Wearing or not wearing makeup

watermeadow

‘Keep young and beautiful
It’s your duty to be beautiful.
Keep young and beautiful
If you want to be loved.’
That says everything about men, and the women who submit to them.

it’s meant to be tongue in cheek (whilst advocating self care)

What has it got to do with anyone else what women (or men) chose to spend their time and money on.

The longer I have gone without makeup the more acceptable I find myself, and I’m less anxious about “getting it right”
I just like to be clean all over, head to toe with clean clothes.

No one is going to fall head over heels in love/lust with me nor me them so it is just what suits me at any one time now.

I am not at all photogenic but this is only a concern since the digital camera etc as before this the person behind the lense needed to take more time over the snap so as not to waste film.

I wear specs too and prefer to see clearly than pose without like some I know. But often there is a reflection.

Self care to me means eating well, sleeping well, having a good laugh, thinking nice thoughts, counting myself lucky to be healthy and not allowing my inner critic to get the upper hand.
Oh and never wear badly fitting shoes. Nothing worse, it shows on your face.

I've worn some form of makeup for most of my adult life. The amount and type of makeup has changed though over the years. Nowadays I don't wear foundation at all as there's too many lines for it to settle in. Instead it's Laura Geller baked powder, lippy, a touch of blusher, eye liner and mascara. It takes about 10 minutes to apply and definitely stops me from looking as if I'm at death's door!

Hate the feel of make up on my skin! My daughter had a deprived childhood as she had nothing to experiment with 😂😂
Now she wears bright red lipstick and I just cleanse, serum or face oil , factor 30 or sometimes 50 moisturiser plus E45 cream when needed! Saving a fortune !

I've worn makeup since I was 16, and Im 82 now. My mom wore it up until she died at 95. None of my family have ever left the house unless we look well turned out.

I have had times in my life with make up and times with no make up. Pan stick on my face (and lips!) I think in the early sixties. Very pale lips. And very heavy black eyes with eyeliner, mascara, eyeshadow and false eyelashes. Then I think I must have put in contact lens. How did I do it? Then a hippie period with no make up. Then a bit of make up again in the eighties when punk was the zeitgeist. Then make up to improve the signs of ageing. But becoming less and less possible. Eye make up went because my eyes became sensitive. The skin on my face peels so that went next. Perhaps very very occasionally for a special occasion I might try to hide the red veins. But I have become used to going around with nothing again. One of the perks of becoming old is a sort of freedom. I do remove the hair though A new burden. The day may come when I don't even bother with that. Though I am still not so far gone that I don't dread that.

I’ve always loved and been fascinated by make-up. It was forbidden at school, but I learned to use powder and a little mascara that was undetectable. I still always wear it every day, but have stuck to the minimalist look I practised back then. My skin feels tight without it and I’m a strong believer in high sun factor products. I buy premium brands - I think it’s my only extravagance though!

I wonder if men now wear makeup because they feel more attractive to women or whether it's just an expression of who they are. Maybe they are being submissive to women? Or men?

Up to the individual! There was a time I would not be seen without makeup now only wear bear minimum,mascara,blusher,lipstick unless going somewhere. I am blessed with good skin,69 no wrinkles,a few creases but that's it. If it makes you feel better and more confident in yourself that is absolutely fine,all for it!

If I'm going out anywhere even to the shops I always put on some mascara mainly because it makes me look more awake and maybe a bit of lip gloss if I remember. In winter when my pale skin becomes even paler then I will wear a light foundation. At home I don't bother with anything other than the usual moisturiser and night cream.
Each to their own!

My late father used to say "Powder and paint make a woman what she ain't"

Always makes me laugh

I used to wear make-up more than I do now. It doesn't seem to suit my 80-year-old face any more. My eyelashes disappeared long ago (too many false ones ripped off 60-odd years ago?). And I'm quite wrinkly, but the colour isn't too bad. Eyebrows get a bit of colour, that's it now.
We're all different, thank goodness.

I rarely wear it but I do remember reading that actually wearing makeup can save your skin from the effects from the sun .

mrsgreenfingers56

My late father used to say "Powder and paint make a woman what she ain't"

Always makes me laugh

I often wonder what young men think when the young lady they met the night before appears without her false eyelashes, thick brows and huge smoky eyes. Not to mention possible wigs and hair extensions, and lumps and bumps that had disappeared under the smoothing undergarments. Watching some of them on social media is a real eye opener - they look entirely different people once they are made up.

