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to wonder why some women don't wear make-up

608 replies

MeganCherry · 11/01/2013 16:00

I'm sure I will get flamed for this but -

I don't mean trowel it on every morning, 3 lots of foundations, eyeshadow, eyeliner etc.

I have quite good skin, so on a usual day I'll wear - mascara and a lipstick/glass. On a bad day I'll probably wear concealer too.

I think make up is about enhancing your features and making the best of them. Me after a sleepless night I look like a zombie, add some concealer and I look like a human being again.

I like to wear make up for me and not to impress my husband or friends or strangers. I just know that I look better when I'm wearing it.

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PiccadillyCervix · 12/01/2013 15:25

Also personally I feel men tend to age a bit better than women. I think this is due to the large amount of shit women apply to their face. Have noticed that women who don't fuck about with their faces massively usually have very good looking skin as they age.

kim147 · 12/01/2013 15:25

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Narked · 12/01/2013 15:28

It always reminds me of the lead based make up people painted onto their faces to make them look paler.

Feminine · 12/01/2013 15:33

Piccadilly...you haven't met me. You don't know the type of make -up I use.

You wouldn't know I had it on.

I look like I'm not wearing any. I don't look very different without. I know how to apply it. That is the difference.

I don't sell make-up.

I was paid a small fortune for my face many moons ago. That is how I know what works!

BigStickBIWI · 12/01/2013 15:34

"I don't look very different without"

Then what is the point?! Grin

Alisvolatpropiis · 12/01/2013 15:35

Men age better than women because their skin is thicker apparently (I read it in one article or another)

Feminine · 12/01/2013 15:37

I have very good genes, but wearing make -up has protected my face.

Not much, just enough to keep it protected.I look nothing like my age.

I don't care if some of you don't want to use it/don't like it. That is fair enough.

I know some of you would benefit from learning how to take care of your skin and apply makeup though.

Great if you don't care. I have a very full and busy life, make-up does not interrupt that!

Feminine · 12/01/2013 15:38

Big, the difference is , I feel better. I am allowed to.

motherinferior · 12/01/2013 15:40

PMSL at the idea that foundation will protect you against sun damage. You need a proper facial sunscreen for that. Cosmetics/ face cream with an SPF won't cut it, not in the summer.

kim147 · 12/01/2013 15:43

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seeker · 12/01/2013 15:43

"think its false advertising"

Bloody hell- it's as if feminism never happened!

seeker · 12/01/2013 15:45

"I know some of you would benefit from learning how to take care of your skin and apply makeup though."

In whwt wqy "benefit"?

motherinferior · 12/01/2013 15:46

(BTW I am a journo. I work on a women's mag, in fact.)

carmenelectra · 12/01/2013 15:46

'Don't pick on older people' what? I'm not exactly young myself!

Actually I think all women look better with make up, even young ones. Better in that it creates a different look. The difference is older women probably need it more in the sense that evens out skin tone, brightens face.

Feminine · 12/01/2013 15:50

seeker I think some of you would get to like it!

If someone is good at something anything , they are probably going to continue doing it.

and mother again, you don't have any idea of how I take care of my skin. Foundation does help, but I have also taken care of my skin and used the correct products (over the years) I have lived in a place with blazing hot summers,my skin didn't suffer.

RubyGates · 12/01/2013 15:51

a) I just don't have the time, don't like how it feels, and feel that I am somehow disguising who I really am... why would I bother?

b) Nor do I want to be seen to endorse the bullshit that the beauty industry espouses, Or give my money to them.

c) It doesn't make me look any "better"

motherinferior · 12/01/2013 15:51

We don't need makeup. We need stuff like food and love and an adequate supply of gory thrillers. Similarly, our lives benefit from many things (like cake, and new gory thrillers). Makeup is not, for many women, an essential.

viagrafalls · 12/01/2013 15:52

I've always worked with children so never bothered whats the point and now I'm a mother so I only wear make-up if I'm going out in the evening never happens

KenDoddsDadsDog · 12/01/2013 15:52

I look better with make up but some of my friends look incredible with none. I look like a corpse with no base on Grin

Feminine · 12/01/2013 15:52

Exactly Carmen :)

carmenelectra · 12/01/2013 15:53

I hate the way threads like this always end up with political debate!

I don't wear make up because society has drummed it into me as acceptable. Jesus.

Perhaps I should walk round looking like a cave woman to prove I don't conform? Why do some people need bullshit comments to illustrate their pointthat they don't want to look feminine for a man? That they look great without make up, hair colouring etc. Really? Good for you who believe that.

JustAHolyFool · 12/01/2013 15:57

Wow carmen don't hold back, eh?

I thought you said that you didn't wear make-up for men? Now you're berating women for not wanting to look feminine for a man.

I don't think you'll find anyone on here who's saying "don't wear make-up because society says you should and fuck that". Just plenty of women who say "do what you want, but don't do it blindly".

I wear make-up. But I know perfectly well why I do it.

badtime · 12/01/2013 16:01

Feminine, you are missing the point that even if make-up does make people look 'better' (whatever that means), it doesn't mean that people have to use it, or even that they should.

Like you, I think I look better with make-up. I know how to apply it, and can look like I have no make-up, or have a dramatic look or whatever and still look great. However, I generally don't wear any, as I don't think whether I look 'better' than otherwise is that important. There is more to me than how I look.

If looking 'better' is so important to you, keep it up. Well done on looking good. Good luck when that stops. However, you should stop assuming that others have the same motivations as you, and you should definitely stop telling them to be more like you.

GregBishopsBottomBitch · 12/01/2013 16:04

I only wear make up on a night out, everyday i dont wear it, i have pale skin and its hard to find colours that dont make me look old or cheap.

Feminine · 12/01/2013 16:08

bad what? Hmm how did you get that from me?

I suspect those that don't like it, don't know how to use it. Big difference!

So many comments like "oh , I look like a clown" indicates they need a few lessons.

I am very content with aging, as I said up thread I'm not in hair dye. I think that is odd. I'm not advocating it, just suggesting its not bad to like looking 'better'