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!]

Who is this family and can they send me some Monday because my poverty stricken arse just geared up at the fact they threw out of blanket for getting poo on it.

If my DD shits on a blanket I get the white vinegar out.

Well I insist my nanny DOES wear lipstick, even though he (sic) isn't that fond of it and I always take care to ensure my suit is pristine before I go to work in the City.

I've heard of nanny's banned from wearing perfume before, even one that was given a uniform, thought that was mighty weird. So no lipstick isn't odd but the reason is, I wouldn't want it to get on the baby's skin

If they’re paying the nanny a lot, then I’d go along with it 🤷‍♀️
If not, then it’s no point in working for such fussy people if there’s no benefit to it.

designer clothes are vulgar - especially so for babies/children

How often to nannies kiss the babies they look after?

I hate it when people cuddling/carrying my baby wear very heavy perfume, because it gets all over my baby and bloody stinks. Gives me a headache. So if I had a Nanny (I can dream, can't I? Lol) I would probably ask them not to wear perfume or aftershave. I wouldnt give a toss about make up, though, so long as they aren't writing "fuck" on their forehead in eyeliner or anything else like that...

@Sparklesocks

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

You can get those all out with a wash at 30.

Some lipsticks - no chance, not ever.

No kids here, and likely none will arrive. It is all too complicated, and the planet needs fewer people anyway.

But I like lipstick just the same.

Sayonara.

dd dribble (she dribbled a LOT)permanently stained everything no soaking scrubbing or washing would get it out - lipstick it easy to get out (from my limited experience ) in comparison.

Sounds like one of them shit chanel 5 shows

@MitziK meh. I’ve always managed fine 💁🏻‍♀️

I personally don’t wear makeup at work (nanny)

I was a nanny years ago the family I worked for were loaded and didn't cate what i wore and if anything got trashed it went in the bin - end of

I got to go on some lovely holidays and the only slightly odd request was from the mother to help her interview the housekeeper as she trusted my judgement and one year on the little boys birthday I organised a dinosaur party with dinosaurs walking around in the natural history museum and she paid staff to wear these huge costumes but it was a very enjoyable experience

Maybe it's because I tended to buy very highly pigmented, vintage style ones and the extended wear types?

@Heatherjayne1972

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

Which one? They have at least 2 nannies nannies rumoured to have had 3 at one point.

Wear what you want on your face within reason, would be my advice to the nanny. It’s your face! It’s not the 1920s, your “betters” can’t tell you not to wear lipstick.

The colour of the norland nannies uniform is absolutely vile.

Surely a nanny can wear what they like as long as it's practical enough for the job. Kids should also be in practical clothes that they can play and get messy in. Lipstick is neither here nor there.

I would think that a nanny being dictated to in that manner re lipstick etc has a controlling and potentially abusive employer

Are Norland Nannies allowed make-up?

If I was a nanny I’m sure the family would want me to wear at least a little bit of make up.
I look so ghastly without it that I scare small children.

There's a whole new lot of daftness in the world every day. And this is today's.

I wouldn't mistreat anyone, but I particularly wouldn't mistreat anyone I was asking to look after a child of mine.

Palm the Norland Robots off on people like that

I'm a Norland Nanny (qualified in 1982 when it was still proper hands on 24/7 residential training) & I fucking object to being called a robot - and no we weren't allowed to wear lipstick when in uniform