dd, 5yrs, got 4 make up sets for her birthday.......

[lucykate]

am i being mean not letting her have them?

I used to not let them have them... then I had an even better idea.

I'd invite friends to tea and put them out. They're gone in no time!

no. I wouldn't let my 4yo have them either.

lol mars, good idea!

I was rather alarmed by the preponderance of pink and fluffy in dd1's Christmas haul. e.g. I asked for a shopping game and she got "Party! Party! Party!" game where you collect different accessories/lippy etc in your little handbag before you can go the party.
she is three....
(waves at lucykate enthusiastically - long time no see!)

I was rather alarmed by the preponderance of pink and fluffy in dd1's Christmas haul. e.g. I asked for a shopping game and she got "Party! Party! Party!" game where you collect different accessories/lippy etc in your little handbag before you can go the party.
she is three....
(waves at lucykate enthusiastically - long time no see!)

oooops sorry

esp if they play in the garden

Keep a couple of large faceclothes at the ready so that you can wash away all evidence before the parents pick up though!

Well I wasn't impressed that my dd (almost 10) got some at Christmas. 4 is far too young imo

waves back to harpsi, yes have been taking it easy on the mn front lately, have morphed into nigella lawson since the kitchen was finished and have re-discoverd cooking (and eating )

been meaning to ask if you did your class using the print?, how did it go?

and where is f&z?

My dd is 5 and adores playing at putting make-up on. She has several sets, although I hasten to add that it's not "real" make-up, just play make-up. She loves to plaster it on, put on my heels and skirt, and pretend to be Mummy - and I can't see the harm in that at all. It's just role-play.

There's no way I would let her wear it to go out, and I have taken away all the mascara and eye-pencil type things so she doesn't poke her eye out, but for playing I don't think it's a big deal.

F&Z is Taking a Break which is looking permanent
yes I used the print and I am about to use it again for my second set of classes!
and yes I let dd1 put on my make up sometimes.

lol @ Mars. dd (5) hasn't been bought any yet but it would also vanish if she were!

Is Franny really not coming back? I miss her posts.

shame about f&z

glad the print is prooving useful. dh has had a bit of a painting break since moving but is slowly picking commissions up again. even had an enquiry from virginia bottomly!.

i haven't thrown the make up out, but wanted to think on it a bit beforehand, i suppose as it is a bit of a controvertial thing with little girls. i may give her the lip gloss to try, but keep back the blusher and eye shadow for now.

I decided to treat the make up like face paints. I'm not keen on kids in make up. I told my niece and my DDs that I would take them to town and treat them to a professional makeover if they wait until they are 16. Worked with my niece. DD1 is 12 so just watching and waiting. It hasn't occurred to her yet that she could ask to have her ears pierced... but if she ain't asking... I ain't offering!

Maybe a little! I know that we don't want our DC to to grow up too quickly, but they do like to play. And it's so much better them playing with makeup kits than using all your makeup!!

My DD loves to play with the lipsticks and free stuff that comes with the magazines. And she was seriously envious of her cousin (6) who got a makeup set for Christmas - they spent two very happy afternoons dressing up in their play clothes and putting on makeup - it was great fun.

I don't like kids in make-up either - but I save my dislike for proper make-up on children - make-up applied properly, intended to make them look like mini-grown-ups. I was livid when, at 4.5, she came home from school one day with a full face of expertly-applied make-up that another child had put on, because the circumstances were completely inappropriate.

But when dd plays, she slaps it on everywhere, and ends up looking like Coco the Clown - and it's fun. She enjoys it, no-one else sees it, and I really can't see the harm. It's just like face-paints, as Mars said.

I think sometimes we can get a bit too hung-up on these things - maybe there's a worry that make-up makes them grow up too quickly, or even that it sexualises them. But it's the adults who do that, not the child playing with the make-up. As far as my dd is concerned she's having fun with a bit of role-play, and what's wrong with that?

DD (5) has a lipstick and some nailvarnich that she was given at xmas. Fine for dress-up, but wouldn't be allowed out the house.

Someone got her for her birthday a BrAtz boardgame where the players have to collect fashion items and mess up other players' hair [hmmm]