seen something private, like putting on supportwear
2. Makeup being used as decoration - fun and joyful but a bit reminiscent of face painting (a pp up thread compared it to children colouring in) so maybe a wee bit childish

Women can and should use makeup exactly how they want, but the application gives a peep behind the magic which spoils the illusion.

As far as I’m concerned crack on though, this is just a theory as to why some people might find it uncomfortable.

Doesn’t bother me at all. I used to due my foundation at home then finish my face on the train. I was sitting on there for 30 minutes why not use that time?

Really doesn’t bother me seeing anyone else do it.

Yes. I've seen people holding onto handrails before blending foundation with their fingertips. Then wonder why they get spots... or worse!

I’m always fascinated by women doing their makeup on the bus. For one thing, it takes a fair bit of skill and I like seeing what techniques they’re using and which products. It doesn’t bother me generally. It can be a bit annoying if someone is sitting beside you constantly moving and jostling but that’s public transport.
There was a teacher in college who used to come up from the floor below to use the bathrooms in the mornings to brush her teeth, wash her face, use skincare products, do full makeup, brush her hair and put it up and spray on hairspray, deodorant and perfume. I thought that was a bit odd.

Can’t really see what’s it’s an issue. Unless it’s spraying perfume, it doesn’t impact anyone else.

Other train behaviours do bother me, like the man standing basically pressed against me on the tube recently eating a Greggs steak bake.

I find it irritating, though have maybe redone my lippy on the train . Get up earlier!

The worst was some woman applying nail polish on a crowded tube. It stunk! I was tempted to 'accidentally ' knock her arm and spill her nail polish iver her smart work clothes.

I do it! I have so much going on in my life, every minute at home is precious - I'd rather use the 25 mins of train time well so it's not wasted dead time.

Don't understand why it riles people up, honestly. It's not unhygienic if my mascara comes out of my bag, goes onto my own eyelashes and then back into my bag... it's not like I'm wiping mascara on the seats or smearing my face onto tube poles!

As a general rule, if it's usually done in a bathroom, it shouldn't be done in public

It’s tacky to do personal care in public. I won’t even comb my hair in public.

I’d rather people quietly doing their make up than the other weird stuff people get up to on the train 😂

It wouldn't bother me, as long as the person wasn't spraying loads of stuff or getting make up all over the seats. If they weren't doing this I would probably not even notice what they were doing

I commute by train and then tube and there are many things that bother me but this isnt one of them. Most of the time I wish I could ask for tips as I am useless at applying my own makeup. I am in awe of the ones who apply it on packed tubes from their lap.
I am far more bothered about the fact there are people who urinate on the seats (tubes and trains), those begging or begging by asking you to buy tissues etc, those who think their bag deserves a seat when there are obviously disabled people standing, those who are watching porn and think it's acceptable in a crowded public place, those who have their affair partner on one phone and their wife on the other phone, those who ignore the people who need help (a woman choking is the latest example). Makeup comes quite a long way down any list.

Makeup stinks? I've heard it all now.

You must have a supersonic sense of smell to smell that over the stench of BO and KFC.

@Nanny0gg, I was also born in the 50s and felt quite cheeky when I ate a cookie in the street yesterday 😂 We used to get detention if spotted eating in the street while in uniform.

Don't tell me you still sit with your legs neatly crossed at the ankles and feign fascination with anything a man says?!

With all the bumps I don't understand how people do their make up in moving vehicles. I personally couldn't do that as I don't have the skills and I like to apply make up to a freshly cleaned face. The only hygiene aspect that does seem icky is if you're using unwashed hands to rub stuff in (terrible for you), then don't wipe and clean your hands afterwards and touch handles etc it's gross, but people, by large are gross anyway and handles probably have worse things on them than someone's make up and face skin grime. Obviously sprays and powders that go everywhere are a different matter.

Crack on. I can't imagine how pathetic you must be to get upset about something like that.

I used to do mine on the Tube every morning. I wasn't being disorganised, it was a conscious choice to make constructive use of the first leg of my commute - I got on the Northern Line near one end, so always had a seat, and would be on that train for a good 40 minutes.

When I was getting an overground train to another city, I'd do my makeup there too. And, with apologies to squeamish MNers, I plucked my eyebrows on planes because the light's so good!

I was born in the 50s.

I rarely eat walking along in the street - I don't see the need

And I don't like seeing makeup applied in public.

Might just be my upbringing or the sound of my mother's voice in my ear but that's how I feel about it. Totally unnecessary in my view. Which will have no impact on anyone else, as people that do that don't care what I or others think

I do it, but usually only when it's a long train journey or I have to be up very early. I see no point in getting up even earlier (eg before 5:30) to do my make up for a meeting starting four hours later, in London, when I have a full three hours on the train to kill first.

I wouldn't do it if I had someone next to me though.