Make up on the train

[failingmammalian]

Is it acceptable to do your make up on the train .. Powder blush mascara and lip balm. Nothing gross like eyebrow plucking
I do get some funny looks. Isn't it normal/acceptable?
What's a girl to do?

i must admit it is kind of compelling to stare in a grossed out kind of a way....

It doesn't bother me, though smells/sprays do.

I did recently watch a woman tweeze her chin hairs on the train and I thought that was pretty revolting.

I don't think makeup is an artifice.

Do continue it's up there with the crotch scratchers,skin pickers,nail filers
All equally as minging.all part of urban mileu

Oh I'll think on alright Nigella about how unhinged (loving that word) other people are that they think putting on makeup shows disregard for other people.

Night now all!

I am not 'unhinged' thanks!

YABU. I only skim read the thread, but I also don't enjoy sharing that sort of 'intimacy' with a fellow tube passenger.

And, while I admit I am one of a tiny minority, the smell of make up gave me horrible nausea when I was pregnant. I remember too well the heaving I got when someone produced foundation, blush, eyeliner and mascara out of their purse... Even though it was years ago, I remember it as one of the low points of pregnancy. Seeing the application made me sick too - the whole process of someone 'putting their face own' was unbearable.

There may not be a pregnant woman on your carriage, but there may be others who are taking drugs or have conditions that make them over-sensitive to smells. I would personally refrain from doing my m-u on the tube or train for that reason. And yes, I have kids, a long commute, early mornings, etc.

do people actually say "minging" ? I thought that was all a bit Jade Goody circa 2003

We Scots use minging a lot. Can't say that people pulling faces to put on makeup is a definition of minging that I have ever heard of though....

The complete act is minging,the eye pulling,cheek sooking,face contortion is gurning

should people not wear perfume or deodorant in case if offends a pregnant woman too? I'd think makeup would be one of the less smelly things about the train

I disagree scottishmummy, not minging to me.

Someone pulling a different face offends you? Why? Seriously think why that would matter to you?
Makeup doesn't usually smell.

I never realised this was even a thing that bothered people! I don't do it because I rarely wear makeup anyway and I'd be too embarrassed by how bad I am at applying it when I do But I'm not sure I'd even notice other people putting makeup on in public, no idea why it's seen as slutty or whatever I can understand being squeamish about people putting pointy things near their eyes on moving trains, but I wouldn't judge them for it.

So if someone is making a face because that are concentrating on something ( hard crissword clue for example)is that minging?

All this "artifice is broken" shite reminds me of those rules for 1950s housewives where they were supposed to get up before their husband to apply their makeup so as not to allow him to see them without makeup.

Well it made discussion of day cause it's a mn perennial,polarising and lots traffic

Make up smells.someone near me was applying a big lip crayon smelt like toothpaste

I would say a woman's mascara face is a bit like a guys come face.... Not pretty

Nugget, there are plenty of people who do use the loo in front of the entire family - MN is quite the revelation at times - and so yes, I group public-make-up-appliers in the same pigeon-hole as people who happy to toilet with an audience.

In my mind, it's the same sort of thing. I.e. neither of which, I'd do.

But, again, if others want to, it's their prerogative.

Can't you see difference trixy,this is beauty thread discussing apply make up in public
Crossword is print medium,no brush,no gloop,no odour,gurning face optional
So a crossword face,is a poor comparison for a make up face

'I would say a woman's mascara face is a bit like a guys come face'

That is so true.

To be honest, I admire a person all the more if they're prepared to display their come face to a carriage full of strangers.

I wouldn't do it but I'm not that bothered by people who do. It does look strange though. All that squinting and pulling. I think people don't realise they are being watched. They imagine a cloak of invisibility around them.

They realise nfk, they just either don't care or couldn't possibly in their wildest dreams think that some thing so normal would offend someone.

Make up smells. So what? Usually it smells quite nice.

People smell generally- of stale cigareet smoke, BO, bad breath, baby's dirty nappies, hangover stench, perfume, ddirty hair,too much aftershave, dirty underwear. I think make up is one of the least offensive smells.

All this "artifice is broken" shite reminds me of those rules for 1950s housewives where they were supposed to get up before their husband to apply their makeup so as not to allow him to see them without makeup

Agree with trixy. You know what I think is minging? That any modern woman would think that kind of mindset was ok. Maybe just get on with reading your Metro and quit judging?