Although it's probably not much different to the women of the 40s and 50s who wore girdles, uplift bras and lots of makeup.

Granmarderby
Have you seen what we can do with a photo taken on a smart phone?
It’s called filters. You can change anything you want.

I wouldn’t open the door without make-up on. I feel ugly without it. I don’t look at myself in the mirror constantly, but I do know that I am wearing make-up so I know I look better than I do than when I first wake up. I also have dark rings under my eyes so I cover these daily anyway so I may as well go the whole hog.

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People are entitled to wear what they want, surely? Without being judged.

I wore foundation, blusher and eye shadow all through lockdown, even though I wouldn't see anyone apart from my husband and sons. It's my comfort blanket.

But I didn't wear a bra throughout the same period!!

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I don't wear any makeup at all and haven't since the pale pink lipstick, blue eyeshadow and clumpy mascara days of the seventies. I'm now 68, a bit wrinkled where the laughs have been, and a Scottish peelywally shade most of the year.

I think that people should do what they are comfortable with, so long as it hurts no-one. I suppose that some people who have spent some time on their make-up probably look at me, at a wedding say, and quietly make negative judgements. That's up to them.

I did notice the unquestioned assumptions in some of the posts here:

Most Pale ladies look better with a little make up on Better than...?

Other people take you more seriously, as though you have made an effort with your appearance and not let yourself go. So much to wonder about in this one sentence. 'take you more seriously'? 'made an effort'? 'let yourself go'?

piggy eyes Aren't eyes just eyes?

Why would you need your face to be more defined? Or describe its natural colour as washed out without makeup? Why would imperfections need to be concealed?

Why do some people feel the need to perpetuate the pervasive denial of normal aging processes by making themselves look younger?

I did state my belief at the beginning that people should do what they are comfortable with so long as it hurts no-one. Are some of these assumptions, evident through the language people unthinkingly use, responsible for many of our grandchildren (it's not restricted to the girls), feeling that their beautiful natural appearance, whatever it is, has to be modified through make-up, hormones, diets or phone filters to be acceptable to the outside world?

Georgesgran yes makeup can make you feel better if that's what folk want. As to clothes, why do so many females go about with just about a skirt? Tops slit down almost to the waist showing just about everything. Shorts so short they curl up and show just about all from the sides? Some say its fashion, others would say to show off. Kind of like makeup too with the false eyelashes, eyebrows either halfway up the forehead or meeting in the middle of their nose, acrylic nails like talons, I just can't figure it out. Bit of light foundation, couple of blinks of mascara, no eyebrows so a bit of if pencil and sometimes a dab of colour and touch of liostick and that's it for me, and not every day.

When I wear make-up, which I no longer do every day, I do so for the same reason I wear a bra, brush my hair or dress in neat and tidy clothes before going out. I feel doing this or just one single item on the list, enhances my looks.

So when I am ready to leave my bedroom, I look in the mirror, decide I look all right and go out.

Agreed, I do not see myself, but I feel more prepared to let others see me, rather then showing them the untidy woman who gets out of bed every morning.

less is definitely more as you get older - highlight the eyes and some lips. Nothing looks worse than heavy foundation emphasising wrinkles. IMO!

DotScot I do so agree. But the internet has been largely responsible for the hideous goldfish lips and other perverse body modifications.
Sure if your nose is not right whatever the reason and especially if you can’t breathe properly or anything that stops you getting on with your life and it is possible- get it sorted, same if your teeth aren’t right.
…But having naturally white skin (no matter how long you sunbathe or get burned) has since I was born been seen as an affliction hence American Tan tights and tanning lotions and sun beds.
Now though it’s nails like talons and glued on eyelashes and slug eyebrows. Which, - true is their choice but sometimes if you don’t do these things yourself you might be regarded as the weirdo.
Such a shame to see healthy kids with plump glowing skin and naturally shiny hair subject themselves to such unnecessary and expensive procedures and they won’t leave the house unless it's all perfect. What a burden on females mainly but now young boys too.

I have white eyelashes and eyebrows, I always wear mascara and eyeliner when going out, otherwise I look as though I have no eyelashes at all .

Love wearing make up. Takes minutes to apply and takes years off! If I forget to put it on, I always catch my face in the mirror and think I look tired. Most people comment how much younger than my age I look, so it must be doing some good!!
Do go out for a two mile walk every morning sans make up, so not too vain to be seen without it!