To not understand the heavy makeup trend

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ie girls in their teens and 20s caked in heavy stage like make up with extremely heavy eyeshadow and false lashes- for during the day as well ! Wonder how long this trend will last..

I can’t believe some of the posts on this thread. Wearing makeup also doesn’t ruin your skin, that is such a rediculous statement. It might do, if you don’t remove it. I like to wear makeup and I’m no youngster anymore, but I feel it improves on what I have. It makes me happy. I see plenty of women without makeup and they’d look much better if they did

“...I was a teen of the 90s: eyes like pissholes in the snow, skinny overplucked eyebrows, ghostly foundation and heather shimmer on the lips. Equally ridiculous”

Did you mean to type “80s”?

90s was not heather shimmer or skinny eyebrows! Thatms more 80s!

Oh maybe skinny eyebrows were a thing for SOME people!

I had those HD brows done once. I looked like a pantomime dame. Bloody awful.
They really don’t seem to add anything. It’s said the rise in heavy make goes hand in hand with the rise in selfie culture.

My friends (male) all laugh at girls like that and think they're rediculous. If they wear their makeup like that to look good and attract the opposite sex, they're seriously wasting their time.

It's phase though, isn't it? A trend like all the others that will morph into something else. I think that what a lot of these heavy make-up wearers haven't realised is that it might be fine on camera with filters etc, but in daylight it looks a bit daft. I lived through the 70s with the blue eyeshadow!

I always thought I wore lots of makeup as a 20 something but the photographs show me as pretty fresh faced. I discovered mascara at 20 or so and I’ve gone on from there. I think girls today are just following a trend. It will come and go, to be replaced by something else😊

I am a man.

It is refreshing to read a woman who shares my view about current levels of make-up. I think the reason why is that others do this, and women especially may not be keen on being different and getting remarks from judgmental people.

@jeepy

increase desirability in young females

Which assumes this is about attracting men, and there are a number of comments on this thread lamenting this. Ditto comments about the "porn star" look. The assumption is that it's what men prefer and therefore it's an example of male oppression.

Actually this has nothing to do with men whatever. It's actually about women establishing hierarchy along themselves. If the trend went out, the only thing most men would notice was that their partners weren't spending ages in the morning putting on makeup. Perhaps a few misogynists would complain on online forums. But that's all.

Heavy make up is the female equivalent of a man driving a pimped-up shiny car (the sort women in fact tend to laugh at). It might in theory be about impressing women, but subconsciously its actually about impressing other men.

So with heavy makeup.

whatever. It's actually about women establishing hierarchy along themselves

Which has a lot to do with perceived desirability, to be fair.

I have cringe photos of me as a teenager. Eyebrows plucked to nothing. Ridiculous clothes. Guess they’re just doing the same thing. Thank god there was no social media in my youth!

I have one question that nobody has ever been able to answer, even my own daughters. Where the bloody he'll do they get that Orange foundation from? Girls wore it when I was going too. My daughters reckon it's bought under the counter or some shady person sells it down dark alley ways lol.

Oops should say girls wore it when I was young too. Lol

Should add, my niece has beautifully fresh skin....a complexion that always draws comments. And yet, she does that whole foundation and weird contour thing. I have no idea why but wouldn’t dream of asking. She likes it.

Back then it was always Rimmel

I was on a course with 3 newly qualified social workers in their early 29s who all had eyelash extensions, fake tan, jet black hair and loads of make up.

I wondered how any parent they were going to assess would actually take them seriously.

• 20s

The part I really don’t get is the golden shiny highlighter all over the face, it freaks me out as they don’t look human.

Other than that, I admire their dedication as I couldn’t be arsed with all that for a night out never mind a school day!

@curlyhairedAssassin

Nope, it was definitely the 90s, at least the late 90s anyway. It was de rigueur in our rural corner of Ireland at the time.

Admittedly, my big sister (teen of the early 90s) and all her peers were more on the natural side of things, with nice, thick eyebrows.

But heather shimmer was what bound us all :D

Or the people who look like a wotsit... why, why would you even do that 😩

A good example is to look at 1990 Drew Barrymore and then compare it to 1999 Drew Barrymore.

I'm 28 and I wear full coverage foundation. I don't wear lashes, or heavy contour or draw my eyebrows on thick, just fill in the sparse tails.

The reason I wear full coverage foundation is because I was diagnosed with Rosacea 2 years ago. I mostly have the flushing type which can be triggered by heat, hot food the sun or feeling anxious. I'm extremely pale skinned and my cheeks can go bright red almost purple and if this happens in public it is really distressing for me if I feel like anyone can see it and this makes the flushing worse. Wearing full coverage foundation helps me feel better when I'm in a restaurant or out shopping with family because although I know when I'm flushed because my cheeks feel like they are badly sunburned I know that it's not visible to anyone else.
It's made me a bit sad reading this thread knowing that people think heavier makeup looks ridiculous when I've also been stared at for having bright red cheeks. Seems I can't win.
I don't wear makeup at all at home or if I'm nipping out to the supermarket and I wish I didn't have to wear full coverage foundation to feel better if I flush when sitting in a restaurant for lunch or going shopping, but as someone who was lucky enough to have flawless skin for 26 years I have been finding having rosacea hard to live with. I'm just now starting to accept it but that's only because I know that I can cover it if I need too.

MustBeThin
I have rosacea too and was diagnosed at 28.
I use ELDW in exact match for my skin, but only use on the middle third of my face, then blend a light dusting of mineral makeup over the rest of my face before putting a bit of blusher on. I did used to wear a full face of the heavy stuff, but with a bit of practice of the above mentioned method I can conceal the mad reddy/purple bumpy skin whilst not masking the rest of my skin.
Geranium essential oil is good at calming the bumps, if you get to that stage.

I always wear makeup. It’s not a question of the caked-on gunk or nothing. Nor is it the case that it must be posters who do not wear makeup who are critical.

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YANBU. They must wake up at the crack of dawn to slap it all on! I suspect in 20 years time we'll have a generation of girls who look 60 when they're actually early forties!