Caked in makeup

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Why do some women plaster it on like there's no tomorrow, on the school run, everyday without fail. Not just subtle but full on caked in the stuff. AIBU to think why?

Actually vagina make up exists. There was a thread about it. Makes it, ehrm, look pinker...

As for the brainwashed thing, that's so offensive to women. Women are able to make their own choices, we are intelligent. You look at someone with a lot of make up and think they don't look good. You must realise they are probably thinking the same thing of you when they look at you.

We all like different things and find different things attractive. It's very arrogant to decide what you like is all that counts and if anyone likes something different it's becayse they are some form of idiot who has been brainwashed, and is unable to make informed choices on their appearance.

Isn’t make up designed to be visible? Isn’t that rather the point of it? Nobody would bother if it couldn’t be seen...it would be a case of the emperor’s new clothes!

I still think that ‘caked on’ sounds sneery. As if the make up is creating its own relief pattern or something.

Quite honestly though, if it's not your face then it's really none of your business.

oh ffs! yet another thread where a woman is twanging the elastic on those judgy pants, I wonder whether there is a similar forum with mostly male OPs having sly digs at other men, we are never gonna be a feminist world if we are too busy sharpening our claws against our own sex!
Yes ponder these things, but don't do women down, its tasteless and guess what? Nobody owes you an explanation!

bluntness why is brain washing an offensive concept? We are social animals...peer pressure is incredibly important to our decision making process! Why would people spend billions on advertising annually if 'women make their own minds up'?

It isn't offensive to admit that we are human and therefore swayed by people telling us they will like us more if we conform (and buy their product)...it is just acknowledging human nature.

If anything, awareness of our human nature makes it harder for others to exploit us!

I think too much makeup is not a good look on anyone.

So many brides these days want the transvestite look.

I suppose full warpaint is expected in certain situations?

I rarely go anywhere without a full face of make up.

I have nothing to hide, good skin and I'm quite secure in myself, thank you very much.

I like playing with make up. It's an extension of an outfit or a mood. It's theatre.

I don't really think about why other women do or don't wear make up or how they are dressed. I have a life to live, you see.

I very rarely get to do my full face the way I like it these days but mostly I 'cake' it on because in my dark little heart I want to be Morticia Addams and have an over fondness for eyeliner. I have determinedly 'rosy' cheeks so I wear a medium to full coverage foundation to make it a uniform paleness. I don't want to glow, I want to look pale and interesting.

You do you and let other folk do themselves.

I don't feel the need to look pretty

Recently I overheard some young women discussing how great embalming fluid is to use on your face and for selfies Not sure I would want to use it but each to their own.

I plaster myself in makeup every day, because I think I look better this way, and that’s all that matters.

I probably think you look a little rough on a day to day basis, ( although I’d never say this ) but on an evening out, you probably look so much better, and I would tell you how great you look ( but not that you don’t usually look good)

I prefer the same, plastered in makeup look, all the time.
It makes me happy, and that’s all that matters.

Bigthoughtswoman perhaps OP is naturally pretty and doesn't need much make up, if any. Bit rude to assume she looks rough.

allwashedup that's the irony of this thread though. Many people are saying how they don't think a lot of makeup is a good look, or presume that people who wear must be insecure, etc. But heaven forbid anyone say they think not wearing makeup isn't a good look. Why is it OK to slag one off and not the other?

Because one is your actual face😂

zigzag so? Is it then acceptable to be rude about someone's clothing choices?

I think a general discussion on style and fashion is fine. A general discussion on what body parts and shapes looks shit is not. We are having a general discussion on whether make up caked on is a good look or not.

It seems to be the norm on here that if you dress up/wear a lot of makeup/high heels or whatever then you get laughed at or sneered at for "conforming to society expectations." Very judgemental attitude.

Yes, you might not think it's a good look, but if the person wearing it does then that's all that matters. There are loads of things that I don't think look good but I don't feel the need to start a discussion about it because it has absolutely nothing to do with me.

I thought the answer to the question was that it was due to the trend for plastering photos of yourself all over the Internet; people are more concerned with looking good in a photograph (where heavy make up works well) than they are about looking good in natural light (where it works less well).

I’m not sure why you would really care.

God, it’s so depressing the way we are our own worst enemies. This endless nuanced or not so nuanced deconstruction and observing about something to utterly irrelevant to everyone except the person wearing it.

I used to be cabin crew and we were encouraged to pile on the make-up! We HAD to wear a minimum of foundation, lipstick, mascara and blusher or bronzer. The lipstick had to be re-applied regularly.

My eldest DD does this. Never understand it, but it's her choice. I never really bothered - even when people asked if I was okay as apparently I looked at bit "peaky" 😊

" We HAD to wear a minimum of foundation, lipstick, mascara and blusher or bronzer. The lipstick had to be re-applied regularly."

That's not the same as being 'caked' in makeup though.

"I thought the answer to the question was that it was due to the trend for plastering photos of yourself all over the Internet; people are more concerned with looking good in a photograph (where heavy make up works well) than they are about looking good in natural light (where it works less well)."

I made the point about looking good in photos and videos, but it's obviously not a good explanation because even young people spend more time being seen in real life than being in photos.