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..

Goodness people are touchy. I don't care what people wear on their faces. But there's nothing wrong with asking what it means. Whether big eye brows are a beauty enhancer or some kind of statement. Its not intended to be insulting or put people down for their choices. When I was young I used to wear loads of make up and have pink hair. This was a cross between a statement and also not liking my real face that much. Older people used to make comments about it and I would just laugh and think they're just old. Personally I was wondering if I had just got old myself and turned into my grandmother. (I think I already know the answer to that.) Maybe if I was young I would like and want to do the big eyebrow thing too. I have no idea. I just wanted to know what it was all about.

One thing is apparent to me these days which is the truth though, that a growing number of people these days scream and shout to try and shut down free speech when they don't like it. And that is a very sad and dangerous world they are creating for themselves, which undoubtedly one day they will live to regret if they don't do something about it to challenge it now.

It's not my style, but if people want to but heavy make up on, then it is their decision.
What I find a bit surprising is that this trend does not seem to be universal. I travel to Germany a fair bit and have never seen anyone with such heavy make up there. Granted, my hometown is usually a year or so behind in everything, but also not in bigger cities like Munich or Berlin.

I don't see how this is slut shaming unless the people making that accusation believe women who wear lots of makeup look like sluts, which is their own issue not what the OP seemed to be talking about.

I don't understand putting on layer after layer after layer of makeup for everyday wear unless your job is as an actress, dancer, singer etc. It doesn't look good at all, most of them would look much prettier with about 2 layers less of makeup.

If the point is to attract men, it's not working, because I'm yet to meet a man or read a survey where men say they love the way a woman looks with a pound of makeup on her face, most say they wish women wore less makeup.

It's because of the Kardashians and beauty bloggers that promote it to young girls.

It looks absolutely ridiculous, especially the shiny blue streaks of highlighter!

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True, it seems to be a UK thing. When I went to Spain recently I noticed that none of the ladies during the day nor when dressed for going out in the late evening wore an abnormal amount of makeup.

In the US it's hit or miss depending on the state and often more common in only the larger cities, but not a widespread trend in the least.

The unrealistic eyebrow trend is a bit over the top, I think.

I imagine some women are trying to hide problem skin, but I think heavy foundation just draws attention, rather than deflecting it. The onky other reason for heavy make up I can think of is for taking selfies.

A bit of make up here and there to enhance the features you like is enough. I have small, deep set eyes and like to bring them out a bit. Touch of lip gloss and that's it for me. I think good skin care is far more important. If you have clear, glowing skin you don't need much make up, whatever your age.

I see groups of school kids from Europe at the airport or round London etc, the girls all look healthy and natural with no or at least minimal make up - it seems to be a UK thing - and i doubt it would fair well in hot countries.

I am in my 30s and hate wearing make up. I need it and should wear it more but 1. I would rather have the extra half hour in bed 2. Hate the feel and smell of make up on me 3 who wants it on on a day like today (27degrees here in the south east)

Yes they all look like clones. As for snap chat filters where they all look like clones don't even get me started

There's a pretty big difference between 'free speech' and 6 pages of comments such as it looks stupid, they look like clones, it looks ridiculous, it's not flattering, it looks dreadful, it looks ugly, and on and on and on.

My god-daughter had her highschool prom last summer, and had a her make up done professionally. I thought it looked awful - she's a pretty girl with a lovely figure but she was orange, contoured within an inch of her life, with black sharpie eyebrows and mascara clogged eyelashes. But it's the fashion, and I'm sure she felt great so I said nothing.

Isn’t it pretty standard that every era has its make up trends though? In the 80s you completely caked it on with a lot of heavy eye and bright lip etc, 90s was a bit more subtle and eyeliner had a big moment in the early noughties -why is this different?

Thymelord, that literally is free speech. If you don't like people discussing ("judging") a trend, don't go on the discussion. Every thread like this gets the thought police out, "how dare you judge other people's choices!!!!"

