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 don't look better with makeup. I look younger and prettier when I don't have it on. What is really important is hydration and suncare, I am meticulous about moisturising and avoiding strong sun, (even though I am half black!) I will sometimes wear a tinted moisturiser, but that's the extent of it.

I think people are more judged for wearing it than not

I sometimes wonder why foundation was invented.
Why do so many women feel the need to buy / use it ?
It makes my face look sort of flat.
It really doesn't suit me.
I hate that tideline between face and neck you get with foundation.
I use a bit of bronzer to give me a bit of colour.
Eye pencil and definitely lipstick.
Otherwise I'm like death warmed up.
You'd have to prise my lipsticks from my cold dead hands !!!
Where I work some of the younger women - early / mid twenties don't bother to wear it.
But on a night out , they do - oh my !
The transformation.
I genuinely didn't recognise a couple of them at one event and wondered why they were attending our private event 😂

I'm 50 this year and I have never bothered much with it. For a posh occasion, which doesn't happen much, I will throw everything at my face, which is probably a bit of a shock for folk!
I am admiration of those who take the time to ALWAYS have it on. (my step mum for instance - she has always felt she needs to be 'well presented') I just cannot be arsed. And I don't particularly care what I look like day to day. But it doesn't mean I judge those who don't wear it. Nor do I assume that its because they can't be arsed. I don't really think that hard about it.

Absolutely nothing wrong with not wearing makeup, but if it's making you look worse unintentionally, that's a lack of skill. It's certainly not an inevitable consequence of using it.

Although it can certainly be used to that effect; those "glow up/transformation" videos usually have makeup on in the first shot, but it's deliberately making the person look worse.

Literally don't notice but I am often tempted to feel sorry for women who always wear heavy makeup, you wonder how terribly insecure they might be inside if they feel they have to cover themselves up like that.

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Don't give a fuck whether people do or don't. Not my business, not my problem. I wear lipstick most days, eyeshadow, liner and mascara on special occasions (4-5 times a year maybe?).

I doubt I'd notice or think about it, reflecting now I'm sure a lot of my friends on the school run don't wear make up every day (and neither do I) but it's not something I actively notice. I'm more likely to notice when people ARE and they look really different which does happen sometimes!

I usually think you'd look better with it

couldn’t care less

Honestly, I feel a bit envious of people who don’t wear makeup.
I’ve always worn it, not a lot but despite that I feel I don’t look right without it on now. I suspect others would notice if I didn’t wear it too as everyone will be used to me with makeup.
I wish I’d never got in the habit.

This. I mostly don't notice or care.
I have never worn makeup except for special occasions myself. It doesn't occur to me that anyone would judge me for it.

I never mastered the art of putting make-up on. Always ended up looking like Aunt Sal from Worzel Gumidge or a very bad throw back to the 70's.
I'm mid 50's now and I guess I'll never learn but I'm ok with that.
My cheeks are always rosy and I get asked what lipstick I'm wearing, when I'm not wearing any.

I said I was confused. Not criticising. not being negative. I just don’t get it.

I also don’t get why people are racist. I don’t get certain types of comedy. I don’t get why people love mozzarella and salted caramel. I don’t get the need to be a backseat driver. There are many, many things I don’t get and actually that’s ok. But if you want to be offended on behalf of women, go ahead.

I have a couple of friends that are clueless about makeup and I do fantasise about doing it well for them.

But I don’t judge people that eschew it all together. I have a couple of older colleagues that never wear makeup. They are just not interested in that side of things, nor hair or fashion.

If my husband spontaneously suggests going out for lunch , I’m one of those women that will say ‘give me 5 minutes to put on some makeup’. He’ll always say, ‘you don’t need it!’ Maybe not, but I look so much better with it.

I think a lot of more women don't wear makeup than people think, so it's not noteworthy. I'm 46 and only wear it going to the office or a night out.

I think women look much better wearing make up though not caked on.

They look frumpy and unsophisticated to me when not wearing any. Prepared to be criticised for such a view!

I don't give it a first let alone a second thought. If I did though my thoughts would be it's your skin put or don't put what you want on it.
I put make up on everyday but that's only because I find it therapeutic not because I think I'm some hideous repulsive monster with out it.

I have white eyelashes and without mascara I look like I have none at all, if I had dark lashes I wouldn't bother day to day.That being said I love make up and enjoy wearing it when I go out

What about butch women?

Literally wouldn't cross my mind

Women who don't wear make up are far more judgy that those who do. Plenty evidence of that on this thread.

No judgement as I don't wear any either , unless for some big event.

I have zero feelings about women who don't wear make-up. I sometimes wonder why a young woman cakes herself in the stuff when she would look so much better without it/ with a lot less of it
I wear some concealer ,tinted moisturiser and some lipstick if I go out day time f and if I go out in the evening some blusher and eye make up too. The rest of the time Im make up free.