How often do you wear make up?

Yeah, and?

I'm one of those people who unfortunately looks like death with no make up on so if my house caught fire in the middle of the night, I would be the one rifling through the drawers for a lippy.
Ok that's a fib but seriously I wear makeup every single day. It's as fundamental to me as getting dressed is. Without it, my confidence to talk to people completely vanishes.

Mascara every day,as my lashes are short and not very dark. I like my eyes better with mascara. Sometimes, eyebrows get filled in a bit (with a £4 eyebrow gel).
That's it. No blusher, foundation, lipstick,eyeshadow etc... Quite happy with what my skin looks like as I take my skincare seriously.
I'm 46 and have a very busy stressful life. Sometimes, I don't get to brush my hair until I arrive at work.

Skilfully applied makeup these days can go some way towards softening these things. Some foundations and primers have clever light-reflecting/blurring properties.

Almost every day to a greater or lesser extent: minimum - a bit of blusher and lipstick (very subtle - not jammy and shiny). Foundation, eye shadow, lippy and blusher for bigger occasions.

I can't wear mascara - and it bugs me. I've just never been able to make it work for me. It's something to do with the set of my eyes. I have a collection of mascaras all claiming to be 100% waterproof, but they all smudged on me!

Everyone should be comfortable with their own look and many of my friends never wear make-up. But you only get one life, and I want to look as good as I can when I'm out.

Having said this...a friend once did say to me 'You should wear make-up sometimes!' I told her I was wearing it! This is a testament to the subtlety with which I apply it...but also a rather worrying indictment of how effective it is! 😂

Another friend thinks it's pointless when you're older 'You can't varnish a turd'', is her take. But I would argue that actually turds need varnishing far more than peaches do!!

I wear some makeup on most days. Some days it might just be mascara, brow pencil and a liquid cheek blush. Other days it might be a 'full face' of foundation, concealer, eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara, brow pencil, blush and lipstick - I can do that in five minutes so I don't consider it a big effort.

I really like experimenting with makeup and creating different looks. Sometimes I keep it pretty soft and natural - the 'no-makeup makeup' look - but sometimes I do vintage looks etc and goth-influenced stuff. I bloody love makeup - I enjoy putting on and I really like the creativity involved. I don't care if other people like my makeup or not; it's not for them.

Similarly, I'm not remotely bothered whether anyone else chooses to wear makeup or not. I don't even give it a thought.

Most days, as it makes me feel good to be honest! Not always mascara that's when I really am going for it 🤣 but always spf, foundation, either cream blush or powders and highlighter. Always do my eyebrows as they shape your face.

You can define and brighten features, cover a ruddy complexion, add dewiness, use colours that lift and create all kinds of optical illusions that male the face look brighter, more defined, more awake and just generally younger. It's not about hiding wrinkles but adding in and drawing attention to youthful aspects of the face.

Do women really look years younger with good makeup up? You can't hide wrinkles/loss of collagen/lines, sunken eyes etc and other signs of ageing with make up. You can look more conventionally attractive but that's different to looking younger.

Not at all, I was just reacting to the poster who was commenting on the jogger's full face at 7.30 am.

2-3 times a week probably? I don't wear full face, no foundation, so those 2-3 days are generally a bit of mascara and blusher. If I'm feeling fancy , I might extend to some eyeshadow and tinted lip balm

I wear it daily. I do a full face it's a light layer. I like it to look natural but to hide any imperfections and give my face a bit of colour. It makes me feel more awake and ready for the day. I feel tired and look washed out without it.

Hmmm, I probably haven't worn make-up since my mid-20s. So getting on for 20 years ago now.

Just can't be bothered with it. Never really liked the feel of it on my skin anyway.

Every day. I have since I was about 15. It's partly habit and mostly that I have a pale and pasty (and now aging) complexion! It's pretty subtle though - BB cream/tinted moisturiser, concealer a dab of blush and a light dusting of powder. I occasionally wear a subtle-ish lipstick. Eyebrow pen to fillin the sparse but of my brows. No eye make-up except when I'm properly dressing up for an evening out (very rare!).

Same here, I'm 54, except I don't even brush my eyebrows. I don't actually like the feel of make up on my face. I'm reasonably confident about my appearance, I'm slim, just the odd few strands of grey, my skin feels good and I wear clothes in natural fabrics that I like. I don't feel I need make up.

Exactly There's always such judgement on here about those of us who regularly wear make-up, yet we never make comments about those who don't.
Disclaimer: I haven't read the thread, so am hoping my fellow maquillaged beauties won't have let me down

I go out on my balcony in pyjamas in full view of the neighbours 😱.

Is that low rent too?

Every day, at minimum foundation (has spf for my skin) and mascara. I would never go outside in pyjamas - very low rent

I agreed with you before you edited your post 😀

Very rarely.

I agree. There will always be posters who argue that they look so much younger with totally white hair or with a bare face, or no eyebrows and while I'm sure it can be true in some cases, I've literally never seen it. Good make up always takes years off everyone and I'd say that's almost exclusively the case. If make-up makes you look older, I'd bet my house that you're doing it wrong.

Brows, mascara, tinted moisturiser, blush. Every day pretty much.

I actually think you can hit a point as you age where too much make up looks worse.
I disagree.
It would age you if you wore the same products and applied the same way you have always used. However make up can help you look fresher even as you get older. Make up should ( imo) be applied in a certain way for the occasion and life point of a person.

I've edited my post! I typed all this and then saw DarkDiamonds post. So yes I agree with her!

Daily but it's light makeup I'm very pale due to drug treatment

The older I get, the less I wear. The less I wear, the better I look - except bare face.
Currently at 55 -
Everyday - bronzer, blush, cherry lip salve, eyebrow pencil to fill in due to auto immune alopecia. Most times eyeliner too.
Night out - add in mascara and tinted moisturiser. I prefer myself without mascara but feel obliged.
If not leaving house I may just wear lipsalve and eyebrow pencil. I'm self conscious re sparce eyebrows as I'm dark haired and had strong ones.
I'm happy to go to swimming bareface on a morning.
In the 80's my eye makeup was a work of art 🤣🤣 Wont be revisiting that trend.