Wearing Make Up. Age 63.

Mmm I see. I too usually only leave the house with make up on but like you wear what I hope is a more subtle maquillage than when I was younger. Eye liner has gone completely its very harsh and ageing. Luckily I have good skin, no spots or blemishes but feel ungroomed without my face. I do not wear much at all if any when at home just a bucket of moisturiser to give my skin a rest. I think I look rather pale and tired without it but actually no beggar notices me anyway really.

I'm absolutely the opposite! Rarely wear any makeup and probably should.
I tend to wear it only if going out and since being made redundant I haven't worn it more than a few times.
I did wear it when I worked but only foundation, eye shadow and lipstick- have got tons of unused makeup in drawer .
Really should make more effort.....

Just how I think and do Teetime, our posts crossed.

Agree that ' no beggar notices me anyway really' . I have to go into hospital on a regular basis .... 3 - 4 times a year, and make up is forbidden when having a general anaesthetic...... I always take my 'kit' with me, so that when I come round, I can 'do my face'..... But now realising that no one apart from me gives a stuff! It just makes me feel better and more confident.

I have never worn a lot of makeup, nowadays I do use an eyebrow pencil (my eyebrows are non-existent without) and a very light touch of eye pencil under the eye, that's it most days but if I go out then I add mascara and a little lipstick.. but as you say kassi the World didn't stop on days I just didn't bother..

I think you stop bothering with a lot of things as you get older. And it's not good. I think you should keep using your make-up, but perhaps not the full kit. (Foundation cream is protective)

I think if it makes you feel better and more confident then go for it! However, in hospital I suspect they like to be able to see 'you'.
I'm basically lazy I guess!

I agonise over this though I've never worn much make up and certainly never foundation, I can't bear the feeling of wearing a mask!

These days I use eyeliner and lipstick and blusher and sometimes eye shadow and I wear more make up than I used to because I think I am aware of ageing setting in and I can look incredibly pale and washed out a lot of the time, especially in the winter.

I never go out without putting in some earrings!

I need colour. Especially at this time of year. It's ok when I am at home, I wear none at all, but as soon as a nice light foundation hits my face it seems to come alive. I look like a zombie sometimes, in the early morning and late at night. And a very thin line of eyeliner on the upper lid works wonders and makes me look more awake, it opens up my eyes. Sometimes I forget mascara because the eyeliner has made such a difference. Lips also can look bleached out on people, I don't want to scare the postman! (Like I did the day I forgot I was wearing a pale green facemask!)

anniezzz, I have to put on perfume as well as earrings, hate it if forget perfume.
If I do make more effort DH asks if I'm going somewhere, so rarely do I wear makeup at home.

Tinted moisturiser is all I use most of the tine. Save the eyeshadow etc for special occasions only.

Your DH actually notices loopy ?

I've always worn makeup since I started work at 16, and I still wear the full works.
I think it protects my skin(I was a redhead) from the weather,but mainly I wear it because without it I look like a walking corpse!

My son always tells me I look better without my makeup. Which is worrying, in a 'no hope' way.

Only thing he does notice Anya!
Clothes-wise I think I could wear a black bin bag and no comment!

DH never notices. He wouldn't notice if I was wearing a bin bag!

Sorry cross posts!

On the rare times when DBH gets back in daylight during the winter and I have a bare face, he peers at me in a concerned fashion and asks 'are you feeling ok?'.

I think I have some femininity gene missing - never wear make-up or perfume or skirts! - it never put the men off though!

Kassi - you should do whatever makes you happy - wear your war paint on the days you fancy doing it; but don't feel bad about the days you choose not to. Go with the flow.

I've never worn a lot of make up as I never wanted there to be an occasion when make up was not worn and odious comparisons would be made - e.g. in hospital or camping. However, I always moisturise and usually manage a slick of lipstick and mascara before appearing in public. I do like to use perfume and hate forgetting my earrings. If I forget makeup entirely I doubt anyone would notice. I aim to be "tidy" rather than glamourous.

Mind you, makeup can be overdone. A relative of my DD is about 30 and wears layers of foundation, plucks her eyebrows away then draws new ones on - every time I see her I want to get a flannel and scrub it off and say "Enjoy your lovely youthful skin while you have it!" She looks an absolute fright, and she is a pretty lass - such a waste.

Light good quality foundation to act as sun screen and even out my skin tone, light blusher ( look awful without it), light eye liner, lashings of mascara and slick of lippy. Have a day off if not going anywhere on a Sunday but I am always shocked when I catch sight of myself in the mirror on a no make up day

I don't leave the house without mascara and brow pencil. I only use more eye makeup and lippy if I'm going somewhere in particular. I've never worn foundation. Luckily my skin is good.
Indoors I don't wear any makeup.