How do you feel about women that's don't wear Make-up ?

[flutterby1]

Just wondering what your true JUDGY thoughts are? I don't wear makeup often I'm in mid forties. How am I perceived? Lazy? Frumpy? Not caring? Boring? Can't be bothered to make an effort for others ? Or confident ? Perceived as being ' pretty enough' ?

I feel absolutely nothing.

To me makeup is just an extension of fashion. I wouldn't judge anyone for not wearing makeup anymore than I would judge someone for wearing old clothes or for not brushing their hair. I would just think that they don't really care what they look like.

I haven't worn make up since around 1989! I will dab a bit on if I'm going somewhere really swanky though. I must move in some strange circles because all the people I know and work with who range from 18 years old to 80 years old, don't wear makeup. I honestly thought it was a thing of the past except for "influencer" wannabes or (in my neck of the woods) traveller girls.

I only wear it because I have thread veins and rosacea, and look red and harassed if bare-faced. Otherwise I wouldn’t. It’s a required mask as far as I’m concerned.

A friend who never wears it and doesn’t dye her hair (mostly grey in her late 40s) once had a tipsy junior colleague at a Christmas party tell her they all thought she was ‘really brave’, but that she could ‘get away with it because you’re thin’.

Clearly if you are fattish you have to ‘compensate’ with hair dye and makeup.

I think ‘thank fuck. Now I don’t have to feel self conscious about not wearing makeup’.

well that’s what I thought when I joined an online meeting a few months ago and noticed that all 5 of us were bare faced. Also, everyone looked fine!

It’s not that I don’t like makeup - I enjoy wearing it sometimes but I am resentful when I feel obligated.

i havent worn make up in about 30 years mainly because the make up irritated my skin so not wearing it is easier than a red itchy face

I've never worn makeup and couldn't give a toss what any else thinks. I'm
49.

Tbh the only women I know that do wear makeup are young colleagues in their 20s.

I also don't need to be admired or feel beavers for not wearing makeup.

Honestly find the concept of either amusing

Brave not beavers 🤣

There’s some really judgemental shit on here from both sides of the coin 🤣 who really cares enough to sneer at what someone else does or doesn’t on their face ffs?

I don’t really notice generally. I very, very rarely wear makeup but I don’t judge either way if people do.

I don't wear a lot of makeup, but I do wear it every day.
My thoughts on other people's makeup are that I don't really notice unless either they have noticeable false lashes/clogged up skin, or if they look like they need a bit more contrast, eg very fair eyelashes and brows. Even then, it's a passing thought, eg " I wonder what they'd look like if they had darker brows" rather than any particular judgement.
Sometimes I admire how people have put on winged eyeliner, which is something I've never really mastered.
I wouldn't draw any conclusions abut the reasons why they may or may not have put makeup on.

I used to slightly envy those who felt comfortable enough to go out and run errands (like to the supermarket) bare faced. But, if I met a friend for a meal out or an occasion and she turned up not wearing any make up I’d unconsciously wonder why she hadn’t made an effort. It’s bad, I know! I have two close friends who have always worn minimal makeup and often didn’t wear any - I really used to struggle to get my head round that. That was back when I wore makeup every day to work and wouldn’t leave the house without it, and if I did I’d worry and feel self conscious all the time, really hoping I wouldn’t run into anyone I knew. Then lockdown hit and I was working from home, putting on a full face when I wouldn’t see anyone (no one turned their cameras on in meetings). Make up isn’t cheap and I came to the realisation I was using it up when no one was actually seeing me. I gradually stopped wearing it and then when I had DS and was pregnant, I was so exhausted and unwell I genuinely didn’t have the energy to put it on or care that I wasn’t wearing it. I now don’t wear it everyday, as I still work from home. If I go out I enjoy putting it on, and if we go for days out on the weekend as well I will wear some. But it’s much lighter than what I’d wear previously. I’m much more confident not wearing any on a day to day basis now and my skin has definitely improved from this as well.

Huh?

I hardly ever wear make up and I think it's none of my business whether other people do or not. If I see someone with flawless make up it might cross my mind to wonder how much time and expense they've gone to, to get that effect, but apart from that, nothing.

Were you hoping for a pile-on, OP?

I'm 39 and have never been a make-up wearer. I lightly dabbled in it as a teen, but the habit didn't stick. My mum and older sister aren't make-up wearers either.

Honestly? I don't care. If it comes up in discussion ever, I just give a shrug and "this is my face, deal with it."

Personally, I'm much more likely to notice someone with very heavy make-up than someone with none.

I wondered why you were feeling beavers 😁 thanks for the laugh.

Up until my 20s I wouldn't leave the house without makeup. Full coverage foundation, mascara and eyeliner.

Now I wear it only on office days, meals etc. Mainly because one time I didn't and I was asked repeatedly if I was ok/tired/ill.
Now it's just BB cream and mascara. I have rosacea and ridiculous dark circles.

In other words, who am I to judge?

'Feel beavers' is my new slogan.

I can't say I've ever given it a second thought and didn't honestly realise others do 🤷‍♀️

I think they look normal.. probably because I'm a 47 year old non-make-up wearer. I've never worn make-up and have rosacea so if I did it would likely make my face itchy and redder.
Personally I think folks in heavy make-up look odd and artificial but the people I work with and my family don't wear make-up so maybe it's just me.

Don’t wear any more and don’t care. 40s.

More unusual in my world to see someone wearing noticeable makeup.

I used to wear makeup daily but honestly loved how natural women who didn't wear makeup look and as a result stopped wearing it myself. I also used to wear heels a lot but ditched this too because I started to find flats much more fashionable (and comfortable!)

I'm still well dressed and put together.

And I still admire women who make themselves up every morning. Each to their own.

I stopped doing make up everyday when I had my ds. I was so tired and just didn’t get time. Now I’m still tired, work at home a lot or am in the gym so don’t bother. Yes I feel I don’t look my best but I can’t be arsed with it. Admire the women who can be bothered!

The younger generation are terrifying tho, bland samey faces and an absolute obsession with youth. We should be over this by now.

I'm not sure we'll ever be over it. Humans have always applied beauty/aesthetic treatments, whether it was men wearing powdered wigs or Japanese women whitening their faces. Even animals have mating displays and pick their mates based on aesthetic characteristics.

I am glad to see that there are other people who prefer to spend their time and resources doing other things than putting on make-up. I think the world would be a better place if everyone spent less time thinking about how they look and spending time and resources 'improving' it'. So well done you for being able to withstand societial pressure on what people, traditionally women but increasingly also men, 'need' to do about their looks. That's what I think.

('Improving' since what's in fashion changes and what someone 'improves' today or in one context would be seen as 'worsening' in another.)