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so what do you think to women that wear no make up?

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lovelysongbird · 31/07/2008 20:10

after reading a few threads on here its got me thinking,
if people can't stand to see other or children in certain clothes what do they think about non make up wearing women?

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Thomcat · 31/07/2008 20:42

I'm wearing make up tomorrow.
Going to a wedding.
Might wear it again if I go out for dinner with DP on my birthday. Then that'll probably be it till Xmas!

CuckooClockWiseCrack · 31/07/2008 20:42

I often don't. My skin is clear and olive and I have dark eyelashes. I don't think make-up makes me look better during the day. For night I can jazz up a bit and I love that, but tons of eyeshadow or blusher for sainsbury's? no.

FioFio · 31/07/2008 20:43

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Quattrocento · 31/07/2008 20:43

I'm sort of diametrically opposed to you nooni

I would never judge anyone if they wore NO makeup

I MIGHT judge (or inwardly tut) someone for wearing too much or badly applied make-up, depending how much other silliness was involved. So orangey foundation + acrylic nails + dyed blonde hair + getting in the way = mild irritation

cornsilk · 31/07/2008 20:43

girl next door - I agree.

solo · 31/07/2008 20:43

I'm lucky if I can be botheredhave time to put moisturiser on these days. Sometimes I put a bit of mascara and liner on, but usually it's the full deal but only when I'm going out, which is rare! I am blessed with great skin though!

CuckooClockWiseCrack · 31/07/2008 20:43

Ps. my friend who is 'strawberry blonde' and so pretty won't leave house without mascara. She has mascara in every pocket, every bag, a few at my house, several at work....

girlnextdoor · 31/07/2008 20:43

oh Hecate lighten up fgs!

It is nothing to do with conditioning and I feel insulted as an intelligent person who makes my own choices to have you say that to me.

It's as simple as looking in the mirror and liking what I see when I use a bit of slap.
Sorry if you don't see it as that but god, life's too short to continue with this thread!

Tinker · 31/07/2008 20:44

But I do look better (or improved) with make-up. I'm not sure why that's contentious. Someone who looks well looks "better" than someone who looks ill. Is that contentious?

littlelapin · 31/07/2008 20:47

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Hecate · 31/07/2008 20:48

Lifes too short to get angry with a stranger who has a different opinion to you. I would suggest you lighten up, darling.

I gave my opinion on a general issue - that of women wearing make up, and, since it is a discussion about that, gave my opinion on the reasons for it as I see them.

You on the other hand, decided to respond personally, as though I had critisised you personally for your choices, which I had not. I has simply given my opinion on the phenomenon of women dresing themselves up in whatever way they do and the reasons why I personally think it is done.

So there.

cornsilk · 31/07/2008 20:48

I like to wear make up when I go out as well 'cos I look different then, not the same as in work etc.

girlnextdoor · 31/07/2008 20:49

and just one more point- got to touch up my lippie you see- it is not something that has been passed own for "generations"- the ancient Egyptians wore make up, ( 1000s years BC) and throughout history men have worn make up too- they don't at the moment as a rule, but who can forget the powdered wigs during the Restoration period? and Elizabethan men used to use padding in their stockings to make their calves look bigger- and wore cod pieces to well....you know

PersephoneSnape · 31/07/2008 20:50

i only bother with make up for an occasion - if i'm (infrequently) going out of an evening or have a big work thing on the go. i like the ritual of infrequent use - that it isn't an everyday thing and that i paint my face to mark an occasion, to boost my confidence or to make an effort. most of the time i really can't be arsed and seem to find myself in lovely company on this thread.

'there is more to me than how i look, my cover conceals a wonderful book.'

girlnextdoor · 31/07/2008 20:51

But hecate, darling, as I was about the only person posting to say that I used make up - a lot!- how could it not be seen as a personal comment?

RedHead81 · 31/07/2008 20:52

I don't wear makeup - well - eyeliner at the most and my skin is beautiful
I also don't use any moisturiser (just mild soap and water) and was complimented on my lovely skin by the woman on the Estee Lauder Counter - she asked me what moisturiser did i use and when I said - no, just soap and water - she was shocked and told me "no no no - thats so bad for your skin!" (her skin was really badly bumpy under all that makeup - yuck! If I go out - out to an evening do, then i will wear a bit of makeup on my eyes, but only because my eyelashes are so fair.

I HATE the orange look! On my wedding in Jamaica part of the wedding package was the makeup, so I had it done telling her to keep it natural because I don't usually wear any and OMG!!! I was orange, with orangey eyeshadow and salmon lipstick!!! bleurgh!!!! I got to the room, washed it all off and did it again in about 2mins! I HATE the feel of foundation and I know my DH wouldn't have liked it! I had really good comments about how well they did my makeup! lol

Bink · 31/07/2008 20:52

I do think there are people whose features suit being made more striking, & there are those for whom makeup has a, shall we say, Grayson Perry effect.

You would recoil if you saw me with lipstick on. Eg. But I have friends who look utterly cool and sort of ready to take on the world, with exactly what makes me look so dreadful.

Skincare, as opposed to makeup, does matter I think - I've used Clinique moisturiser for 30+ years now, and I'm sure it's contributed to the lack of wrinkliness.

I am considering dyeing my eyelashes - that seems low maintenance and subtle enough.

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ExterminAitch · 31/07/2008 20:52

'there is less to me than how i look... my cover conceals a three-month-old edition of grazia mag'

maidamess · 31/07/2008 20:52

I have 2 opinions.

1.I would have nothing in common with them.I'm caked in the stuff

  1. I'm jealous of them
PersephoneSnape · 31/07/2008 20:53

isn't make up meant to simulate sexual response - widening and darkening of eyes, reddening of lips, etc. s'all about the shagging.

Toothache · 31/07/2008 20:54

I leave the house make up less.....
But apply on the train to work!

It's like putting on war paint. I leave the house as "mummy" and arrive at work as "high powered, chanel-laden business women".

Pinkveto · 31/07/2008 20:54

I don't wear make up except to go out, and don't do that anymore...

And I am the offspring of a "full face warpaint before tidying up the breakfast things" mother.

She calls my approach the well scrubbed look....

She is also kind enough to say I have good skin.

PersephoneSnape · 31/07/2008 20:55

exterminaitch - oh the guilty secrets. just as I've successfully weaned myself from heat magazine... ;)

ExterminAitch · 31/07/2008 20:56

i swithered between heat and grazia. as i do in the newsagents.