Not allowing a nanny to wear lipstick ...

[Pandamanium]

incase it gets on the babies designer clothes.

Perfectly reasonable? (YANBU)
Totally unreasonable? (YABU)

[Not about me, just something I have just seen!]

Your husband’s shirt collars more like! 😬

Totally unreasonable, as is the designer baby clothes.

Ahahahahahaaaa!!

So baby clothes can get vomit/spit/food/milk on them but not Lippy?

How many nannies actually wear lipstick anyway? It's not exactly a traditional customer facing role...

So baby clothes can get vomit/spit/food/milk on them but not Lippy?

This family did throw out a 350 pound designer blanket because it got poop on it...

Bonkers.

I initially was going to YABU bit I suppose it could be seen as a reasonable part of uniform.

I know this is different but, when my dsis woukd look after my DH on the odd occasion, I asked if she would mind tying her hair up. The amount of times my poor son got hair whipped in his eyes were countless. She didn't mind at all.

For a workplace, I generally think it's more reasonable to request things that not be worn rather than what SHOULD be worn. If the nanny doesn't like it, she doesn't have to work for her.

If the nanny doesn't like it, she doesn't have to work for her.

That’s true, but equally true of someone asking the nanny to dress like Elmo. Something doesn’t have to be illegal for it to be unreasonable.

I'd be more concerned about lippy on the skin in case it caused a rash rather tgan on the clothes though.

@Pandamanium

So baby clothes can get vomit/spit/food/milk on them but not Lippy?

This family did throw out a 350 pound designer blanket because it got poop on it...

Ah, the ol’ ‘more money than sense’ types then.

@Pandamanium

So baby clothes can get vomit/spit/food/milk on them but not Lippy?

This family did throw out a 350 pound designer blanket because it got poop on it...

More money than sense, as my Grandad would have said.

Sparkle

Some people just like having lots of rules for the people working for them because it makes them feel more upper class somehow (like they are in Downton Abbey with servants in starched uniform). It actually has the opposite effect.

I don't know any nannies that wear a dark lipstick at work...

The parents are idiots. Proper idiots.

Are family allowed to wear lipstick, would the family mind so much if it was Chanel.

@BernardsarenotalwaysSaints great minds

Of course people can spend their money on whatever they like but it does seem wasteful to drop hundreds of pounds on items which are likely to be mucky very quickly.

It's VU. And families like this is why I'm not a nanny anymore 😁

Palm the Norland Robots off on people like that

@flaviaritt

If the nanny doesn't like it, she doesn't have to work for her.

That’s true, but equally true of someone asking the nanny to dress like Elmo. Something doesn’t have to be illegal for it to be unreasonable.

Well I hadn't voted either way. If it was a prospective employee, I think that's reasonable. But if it's an established employee it's a bit off to put this requirement in place now.

Our nursery doesn't allow nail varnish, lipstick or jewellery for H&S reasons. Maybe it's clouding my judgement.

@Gncq

How many nannies actually wear lipstick anyway? It's not exactly a traditional customer facing role...

It’s not customer facing but in many roles you will meet and interact with a lot of people - teachers, other parents, other nannies, other staff members. Most people feel better doing these things if they feel they look good. For some that means lipstick and for others it doesn’t but I think it’s fine to let her choose.

Lipstick is probably one of things you'd need to worry the least about when it comes to what can get on a babies clothes

The nanny who looks after the royal Cambridge children isn’t allowed make up. (Or a personal life)

Is this about the woman from yummy mummies? I think it's called that.