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' ?

Honestly truly?

Day to day, as in out at the shops, breakfast or brunch with friends, in the office I wouldn’t notice or even care.

For an event, wedding, fancy party etc I’d think it was a shame you hadn’t made an effort to look your best. Because I honestly don’t think anyone looks better without any makeup at all.

Flame suit on.

50 and don't wear it, CBA.

I don't wear it. Even on nights out. I feel a fraud, it's just not me, strangely never considered being judged because of it. If someone did they can take a blooming hike....

None of my business. I don't take any notice one way or another. I do wear makeup most days. That's for me. No one else

I'd be curious about you. I wear makeup maybe 50% of the time.
I'd wonder why not...is it that you're just comfortable? Do you like your natural face?
Are you, like me tired and are you conserving the energy for something more important?
I have friends who own no make up, which is a foreign concept to me, because when I have a few minutes I really, really enjoy putting on some make up, and feel instantly brighter.

However it's up to each person if they want that or not.

I don't wear make up, never wore it to my school formal. Infact I have only worn it once in my life and that was when I had professional photos done with my children. I'm 42 and still do not feel the need to wear it.

I don't wear make up, unless DH and I are going to a really special event, so maybe once or twice a year. I asked DH what he thought also. His ex wore make up and he used to get frustrated with how long it took her to get ready to go out, whereas I just need to put my shoes on!
I don't feel particularly confident or lazy. DH finds me attractive without it and it saves a load of effort taking it off.
I do dress well though, so like to make an effort in that department. I guess make up just doesn't do it for me.

Why would a young beautiful 19 year old need to wear make up??

Few years ago I had lunch with 20yo DD. I got 50 likes (from my contacts, not DD's friends) when I posted her pics from our outing & lunch on SM. My typical SM post gets ... maybe 9 likes. I can only think 50 likes because she is stunningly pretty. Amazing hair.

DD wears heaps of makeup. Her style is identikit to all the other pouting (filtered?) artificial-doll-face glammed-up young women profile pics on SM ; like Stepford young woman clones, I'm repeatedly astonished at the monotonic style. Anyway, I often wonder how she'll feel when she's old (say 40yo) & starting to wrinkle. Will she look back with astonishment at how much she covered up her smooth skin & felt inadequate about her looks at age 20. Possibly yes !! & lament what she thinks she lost & didn't appreciate when she had it (probably yes...)

ps: I am another one who doesn't wear makeup. But unlike PP, I presume & don't mind at all that I probably look terrible, "old", full of wrinkles from sun damage, bland, invisible (which is a plus in my book). But at least I don't look like a clone. I'm not fat, either, so maybe that makes me stand out after all, not that I want to stand out, of course.

I never wear makeup now, because it does nothing for my face. I are not a jot for what anyone else thinks!

Anneofwarwick I find your post patronising and offensive.

Hit the nail on the head! 'Other people can think what they like'

This is what I think of women who don't wear makeup: Happy in their own skins and finally in a place where other people's opinions are irrelevant.

Likewise if you wear makeup everyday because you like to and it makes you feel good about yourself that's great too. I don't feel smug or better than you, honestly I don't generally care enough to feel anything about other people's makeup.

I wore wear makeup daily since I was 17. Eyeliner and mascara, and more recently a bit of eyebrow stuff as they've half disappeared. Only a full face if I was going out.

About a year ago I just stopped with the daily makeup, aged 42. I'm sure it's to do with me changing as a person and accepting myself for what I am, and am quite happy.

I still do full makeup if I'm going out as see it like wearing nice clothes, but day to day I just want to be comfortable.