That's literally AIBU/any forum/life isn't it, people will always have an opinion if someone does something differently to them

I think it's a fashion that will pass. My concern is that it may make young women think twice about doing normal outdoor stuff, like swimming, or exercise. I went to Vegas a couple of years ago and none of the young women who had heavy make up and hair extensions/long straight hair were going anywhere near the pool, despite it being fabulously hot. It was a bit sad.

@GeekyBlinders I once had professional makeup and I hated it too - I already have pretty "strong" brows but she made me look like Cleopatra!

It's just a trend, so young people know their tribe. In the mid-90s I was wearing lots of black eyeliner and glitter round my eyes, as were all my friends.

Doubtless we'll soon see a return to a more natural look (in fact we already are - see Glossier, Christina Aguilera's recent photo, etc).

My dsd put it perfectly when she said to me “I’m a total catfish y’know”! I have often thought that if she ever goes missing (god forbid) that we will really struggle to find a photo the police can put out to help find her, as none of the ones she takes bear any resemblance at all to what she looks like in real life!
However, she is well aware of this, and genuinely doesn’t care. She sees her make up as a kind of art, and really enjoys practising, taking pics, and experimenting.
She also looks bloody amazing in the photos, whereas any that I happen to stray into......not so much

There's a pretty big difference between 'free speech' and 6 pages of comments such as it looks stupid, they look like clones, it looks ridiculous, it's not flattering, it looks dreadful, it looks ugly, and on and on and on.

What's the difference?

If my opinion is that it looks not flattering and clone like, then why shouldn't I be free to express it?

They must all get up really early to put all of it on.
Some of them have real skill.

I was served by a young woman in Marks & Spencer’s the other days who had applied it very well.there was a lot of it but she could carry it off. The next day I was in Boots and I was totally horrorstruck and grimly fascinated. She looked like one of those wooden women stuck on the front of old ships, or a ventriloquist dummy, it was quite extraordinary.

However in the grand scheme of things it’s not exactly up there with Assad, Windrush and Brexit so live and let live I say

ThymeLord I’m afraid you are quite wrong. There is no difference between freedom of speech and six pages of people opining. It is just that.

Like it or lump it

What CaoNiMa said. It is a drag queen's make up. Drag queens became very big on You Tube and Instagram - they have huge teenage following who copy their make up and see them as gurus. Somehow make up artists doing 'normal' make up don't seem to be getting as much love on social media. Just look up Jefree Star, Manny Mua or James charles on youtube.

I don’t wear very much make up myself (maybe tinted moisturiser, mascara and a bit of bronzer if I’m looking very pale) and I sometimes watch make up tutorials as I like seeing how the look comes together, it’s the amount of concealer and foundation that’s sometimes used that amazes me! They must go through it so quickly!

What gets me is when I was trying to find "no foundation" tutorials for wedding makeup (so, nothing skin-coloured on face, just blusher and eye makeup) all I found were videos using TONNES of primer, concealer, highlighter and powder instead. Sigh. Apparently no-foundation at a wedding is so abhorrent I may as well just wear a pillowcase and crocs.

@yoloswaggins this is what bugs me! I'd like to see some tutorials for understated makeup but haven't yet figured out the right hashtags to look for so get drawn into watching all the more elaborate ones
They look fab in photos but watching the local news reporting from Aintree the other day it was really notable to me just how heavy it all was. DD's only 2, I really hope that by the time she's a teen-ager it's gone back to a more natural look. I'm getting old and think it's such a shame that beautiful fresh young skin gets disguised under layers of makeup

You sound like the "Can't say nothing these days, PC gorn mad" brigade. If you want to slag off teenagers experimenting with make-up on the internet then crack on. Dress it up as your right to free speech if it helps.

Thymelord no one is slagging off teenagers. We're discussing make up trends. There's a difference.