to think this is WAY too much makeup for a 17yo?

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My daughter loves celebrity interviews so just watched this:

I am really horrified at the amount of makeup they put on Mackenzie Foy. I am sure it was a makeup artist's decision and not her own choice. It doesn't even look nice, all that blue eyeshadow - she looks like a drag queen. She's only 17, basically a child. Why can't they let a (very naturally pretty) 17yo look natural? Is it any wonder so many young girls have self esteem problems about their looks if even a naturally pretty 17yo is told by the media that she has to be caked in garish, tacky makeup to look "acceptable"?

if u thnik thats alot u havent been on a night out in essex

I used spray my pillow with Kouros it helped mask the Lulu !!

Before we criticise a 17 year old, take a look any day at those much older and the level of make-up they wear. In the UK that is.

I think her makeup looks fine, and I wouldn't presume to tell my 17yo DD what make up or clothes etc to wear, that would be controlling and weird as 17 is a young woman and not a child.

Agree with pp, if you don't wear OTT makeup when you're 17 when do you? It's the age when people try to discover themselves away from their childhood friends and experiment with different styles.

She's not school age she is college age, and about to be 'officially' an adult, she's old enough legally have sex, drive, join the army and many more besides.
Maybe consider that girls can be given any 'message' they like , but are intelligent and capable enough of cogently deciding whether they agree with it and doing what they feel like doing.

Her makeup is fine, a non-event- my daughter is not my property to give approval to her re: makeup amount at aged 17, she can experiment with cosmetics if she wishes, and wear them anywhere, i can't see what it would say about her or not. Frankly the only judging of women's do's and don'ts in terms of messages is coming from you OP, who's put an image up of a young girl and criticised what she's got on her face, likened her to a drag queen ( also not sure why that is pejorative anyway) and said she doesn't look nice. Perhaps take stock of your own opinions and how unpleasant those seem to be with regards to what women 'should' look like in your own perception.

I haven't worn makeup since my wedding in 1993. My dd wore a LOT more than this as a 17yo. No one judged me, no one judged her.

Most hyperbolic reaction to a young woman wearing makeup ever.
No, she isn't saying, 'this is what beauty should look like'. She is one person wearing what she wants on her face at one moment in time.

The 'horrifying' non-message you believe she is giving is much less awful and damaging than being targeted and shamed by an older woman to a wide audience here on MN.