Men and women wear their clothes, get their hair cut, coloured, wear jewellery, style themselves because there are other people to look at them.
They are not really doing it for themselves, they are doing it because it makes them feel better about how others perceive them.
Society teaches us what attractive looks like and we choose to comply for that reason. We don’t simply do it for ourselves because if there was no one to look at us we wouldn’t bother.
yes humans have probably done this for ever and a day. Body adornments piercings, paint, clothes. The society we grow up in determines the standard we feel we should achieve in order to look ‘better.’ Be considered more healthy and attractive to others. Achieve a higher status.
This isn’t just about women of course. But this thread is about make up

I meet a basic standard, I wear clean clothes and wash, brush my teeth and wear deodorant, I brush and tie my hair back and keep it not too long

I do not style I don't fake any thing I don't fight aging but people can say what they want about the above

I do not understand people that say 'I don't wear makeup for anyone but me' or anything on their body, but the person wearing it can't see it only other people

I only wear makeup sometimes now at work, just when we're going out or for some meetings and travel.

In terms of the two or three regular days in the office a week, lack of effort is far more rewarding as I get more time in bed and more sleep. Probably meaning I feel more confident without makeup.

I also only usually in winter wear something like black jeans and a jumper. I don't look scruffy.

Where I make the effort is looking after myself by doing plenty of exercise, eating a good diet, not drinking too much alcohol and getting plenty of sleep. More for health and fitness than appearance, though of course it helps.

So then choosing clothes and whether to wear makeup is much less effort.

I barely ever wear make up, never have. I don't need it 🤣 still look good enough to turn heads so I think I'm ok 😀

This is definitely judgy .....I'm always really surprised at how badly people who almost never wear make, wear make-up

Line around jaw, face different colour to neck, awful blue eyeshadow, unblended blusher, aiming to hide under eye shadow but making it worse

I think wearing makeup well .....is something which needs practice.

I dont wear it, and if I did, I'd be rubbish at wearing it well

My neice, who is 26, wears it every day, and her makeup is always applied perfectly although she doesn't need it as she is very pretty with or without it

I think its an habitual thing for her, like cleaning her teeth!

I would love to not wear make up but I feel naked without it. I envy those women who don't. Having said that, I very rarely wear nail varnish except on my toes in the summer. But I don't judge others for not wearing it. I just envy them.

I dont care that people choose to go without it as it doesn't affect me at all BUT those I know don't wear it are nearly always very judgy of those that do wear make up, in my experience.

The whole " I don't need all that muck on my face" others with the oh I have better things to do with my time than cake my face in make up. One woman in particular says it whenever we all get together , oh it must take you ladies so long to get ready with ALL THAT MAKE UP and I really want to say Barbara (not real name ) you really should wear it because quite frankly, you could do with the help.

I love wearing make up but I can also go without. I won't wear it to walk the dogs or pop to the shop, but it makes me feel better about myself if I look nice as it does to most people and without singing my own praises, I'm good at applying it and often get compliments from other women. I also love to do friends make up.

I've never really had strong feelings about other women's make up either way. I admire women who are good at make up. In my twenties I never went to work without full make up, I even stopped at Boots on the way to the office once because I'd left my make up at home. I'm so glad I'm not like that anymore. Since covid I only wear make up occasionally

Oh good Lord, it was a joke. The point was that they think they know what no makeup looks like and they think they always prefer it but they don't and they don't. Again, that's not to say you should wear it to make men happy, just that men come out with this "prefer no makeup" stuff all the time but at a class level, they're talking shite.

What they mean is, they prefer it when a woman is naturally beautiful with no effort. Don't we all!

I don’t judge any one for not wearing makeup, and I am among them. And if I do wear it, I never wash it off before bed. Ditched high heels years ago too. Viva la revolution!

Also 65 here. I often use the new Bobbi Brown brand, Jones Road, like the original bb it's designed for a subtle look , so I use BB cream, then a JR colour to add blush , mascara and a clinique eye pencil as eye shadow. Lippy Is quite natural.
I don't wear makeup most of the time though, I live in rural Norfolk , only see sheep, cows deer and farmers most of the time!

Make up protects the skin. Dries it out terribly if not wearing it.

What do you mean with 'make up' in that case? Moisturiser? Foundation?