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

[MeganCherry]

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.

Because I'm more or less happy with my face the way it is.

I'm not sure why I would need my features 'enhanced'. My eyes look like eyes. My nose looks like a nose. All the other expected parts are in roughly the expected place.

I'm lucky enough that my face is 'normal' looking, by which I mean that the features are as would be expected by someone meeting me for the first time. What more is there I need to do?

I never used to wear make-up but I got so fed up with people telling me I looked "really pale" that I started wearing it. I have a really rare type of anemia so looking like a ghost is something I can't avoid.

I then got fed up of wearing the stuff because my skin was so much happier without a layer of slap on it that I stopped wearing it until I had my son because not only did I look like a ghost I had bags to contend with, so now I wear the bare min to make me look a little less undead.

I don't wear make up every day because I don't need to.

I am pretty enough without. I have pretty big eyes and good skin, lovely thick and long eyelashs. Normal nose but my lips are a little thin maybe.

I look better with some eye liner and a little bit of brown eyeshadow to really make a feature of my eyes, but I really don't need to wear make up every day.

I also can't be bothered and when I'm tired I hate having stuff on my eyes.

I look nicer without than a lot of women who plaster themselves in make up every day.

:)

You wear make up. You look better. Good for you.

I just can't be bothered. Plus I wear a face mask half the day and I would break out in spots plus have a lovely half on half off look as I sweat under the mask. I never have worn makeup apart from on wedding day and as a teenager when I seemed to be training for a job as a plasterer.

Also I'm Angelina Jolie level of stunning.

I wear make up when i am at work or when i am going out. On days like today which involved housework and dog walking - no way. Same with my hair - in public perfectly coiffed, in the house like Worzel Gummidge (hats and drizzle make for bad hair!). I do look much nicer with make up and nice hair though. I will admit that.

Hecate, love tour bulldog expression and I bet your a cracker.

No. I would hate to feel like I couldn't step out of the door without make up. I hate the feel of foundation and powder on my face all day. I would rather have the extra time in bed. It does not mean I am scruffy. My hair and clothes are always clean and smart. I actually think if you wear make up all the time the sun can never get to your face and you end up looking pale without it. Then you put more make up on to make yourself look better so it is a bit of a vicious circle

Also if I save it for special occasions then I look like I have made an extra special effort whereas if you wear it all the time then you don't really look any different

I admire any woman who can go out without feeling they don't need to put on make-up, that's not being sarcastic, I really do!

I look like Mrs Potato Face before you start assembling the features, I have a very 'blah' face, make up makes me feel better when I put stuff on it.

Each to their own I say.

Mostly I can't be arsed. I'd rather have extra time in bed. My skin is pretty good really, so I'll wear BB cream during the daytime sometimes if I have had a bad sleep and some concealer if I have a spot. I'll ocassionally put on some mascara.

I do wear make up when I go out. I'll make a bit more of an effort.

Is this thread for real?

When I was in school, one day we had a conversation about make-up. One of the other sixth form girls commented how lucky I was that I didn't feel I had to wear make-up every day. A couple of others agreed that they felt a bit trapped that they couldn't ever go out without it because nobody knew what they really looked like. One confessed to hiding when a friend came round as she hadn't "put her face on" and just couldn't make herself answer the door.

Needless to say this made quite a strong impression. I very rarely wear make-up now, but used to enjoy putting a bit on to go out when younger. But I've always been wary of getting to the stage where you can't go without.

Make-up is fun, creative, a nice treat for yourself and interesting to play with, all the while it's not compulsory. If it's an integral part of your image/personal style, I can see how daily make-up would be important to you feeling good - it's not part of mine, but I can see how it might be. But hiding behind the sofa from a close friend is just wrong IMO.

MrsWolowitz I have no idea what you are talking about but you can't expect people interacting with you on one thread to have read other threads that you are n and remember your name and circumstances.

My skin is quite pink on my face especially on my nose and chin. So i do wear foundation, very lightly. I use a little blusher, lipstick and mascara (have small eyes!) and I feel better. I do it for me.

I do look at my sisters and think why don't you put some on, they always comment and say I look fresh. I tell them 'Just put some make up on then!!'

Yes OP, I agree it could make a lot of people feel better about themselves.

And... it's also the choice they take.

I would imagine that some women don't wear make-up for two reasons:

a) They don't want to.
b) They think they look nice without it.

Now OP, you might think that you look alright/wear enough makeup, some might think that you could do with a bit or a lot more and might ask themselves, why doesn't OP wear more makeup?

You see... it's an eternal question, hours of endless fun when you start comparing what you do with what others do/don't do.

Strange some people have said that those who use it look older. I have noticed amongst friends I've know since infant school ( 51 years ago) that the make up wearers have much nicer skin than those that don't - i think it protects from the sun and prevents sking drying out, or maybe the make up wearers don't go outside in the sun so much.

thebody, I wish that that were true, but tbh, I look like someone has set fire to andrew lloyd webber's face and put it out by hitting him with a large stick covered in poison ivy.

I was not blessed with what you'd call a pretty face.

I wear make-up almost daily. I love make-up. I am quite possibly vain. I don't care if anyone has a problem with that.

However, I have loads of friends who couldn't give a shiny shit about make-up, and that's fine too.

My preference makes me happy, their preferences make them happy. That's it. No great mystery.

I wear it.

If you are pretty ,and you apply it well you will still look better

Make up is there to enhance features, not give you totally new ones!

There isn't anyone over 15 who doesn't look better with a touch of mascara/lip gloss!

*without! obviously.

I rarely wear makeup, in fact I possess very little because I'm happy with how I look and if others don't like it they can bloody well look the other way.

Why should I? IMO it is a waste of time and money.

Why don't most men wear make up?