Could you do without cosmetics?

I could do without cosmetics but I fear for anyone who sees me without ?

No.
I like makeup and I put it on for me, not the people I meet.

Yes, I do.

I'm 60, and have worn make-up every day since I was 16. I wear it to suit myself, not anyone else. These days, I couldn't manage without my eyebrow pencil!

After wearing make up for the past 40+ years I just stopped when I retired. The world didn't come to an end! I'd always been scared to go out barefaced.
I'm in an out of the pool a lot at the gym and nobody else wears makeup.
I've got some eye stuff I'll put on for special occasions but they are so rare that the mascara has usually dried up.

I never wear make up and haven't done for about 20 years. It save money and time.

No. The thought horrifies me. My skin is red and blotchy. I would hate to go out without makeup.

Me too, less is more
But I have willingly parted with hard earned (earnt? I never get it right) money in the past, I believed it was an improvement, so from that point of view I wasn’t ripped off.

No I like make up but I am wearing less than I used to as my skin feels dry now.

I could live without I use an eyeliner and lipstick but could easily manage without

No couldn’t live without make-up, more’s the pity. I envy those who can.

I couldn't go anywhere without a bit of lipstick on. If there's a do of any kind I push the boat out and have eye-liner and eye-shadow along with the foundation.
I do wear foundation during the winter months because I don't want to look as though I've been dug up !

I use Nivea Soft and only a little mascara going out as without it my eyes kind of disappear in my face. Very seldom bother with anything else.

Easy peasy for me. If I wash my face with just water, I don't really need moisturiser. I can't do without deodorant though!

Absolutely not. I do make up and hair every day and it sets me up for me, no one else. Only this morning I treated myself to new foundation, two lippies and an eyebrow pencil - love it ! If this is what it takes then so be it

Yes.

I could do without cosmetics but would I want to? No, I wouldn't.

Like others here, I wear make up for myself, not for anyone else. Some sort of foundation smooths out my uneven skin colour and covers up sun damage. Soft eyeliner opens up my eyes and makes them brighter. I still have decent lips so I like to enhance the colour with lipstick. I like the overall effect. I'm in fact just back from a pre-holiday trip to the beautician, where I had waxing and eyelash tinting done. It makes me look ten years younger and a tad less scary to small children and horses.

People have been decorating their faces since the days of wearing woad, same as people have been doing their hair since time immemorial.

I never wear make-up. Hate to think how old the bottle of foundation and mascara in my make-up bag are. I might smear on a bit of eye-shadow if I'm going somewhere posh but otherwise just don't see the point.

I do smear on some Astral every day though.

I don’t wear a lot, but I certainly would never go out without it!
I never fail to go through my skin routine night and morning either.

At this time of the year - yes. (Apart from a bit of face cream when I can be bothered)

In the Winter, no. I go too pale.

www.gransnet.com/forums/style_and_beauty/1265312-wearing-make-up

Haven’t we just had 192 posts about wearing make-up aka “cosmetics”

Oh yes! I knew I'd said that before, just recently.

I did vary it a bit.

No. I love make up and always wear foundation, blusher, eye liner, mascara & lipstick. Recently started using eyebrow pencil too.

It's just me.