Makeup argument with boyfriend

[AnnaMal]

I have a boyfriend of 4 years. He visits his childhood friend at times and the friend has a wife.
I was recently complaining about my skin issues to my boyfriend, when he said if I didn't wear makeup I could have the perfect skin. After this he gave me the friend's wife as an example as someone who only wears eyemakeup and has the perfect skin.
I asked him to show pictures of her. And in all of them she had foundation, blush, lipstick, so on. I asked how he had gotten the impression that she doesn't wear any. And he told me that the wife had brought it up. Saying she hates makeup and only wears it on her eyes.
Worst part is my boyfriend doesn't believe me and believes his friend's wife. So now I feel like he is comparing my looks to her's. And why can't I look like that "naturally".
Wanted to get this off my chest anonymously.

You have autonomy to wear what make up you wish,he doesn’t get to compare or chose
what has unsettled you,is it the comparison or the fact her is wrong in his assertion she’s not wearing make up
Does he control or opine about other aspect of your life? If so what’s the outcome ? Do you acquiesce or do your own thing

I think you need to detach yourself and your own insecurities from whatever makeup another woman is or isn’t wearing. Men, who don’t tend to wear makeup and don’t spend hours pouring over tutorials telling them how to put loads of different types of makeup on in such a way that it doesn’t look as though they’re wearing much makeup at all, are going to take a woman at face value if she says she isn’t wearing makeup and doesn’t have bright red lips and heavy eyeshadow etc. If you can tell she wears makeup then you know that what your boyfriend thinks looks good isn’t in fact no makeup, and she doesn’t look like that naturally any more than you do.

I'd plY him at his own game & tell you only have eye make up on too! 🙄

Make up is for you, not him. You do what you want .

A lot of men seem to prefer natural look over make up but don’t realise that most natural looks involve a LOT of make up! 🤣