People who don't make an effort with their appearance.

[User247]

What do you think of people who don't do anything to look attractive?

I don't mean washing and basic hygiene. I mean those who don't dress well, wear make up or keep themselves healthy.

Why don't people want to be pleasant to look at?

I have just been perusing Twitter and came across this tweet from Whores of Yore which made me smile

'Philippe II, duc d’Orléans, (1674-1723) upset his mother with his choice of ‘plain’ mistresses. She wrote that ‘He is not difficult in this regard; as long as they are good-humored, impertinent and have a hearty appetite for food and drink, he does not worry about their looks.”'

Philippe had his priorities straight!

Me personally I do like to make an effort.
Matching bags, jewellery, nail polish. I always wear make up sometimes a full face, other times just foundation lipstick and mascara. I'll hold my hands up. I do it because I don't want to anyone to look nicer than me. The story of snow white and the jealous Queen isn't so far fetched.
However as I've alluded to if others dont give a shiny shit, fine too

I couldn’t give a toss whether people think I’m pleasant to look at.

I live in jeans (allowed in my workplace) and I do my makeup when I can be arsed. I love applying it but it’s a pita to remove at the end of the day, ya know?

I get up/ washed/dressed. Get 4 year old up and dressed CBA with make up and full of cold so skin a blotchy spotty mess. Come lunchtime my clothes may be paint/glue/playdoh splattered and my hair unkempt. Would you judge me?

NotACleverName

Bioderma micellar water is a game changer for removing makeup.

I wear makeup for me, I will and do happily go out without any makeup on. I never pile it on unless I'm going for a night out/special occasion though, it's always very natural looking.

As to dressing well, that's a matter of opinion there!

I have psoriasis on my face. People start anyway and judge so fuck it why bother upsetting my skin with shitty chemicals when people stare anyway.
I do try to dress well though.... try.

It's a personal issue and yes no one should be judgy but they are

I don’t think I’ve ever been having a conversation with someone and thought “lovely person but very unpleasant to look at”

I'm one of those never leave the house without makeup, hair, outfit etc I enjoy it. It's a hobby of sorts but I know plenty of people who couldn't think of anything worse. I don't judge them, they don't judge me. We are all different.

I wash and wear clean, nice smelling clothes. Makeup on a daily basis can bugger right off, too much money and too much messing about. As long as someone is clean then i don't see an issue with not wearing fancy clothes/makeup, people aren't here to please others.

Why do people think they look 'better with makeup'. Fooling nobody ( barring a bit of mascara maybe)

Disclaimer... I am not a member of TOWIE HTH

I'll start wearing makeup, styling my hair and not living in jeans when my husband does.
But as long as it's perfectly fine for him, it's perfectly fine for me.

As long as other people are clean and don’t pong, I don’t really care. I don’t pick my friends based on their appearance. Nazi tattooes would be potentially offputting though.

Noone is going to be appealing to everyone so why bother and who should care, its your own self that you should aim to please

I’ve never worn make up, not even for a job interview! I had a pretty decent career in financial services (although currently a SAHM). I keep my hair neat and tidy (not sure if I dress well, it’s subjective I guess. I think I do!).

*SilverySurfer

I just googled fake tan horror and up they popped. Here’s another one 😃

So why did you have to name change?

I really couldn't give a flying fuck what people think of my appearance. I'm happy being comfortable and clean.

I have no interest in people's opinions re how I look, bar DH (who has strong glasses) and my DC who only care that I look like me.

I'm all for people dressing up/ making up if they enjoy it. I think it's tragic when people feel they can't go out without make up being used as a mask between them and the world.

OP when you leave the house do you want to be pleasant to look at?

I think how we look (in terms of grooming, style, makeup) is part of how we communicate to others about who we are. I am no oil painting, and maybe because of that I often look at certain friends and think "you could be an absolute knockout with a bit of mascara and clothes that flatter your excellent figure". But the truth is those friends are most comfortable in the background, and have no interest being knockouts. (I would kill to have the option).

But well dressed/made-up is a very individual opinion. For me it's more whether someone has made an effort according to their own taste, or not.

I think they don’t give a shot what you think. If you’re clean and joyful/polite/kind then you look a million times better than every cold, unhelpful bitch who thinks they’re a god send to the earth because they spend an hour on their appearance before work.

Because God made my legs hairy, my hair greasy and my teeth wonky. How can I improve what is clearly divine perfection?

is what I would say if I wasn't an athiest

What I want to know is why painting stuff over your face is deemed to be more attractive? I don't care if someone wants bright red lips and black around their eyes, that's their business, but I can't fathom why that would make them objectively more attractive or pleasing to look at.

This ^

There is a cultural expectations that you conform to a dress code for funerals, and it is also polite to "make an effort" for people's weddings (of course, there are different levels of 'expectation' for each wedding, but, generally ). Then, depending on the job being applied for, it will almost always go in your favour if you look like you have made an effort for an intervieww..... however, to most of us that is clean, polished shoes, stain free and ironed clothes, no sports gear, denim etc - it doesn't involve painting your face.
Other than that, I judge if people are daft enough not to put enough warm clothes on in the Winter, or not to wear a coat, or not to have a sun hat in a heat wave, but, still think it is up to them the daft buggars.

But I do notice people are quite shallow and don't like me for my non conventional looks. So was wondering if it's because I'm unattractive and if it's natural for people to judge on first appearances.

@User247 has something happened? Are you ok?
Most people don't behave like this on a normal day to day basis. People generally judge and decide to dislike people based upon their behaviour.