Will isolation end the very heavy make up trend?

[Sittinonthefloor]

So many beautiful young girls seem to wear super-thick make up and end up looking like drag queens, any chance they’ll realise that less is more?

My neighbour is still wearing it every day despite not going anywhere, so no, probably not.

I doubt it, people can now spend even more hours a day perfecting their enormous eyebrows

The make up will be even heavier for zoom chats and selfies.

We can only dream. So many women are clueless as to how awful they look with all that shit plastered on their face. Nothing wrong with make-up that enhances your looks, but the amount some wear is staggering. I don't know how they can stand it.

I thought the trend came about due to people wanting to look better on photos so surely with all the video calling it will get even worse!

It will probably continue while women are happy to speak to awfully about one another.

As this thread has shown so early on.

@SeriouslyRetro agreed. Maybe we should let people wear whatever they want on their faces.

I'm working in a hospital and wearing masks all day. On my days off I'm pampering my skin and being more creative with makeup. I think I'll come out of this all wearing more 😆

So, some women think it’s awful that some other women think it’s sad that some young women feel the need to wear huge amounts of makeup? I do not feel bad or guilty about thinking it’s sad when I see a young woman with mask like levels of make up - more like stage make up often. It’s not just people doing what they want in some kind of void- it’s marketing built on insecurity, magazines, porn culture, peer pressure... the time and money spent on creating this weird, artificial look, I don’t think it’s to be lauded.

If you don’t think it’s to be lauded then...don’t?

But don’t criticise other people for it, shockingly some people wear it because they like it, not because they’re insecure, saw it in a magazine or are bowing to pressure from porn culture .

It’s ok not to like a trend, it’s not ok to start a thread encouraging people to criticise the people that follow that trend.

I'm not keen on the heavy make up look, but I'm 40 so it doesn't really appeal in the way it would if I was 20. I'm of the age of gentle blush, eyeshadows used in sets of 3/4 colours to enhance the eye with a bit of darkness in the crease and highlight on the brow bone etc. But if these women want to wear so much so be it, but I'd certainly welcome a softer look.

Banjo - are you the thread monitor? I can criticise trends if I want! I happen to feel saddened by the over made up look. I think it is a response to porn culture, I think there is a pressure to confirm, I think it can look ugly and ridiculous. I think it is to do with advertising. Trends don’t happen in a vacuum. I think it’s sad that young women want to hide their natural beauty.

No, you’re free to think what you want...And people will take exception to it.

And you aren’t criticising the trend, you’re criticising the people following it...”drag queens” “will they realise less is more” there is a difference.