The feeling of makeup

[Erythronium]

Sort of an addition to the other current makeup threads. I wonder if anybody else has experienced this.

When I wore makeup, I didn't like the feel of it. I had liquid eyeliner that stung my eyes, mascara whose fibres used to get in my eyes and make them water, lipstick which sometimes felt horrible on my lips and was unpleasantly perfumed. Foundation was weird when it dried on my skin and powder used to be cakey and not very pleasant either. I already said on one of the other threads that I didn't like the feeling of nail varnish on my nails which is why I never painted them, nothing to do with any feminist analysis at the time.

Andrea Dworkin said that beauty practices were pain but I'd also add that they are uncomfortable. Not bad enough to stop you doing it, but enough to always make you aware that you are wearing makeup and really, that it's not very nice.

I also hate the feeling of nail varnish - I thought this was just me and am relieved to find it is not. It is a strange, hot, tight feeling - I really can't stand it.

I also dislike the feeling of foundation - of whatever quality. Lipstick and eye shadow are OK, but stuff on my skin - NO.

I also dislike the smell of perfumed products on my face

Foundation for me urgh I hate the feeling of it. It's like I can feel it on there all the time. Yuk

I feel some kinds, but not all. I wear a moisturiser some parts of the year or my skin gets irritated so it feels very similar. I don't like the way eyeshadow feels, but lip gloss I do.

Some people who have weak nails like nail vanish because it feels heavier and less brittle than their own nails.

Nope, I can’t feel make-up and don’t find it uncomfortable. Except very occasionally, when I put too much mascara on and my eyelashes get clumpy and stuck together. And except for lip gloss, but that makes my lips feel nicer.

And having nicely painted nails discourages me from biting my nails until they bleed, so it actually makes me more comfortable.

Eh? I can't feel anything. What makeup were you using and how much did you put on that it feels like that?! 😲

I don't always wear it, but I can't feel it when I do. I wonder how women manage not to feel really uncomfortable in heavy false eyelashes though.

Once, a few years ago, I tried those salon eyelash extensions. It was made clear to me that I wasn't to get them wet for 24 hours (if I'm remembering correctly), and I shouldn't touch or rub my eyelids. Now THAT was a pain in the arse.

It must be very individual. I have not worn nail polish since I was 14 or 15, principally because it feels so heavy on my nails. I adore the feeling of makeup, however, and find applying foundation a sensual pleasure. Not something cloggy and gunky like Max Factor, though- something light.

I remember when I was younger that I could always feel foundation on my skin but these days I never do. I assumed it was just down to modern formulations being better. I can't feel eye makeup or lipstick.

I can't feel ordinary nail polish but I can definitely feel gel nails on the very odd occasion that I've had them done, and I don't really like the feeling.

No, maybe you have a sensory issue?
I don't wear it because I can't be bothered, but on the few occassions I have worn it when younger, I couldn't feel it at all.

I have sensory issues and absolutely hate the feel of make up in my skin or jewellery. I also hate the smell and feel of hair products.

As you can tell I'm not much of a girly girl.

(I also hate wearing shoes at all but have to tolerate what other people would call ugly flat shoes, have no interest in handbags, hate the feel of most materials so have got to be the most unfashionable person around!)

Oddly I do love nail varnish though, don't feel it at all although some give off an unpleasant smell for ages after you apply it.

I can feel makeup and dislike it, but I have poor skin (teenage and adult acne) and so use a good tinted moisturiser, which is bearable, to even out skin tone. I’m fine with it at work but remove it when I get home. I too can’t stand nail varnish on my fingernails! Pps have described the uncomfortable sensation very well. I have no problem with it on my toenails.

I can feel and hate makeup. No autism here. Autism does seem to be just the jump-to thing. I just have extremely sensitive skin.

If anything a cream makes my skin feel better because it’s dry and tight without.

But if you feel powder caking on then you are using far too much.

This is really interesting. I can't stand the way nail. varnish feels either - the same as the person saying it feels heavy and as though your nails can't breathe.

I also only wear 2 rings, and other jewellery gets annoying very quickly.

I have never really wanted to try makeup at all, I did have a lipstick and eyeliner years ago but looked somewhere between Robert Smith and a 5 year old playing. I am much better off looking natural.

Everyone should wear makeup or not as they choose. It isn't obligatory. I'm asexual and don't have relationships neither do I wish to attract a partner but I enjoy wearing makeup and looking good for my own pleasure. It's part of getting dressed. It seems madness to wear it if it isn't comfortable.

I can feel make-up, moisturisers, sun cream etc. I have Very strong sense of touch I think, like feeling mosquitoes landing on me before they bite, or a single strand of hair that might fall onto my arm. I don’t wear jewellery anymore because it irritates my mind!

Absolutely know the feeling of wanting to claw make-up off my face.

I also detest massages and really only let people I love hug/kiss me. Some people can be really heavy handed, I know some people like that but not when you’ve got very sensitive and intune skin.

I can feel both suncream and makeup, especially lipstick, though I don't mind the feeling. I do get the same feeling from nail varnish as many on here though - heavy and suffocating like my fingertips are wrapped in sellotape or covered in puffy stickers. I still get clear polish sometimes to discourage me biting them. I positively love nail varnish on my toes though, I think when I wear sandals it makes my toes feel (irrationally) protected and the process of a pedicure really helps my feet which otherwise get very dry and gnarly. I love having my hair done as well, especially if I get a head massage during the hair washing - bliss!

I don't feel make up, I tend to wear eyeliner and mascara and concealer if I have a rosecea flare up but I'm equally happy to go out bare faced.

I use waterproof mascara and liner so it doesn't run.

I've had a skin reaction to certain products - so I don't use them.
Mascara stings - so I never wear it.
But being able to feel make up lying on my skin - no I've never noticed that.
Women often don't notice when their make up smudges so I'm guessing they can't feel it either.

Posters on the other threads said repeatedly that they wear make up because they like it. Women on Style and Beauty sometimes talk about how make up routines feel like an oasis when they're overwhelmed by child care. Of course that could well be a result of conditioning but you could say that about most of the things that most of us like.

No, I can’t feel make up on my skin.
Which is why I usually forget I have it on in hay fever season, and end up with panda eyes...

I wear makeup every day....because I like how it makes me look. I can't feel a thing. And it's incredibly patronising and offensive to imply that women who do wear makeup are "enduring" the "discomfort" for fashion.

I can’t feel make up on my skin at all. I have autism as well and have big issues sensory wise with clothes and bras but make up doesn’t bother me in the slightest. I always wear it. I don’t judge anyone for not wearing it, I think everyone should do whatever they like, but I certainly don’t find it uncomfortable at all!

Surely if you don't like the feeling of make up you just don't wear it?

On the odd occasion that I do wear it I don't feel it all. If I did, and didn't like the feeling, I just wouldn't wear it.

I'm the same.
tinted moisturiser/bb cream is a good as it gets.
I also hate the feeling of nail polish.
I also hate that you can't just snuggle on the sofa without leaving smears of make up making more laundry/housework.

but I like wearing a 'mask' at work. feels like I can put work behind me when I take it off.