My little sister wants MAC makeup for Christmas?

[emmber]

My little sister will just be nine for Christmas. I've asked her what she wants and she said MAC makeup. AIBU to say no because A) she's nine and B) it's expensive makeup for a kid to most likely wreck?

I wouldn't roll with it, she has years ahead of her to be MAC obsessed like my teenage daughter and her all her friends are.Shes only in primary school, I remember my daughter having a screaming fit because I wouldn't buy her some underwear from Victoria's Secrets, she was only 10. I'm old fashioned but a lot of the things primary school kids seem to be asking for (iPhones,Kyle Jenner lip kits etc) really are too old for them and you just have to have the balls to say No.

I'd get her it - she may as well find out early how drying Mac lipstick is

If you get her a MAC product, I'm sure she'll be really really pleased. I'd emphasise the need to look after it and show her how to open and close the lipstick properly etc. My dd is 9 and she had her ears pierced for her birthday. She's really looking after all her earrings. So if it is something really precious, 9 isn't too young to look after it.

I wouldn't buy make up for a 9 year old - tinted lip balm and nail varnish maybe, but certainly nothing more and nothing expensive.

I'd want to get her off the preoccupation with her looks and into something more useful.

When I was 10, I pleaded for some Christian Dior tights and Diorissimo perfume. When I got them, I was so so happy- I still have the empty bottle.

PS I wear some Rimmel myself- their loose powder and Urban decay nail varnish are the best I have found. But sometimes everyone wants a little bit of luxury.

Exactly - Rimmel is fab and have plenty of it, but it's also something a child could buy herself with her pocket money. Whereas a Mac lipstick is a luxury treat she will only be able to have if it's a gift.

When I was little my parents used to put a gorgeous luxury box of fancy chocolates under the tree for each of us at Christmas. Yes, they could have bought us 5 selection packs each for the same money and I do recall a family friend sneering at the notion of giving those posh chocs to a little kid (especially as we were by no means wealthy and money was often tight). But to me they were SO special and SUCH an exciting, grown-up treat. I used to keep the padded box afterwards! This is basically the same principle - a little girl doesn't NEED Mac makeup (or any makeup) but the excitement of getting a gorgeous luxury treat you'd never get otherwise and couldn't buy for yourself is what Christmas presents should be for. Assuming one Mac lipstick is within budget, I can't see the harm.

Another vote for their tinted lip balm or the piglet pots which are just fabulous shimmer. They are kid appropriate.

I wouldn't get a 9yr old 'proper' makeup. Maybe a lipgloss or something cheap to learn and practice with, but honestly, where is a 9yr old going to wear MAC.
Something like E.L.F would be more appropriate for that age.

I'd just but her a little something from MAC as a Christmas treat, I'm sure she will be delighted.

Thanks for all the replies.

Spoken to mum; agreed on a lipstick in the shade 'Modesty'. She'll only be getting that from MAC, it's a cremesheen one so not too dry and not too heavy. Thank you for all the perspectives

Debenhams have 10% off at the moment if that helps

When I was 9 I wanted a pony too. So grating when people don't get you what you want for Christmas.

I think there are a number of ways you can go with this but they all involve reclaiming your stuff! If she nicks your good stuff, take it back FFS.

You can get her to come up with a bigger list and buy a non-makeup item. You can buy a lipstick and let her discover MAC isn't actually the promised land as her lips dry up. You could get something MAC but lip balm but she might view this as the worst outcome - the wrong item!

Is she into anything extremely time-consuming that gets her away from youtube and preoccupation with looks?

Eeugh snobbishness around make u do a 9 year old - fucking awful
At 5, spirited, your dd is closer to a baby than a teenager. Ops sister is closer to a teenager than a baby. Completely different age groups. Impossible to compare.

In her bedroom wrenika like most 9 yo's

fox. My dd would have been disappointed if she'd been given piglet pots at 9. I assume you mean Percy pig. Far too babyish. Tinted lip balm fine.

IF she is allowed make up, which frankly at 9 is a big IF, but if that's the case, then age appropriate make up from any brand is ok. I wouldn't deck out a teenager in Estee Lauder, but MAC has much more fun stuff and is highly pigmented compared to cheaper products, and so probably better for their developing skin.

I would go for a nice lipglass (the small Sized to Go ones are £10), in a pale pinky/neutral shade if she is pale, or something in the fuschia-ish range if she has dark skin - fun and girly but not too adult.

One MAC thing and then some glitter pots from Barry M.

Cross post. Sounds good

I don't wear make up. I think the last time was for a wedding in 2014 & that was only a bit, to avoid the hassle with my Mum. (A bit of mascara & lippy in exchange for a nag free day seemed like a fair trade).

So, I had no idea how much it cost, google tells me around £15 for a MAC lipstick. That's not expensive, I was expecting it to be about £40 from the comments on here.

I don't like young girls wearing makeup, thankfully the 12yo isn't remotely interested, she's all about the Slime. (Which is costing me more than MAC makeup 😂). I would have allowed her make up at 9 if she'd wanted to play/practice/have fun with it, but she would have had to clean it off properly & she wouldn't have been allowed to wear it out of the house. No skin covering stuff like foundation etc either.

I like buying them things they really, really, really want, so in your situation I'd try to buy something else that she really wants instead, but if there's nothing she wants more then I guess, for me, it would depend how her (your) parents feel about it. If they're fine with it, then I'd buy it for her. But I'd buy her exactly what she wants and that MAC, not another brand. Unless you give her the option if 1xMAC or 2x a cheaper brand.

@SusanTheGentle that's a great idea, thanks!

Argh. Cross posted! That's what happens when you're protecting the cat from the toddler. 😂

A boy into Nike trainers isn't great either.
Stop with the advertising to kids.
They will need to become a very wealthy adult to have these tastes.

What about a clear/pale pink MAC lipglass

What would she even do with it. Please don't tell me that her mother mets her out of the house wearing make up?!

She may well have a father too, @Ttbb.

I used to hate it as a child , when adults asked you what you wanted and then bought you what they thought you needed instead.

So if the child asked for a crack pipe or smirnoff ice you'd buy it? Extreme example but adults do have to be sensible with what they buy children.

I would refuse to buy mac lipstick for a child. I dont spend that much on lipstick for myself

I think piglet pots were actually meant to be pigment pots?

I wouldn't buy a 9 year old Mac make up. Presumably it is to play dress up rather than wear it out? Seems a bit much to buy expensive make up for that... each to their own though. I do remember putting my mum's lipstick on when I was a similar age out if curiosity, but I didn't go out in it or have make up of my own.

YANBU I wouldn't