Best make up for ballet (dd 3)

[Nicpem1982]

My dd is due to be in a dance show, we've been given her list re hair etc for the show and there's make up on there this year which is not a problem just new.

So what brand is best it needs to be bright and long lasting

Blue eyeshadow
Blue liquid liner
Red lipstick
Red lip liner

Thanks in advance

I was recommended the Mehron ballet make up kit (Amazon sells them), which has come in handy for various shows. The instructions are very helpful, and everything except the eyeliner comes off easily and hasn't irritated dd's skin. Only worth it if you think you'll use it more than once, though.

The Mehron make up is very good, I agree. The instructions the small kit come with show different make up ideas depending on age of child.

The only thing I would say (dance teacher) is that you may struggle to get liquid eyeliner on a three year old! Might be as well to get a soft blue eye pencil as well which is easier to apply on a small child, they tend to blink/flutter their eyes a lot when having make up applied, which can make it tricky.
Same with the lip liner, can you use the lip liner as an all over lipstick, as another poster suggested?

Hi Sorry, I don't know where I got the idea that she is three? apologies

She is 3

I'll get both a pencil and liquid and have a go

People look like featureless ghosts under stage lights with no make up

Dd1 has done 2 large dance shows without makeup, she didn't look like a featureless ghost. That just quite simply isn't true at all.

Make up on a 3 year old?

Stop the world, I want to get off

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My DD was 2.
Stick that in yer pipe and smoke it.

Aw, bet she looked gorge.

It was necessary for the performance. She doesn't make a habit of wearing makeup now even 8 years later.

I suppose you've never seen a child wear face paint either?

As a regular thing no not good and particularly not for the skin. As a once every two years for a ballet show thing I don't see the harm.

How about you butt the fuck out of hiding how others raise their children and I won't find some shit to look down my nose at you about?

Well no I should hope she doesn't make a habit of wearing makeup 8 years later. She's 10. The fact you think that's an actual point just shows how skewed your thinking is.

I'm making the point that occasional use for performances doesn't create a habit.

It wasn't necessary for the performance I suspect but am about what the issue is tbh. If you don't have an issue with a 2yo wearing makeup for a show then it's your child isn't it? Who cares? Why the need for justification is just a bit of lippy and mascara and is hardly going to make a difference to anyone's long term well being.

Thinking that sticking makeup on a 2yo is horrible hardly makes me an arsehole. I'm not involved with the dance world so this isn't the norm to me and from an objective viewpoint it's not very nice. If I was watching 2 year olds "dance" I doubt I'd be looking at their faces thinking oh dear, they look terribly washed out under the lights and could really do with some liquid eyeliner. Like seriously who thinks that

But equally from an objective viewpoint it's hardly a massive deal either way is it?

Lots of things may not be a massive deal in isolation but you've got to look at the bigger picture.

Ghost like or not, my 3yr old daughter is NOT going to be wearing eyeliner!!!!!!!

If some mothers choose to sexualise their toddler with blue eyeliner and mascara(?!?!) then that's their choice but it ain't happening when my DD starts shows! Hellllllllllllll no!

I really think talk of 'sexualisation' is the way that you see it and OTT I think.

As I said upthread I have a dd who dances and so far has never worn makeup. I didn't want her to when she was tiny as she looked so beautiful and red lipstick/blue eyeshadow as instructed is gross and then later on (the big show is every 2 years) she didn't want to as she said the others looked daft. What will happen this time I don't know but I'll leave it up to her now (she's 9). My 6yo who started dance later is going to want to wear it, I suspect and will find a way (ie getting one of dd1's mates to trowel it on for her) if I say no.

But I'd be very surprised if any schools actually make it compulsory particularly for 3 year olds.

At my dds dance school make up is absolutely compulsory for boys and girls. It has nothing to do with sexualising children and everything to do with being on stage under heavy lighting. I think some people have a bee in their bonnet about nothing on this. My daughters would never dream of wearing make up normally (dd1 is 11) and I wouldn't buy it but shows are different. They don't walk around in tutus and leotards as a norm either...

I use Rimmel lipstick and MUA eyeshadow plus the cheapest mascara, foundation and eyeliner in Superdrug. I help backstage with make-up, it is fiddly doing eyeliner on little ones. They don't look sexualised, they look like small children in stage make-up. It's once every two years, really not habit-forming. I've done several shows and never encountered a child whose parents have refused to let them wear it.

And quite why it's anyone's business than the parents involved I don't know, whoknows - what about you?

It shouldn't be compulsory though, it should be up to the parents and children.