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Would you buy your 8 yr old dd make up??

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biscuitsfordinner · 18/11/2015 22:21

My dd is 8. She has lots of interests but nothing she really wants for Christmas. We went into Boots the other day and they had a large vanity case full of make up. She was very taken by it and said that was what she wanted. For the record she obviously never wears make up and it would be for playing purposes only but I still feel slightly uncomfortable about it. She doesn't have any large presents and even though it is only £18 it still looks sizeable. What would you do?

Thanks

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AuditAngel · 18/11/2015 23:57

DD1 has make-up and was given a set for Christmas last year, but she attends a dance and theatre group who perform professionally (she will be in a professional Panto fir 6 weeks in December/January and is required to wear make up for things like that. She and her sister also occasionally wear some at home

TheOriginalMerylStrop · 19/11/2015 00:05

I would, and did, last year when DD was 7 1/2. She does not wear it out, just plays and experiments with it. She did a great Zombie facepaint job with some Boots 17 eyeshadows at Halloween.

eastwest · 19/11/2015 00:06

I'd give her play make-up if she wanted it. Not an £18 case of it.

Littlemousewithcloggson · 19/11/2015 00:11

I personally wouldn't but it's up to you what you get your daughter, no one else

hunibuni · 19/11/2015 00:20

DD (8) has a Hello Kitty set that she asked my mum for last year. the makeup has been on her dolls and the garish eyeshadows were turned into camo and facepaint. She only wanted the box it came in and hates the feel of stuff on her face. My mum never bought or let me play with makeup (she wore it) , as a result I have no idea how to apply it and I'm only learning now at 38.

catdoodles · 19/11/2015 00:30

My DD 8 loves make up. She has various bits and pieces of mine that she loves tinkering around with. Lipstick, eye shadow, powder and even a mini mascara. She only wears it at home and actually puts it on fairly well. She even blends lipsticks to get a colour she likes.

I won't be buying her her own make up even though she is asking for it. I just tell her I will once she's old enough to wear it properly. And until then she can experiment with what she's got.

Kampeki · 19/11/2015 00:35

I wouldn't buy anything like that, personally. My dd (10) does have some make-up, but it's only used for dance shows. Honestly speaking, I think it looks horrible on her and also on her friends, they look so much nicer without. However, I accept that it's needed for the stage.

Fortunately, dd is distinctly uninterested in it as well, at least for the time being. She sees it as a necessary evil that goes with her costumes and whatever hairstyle we have been asked to do.

If she did want to wear it at other times, I don't think I would be encouraging it.

TrulySweet · 19/11/2015 00:40

I've allowed my DDs to play with make up (both real & children's).

My DH isn't so keen but then he grew up with just a brother so doesn't know the joy of slathering your face with a multitude of colours and products with your best friend and then tottering about in your Mum's shoes while wrapped in sheets Grin

I don't allow make up, bar clear lip balm, to be worn out of the house except for school discos and birthday parties. And then it is just the merest dusting of sheer but sparkly eye-shadow and some vaguely shimmery lip balm. That's just for DD1 who is in y5, any of the younger children are only allowed make up in the house for playing dress up.

DD1 isn't allowed heels or skimpy clothes to wear to school discos though, she wears fairly traditional party frocks mostly as they are nice and swishy Wink

At last years summer disco there were y4 girls with full adult style make up, crop tops and such tight mini skirts with high heels that they couldn't dance they just minced around the edge of the hall. DD1 thought it was most peculiar to wear clothes you couldn't dance in to a school dance!

NerrSnerr · 19/11/2015 08:37

I would. I personally don't wear much make up but really don't see the harm as a toy. I had a friend in primary school who had loads of make up and we used to put it on at sleep overs. As an adult she isn't vain and obsessed with looks, she does still enjoy buying nice make up, it's like a hobby for her.

Yankeetarts19 · 19/11/2015 08:40

If she want it then I would have no problem with it,it not like she will be going out with a full face of make up

vikjul · 19/11/2015 10:43

I would! I don't agree with make-up on children in public, but this is for play! And she'll be so happy you listened to her which will be great for her self-esteem!

I have given my 7yo a small real glittery eye shadow with a little brush (for use at home). It's hardly visible but she enjoys putting it on when she dresses up to dance in front of the mirror :-). She also has nail polish and colourless lip balm. No major harm done so far as far as I can tell, she seems to have kept both her ability for imaginative play and her critical thinking Smile!

(I wouldn't buy make-up marketed towards children though, it seems to inevitably come in pink/purple packaging with bimboish pictures/messages...)

wigglesrock · 19/11/2015 14:56

Yes, I would. I have 3 dds - my second one has just turned 8 - she asked for some make up bits and pieces to play with for her birthday - so she got some. She is no less of a little girl now than what she was the day before she got the makeup.

I know the kind of sets you mean, wouldn't have been my cup of tea but my sister would have loved them when we were that age.

Dancergirl · 19/11/2015 14:57

No way. What's the rush, plenty of time for make up in years to come. Little girls wearing make up even if just at home is weird and creepy looking.

confusedandemployed · 19/11/2015 15:04

I would, quite happily. I'd not let her out of the house with it, but I'd be quite happy to let her experiment.

DD is only 2.9yo and already does this with my stuff when I'm not looking... Hmm

Letustryagain · 19/11/2015 15:19

DD (6.5) is getting make up for Xmas. I don't really wear much because I WFH so only put it on when I go out, which essentially means that the stuff I do have is lovely expensive stuff so I don't want DD playing with it.

She's asked for some and so she's getting some. No harm in it AT ALL, it's not like she'll be wearing it outside of the house.

And all this rubbish about 'let girls be young', little girls have always loved playing with Mum's make up and giving it a go. Nothing wrong in it as long as they're not wearing it every day for school!

scarlets · 19/11/2015 17:44

If she wants to experiment with it at home, that's fine IMO. It's creative and arty at 8, rather than a means of looking sexier.

I'd be more wary if she were 11/12, in other words getting past the "playing" stage and into the "does that boy like me? Would he like me if I were prettier?" stage. I don't have girls so maybe I'm overthinking that, though!

OSETmum · 19/11/2015 20:08

I would. She's asked for it so it's not like you're forcing it on her and it really won't do her any harm.

ilovehotsauce · 19/11/2015 20:22

I've done make up bits for my cousin, Barry m nail varnishes, hair mascara, lip gloss, bits from lush range lip balm, bath bombs, funstuff.
Primark nail art sets are pretty good and very cheap!

It's only this year 11 I got her some brushes and sleek Platte's (hidious colours but she was over joyed!)

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