Makeup at 10 years old?

Sorry to anyone who allows or thinks it’s good for a 10 year old to be in make up. I don’t mean playing around with friends I mean allowed to go out or even encouraged by mothers giving these awful, make up, pamper parties which just teach girls they have to alter their looks to be accepted and that looks are the most important part of them . A dreadful message

There is a huge difference between trying a bit of your older sister or mums lippy on in the bedroom to encouraging girls to think that looks are the only important thing about them.

Those American beauty pageants are the absolute pits and should be banned imo I hope they never get popular over here

Lovely though Princess Charlotte looked, calendar, she didn't look like other girls of her age.

It's nothing new for young Girls to like make up. I think I was about 10 when I was given some Blue eye shadow, I thought I looked like the "Bees Knees ', my Mum had no issue with it.

My DD when she was at similar age, I organised a Lady who did" Girls Make up Parties" to hold one our house for her and some friends for her Birthday party.
All girls mature at different rates, I know it's not unusual for girls to start their Periods around 9- 10 years these days.

I’ve never been into make up or hair.

I see girls walking to the local grammar school, hair, make up, perfume….

Anyone would think they were on a night out, not going to school.

Miss W, our senior mistress 60 odd years ago, would have had a heart attack if we had arrived at school dolled up like they are nowadays.

As for 10 year olds, look at Princess Charlotte attending church on Christmas Day or the Royal Carol Service.

Looked stunning for her age, but so natural and unspoiled.

Long may it continue.

BlueBelle

Dreadful but nothing you can do about it thank goodness all mine were about 14 when they started and then just for special occasions not daily
I detest the idea of these make up parties and pamper parties it just teaches girls they need to be into all this stuff to be attractive which is a sure fire way of them not feeling attractive without it
There are so many better parties they could be having and at 10 I d rather see them romping around getting sweaty than learning how to put eyeshadow and lipstick on

Were you 10 Eazybee when you were buying pink ice
lipstick?

When I was 10 I was picking out the red Smarties, licking them and rubbing them over my lips.

Social media and marketing are pushing products these young girls really don't need.
As they get older the pressure will be on for more and more which could lead to 'having work done' such as botox etc.

I was a teenager in the 1970's and only wore mascara and lippy, the natural look was part of the feminist revival.
Its a sad start of affairs in my opinion.

Granddaughters are aged 11&12 and all their school friends seem to want face cream, hand cream, lip gloss, mascara, nails done( not for school). Also, they like a lot of experimenting with hair styles etc. Seems to be the trend now. Most grans here probably got interested in such things at 13-15 yrs old? Therefore 10/11/12 does seem too young to most of us. However, I feel my daughter keeps a good balanced attitude with her girls, and certainly wouldn’t let them go out looking ridiculous or overdone for their age.

If it takes more than five minutes then it takes too long.
However, I look wan without any at all so I use some if I'm going out, Grammaretto.

If you look fine without any, don't bother (lucky you!).

I can remember getting very excited putting on stage makeup for a school performance aged about 11. Then I would try my big sister's makeup or mum's, without them knowing.

Later the fashion was black eye makeup up and pale face, even pale lips. I was told I looked like a corpse.

What once shocked me was seeing a baby with pierced ears and earrings. Looked like child abuse but apparently is quite common.

I hardly wear makeup now but perhaps ought to start. Is it ever too late?

Ps younger one is a teenager, not 10.

I have noticed mothers asking for advice re pamper and makeup parties for 8 year olds on a local social media page!

kittylester

*Cariadagain*, 15 was about when I started to wear makeup but that's over 60 years ago. I think things have moved on.

Yes, they have. I've noticed younger DGD plastering in the makeup as her older sister did in her early teens. Older DGD has toned hers down a lot, it's subtle and applied carefully and looks so much better, enhances rather than covers.

I wouldn't encourage it but nor would I criticise in any way.

I think it’s too young. My gd aged 9 has nail varnish, eye shadow lipstick etc and a special drawer in her dressing table to hold it all. Dd encourages it so I put up and shut up.

Back in the sixties I was using make-up at age 13-ish but was pretty useless at it. My dad used to say "Get that muck off your faee" and "Why are you wearing a belt instead of a skirt?" It did me no harm. Some girls were like me, some not. We all grew up okay.

I soon got fed up of trying to look like I thought I should, and reverted to using very little make-up. I'm even lazier now - but so are lots of others in their seventies.

I was never much of a make up user in my youth, nor were my daughters, at 25 and 28 they still rarely wear make up.

IMO, there’s a world of difference between young girls playing with make up and experimenting with on their own homes, also using it for “shows” as in dance and drama, snd going out dressed to the nines in full face make up at 10 years old, I just don’t like it.

Far too young. Kids of that age wearing makeup look sad and pathetic. My great niece is currently dancing in panto. She is 13 and I don’t even like seeing her wearing makeup but I understand they have to wear it on stage. Her parents won’t let her wear makeup otherwise.

Cariadagain, 15 was about when I started to wear makeup but that's over 60 years ago. I think things have moved on.

Any girl who takes part in dancing or drama shows will be used to.putting on make up.

I would say she is unusual for wanting it at that age - teenage (ie 15 upwards) maybe. But that age?!!!!!

I can only think of one young girl I have ever noticed wearing make-up - think she must have been around 8 - and I put it down (fake eyelashes ...the lot) to her not being British (would guess she was Arabic). But I've never ever seen a young British girl in make-up that I can recollect.

Maybe things vary across the country and they don't do so in West Wales (apart from that Arabic girl) and they don't do so either in my southern home city (as it's a genuine university city - and there are basically two "looks" there if things are still the same as they were when I moved here, which could be summed-up as "university student from real university" on the one hand or "where's the cheap pram at too young an age?" on the other hand.

So - yep I'd be feeling wary personally at that age - ie as to whether she might be giving out the "wrong message"...

Little girls want to grow up and look older, etc. It's a natural part of the growth process. It's sort of like people who drink and smoke, and exhibit that behavior to the kids, and then wonder why the kids want to do it. No one needs to wear makeup. It makes us all look artificial. I did that for a while to make myself "look better" but I am what I am. My dad always said, "A little powder and a little paint, will make a girl look like what she ain't."

Ooh, I'd forgotten the nails. Mine buy those stick on nails. Hideous things

My GDs are 15, 14 and 11.

The 15 year old has highlights in her hair, done at the salon. No make-up, but skincare stuff.
The 14 year old uses mascara and lip gloss, no other make-up, but uses skincare products.
The youngest uses skincare things, no make-up, but has gel nail polish applied at a nail bar, for special occasions.

Thanks for the replies. Yes I am not intending to say anything. In any case they don’t live locally so we see them only every few months…..and come March say, the focus will be on other things. I was just sounding out the current ‘make up scene’, I still don’t think it’s the best idea,,,,but I can see that she’s not unusual.

My DGD at 8 years started experimenting (at her own volition) and looked ghastly.

She's given up age 9 as no one said anything either way.

Do we think to depended on whether our mum/DD's and DiL's Mum wear a lot of make up and skin care time?

DiL just does for special occasions and has some nice skin care, but that's it.

My mum used to just bung a little lippy on for "best" and none of us ever bothered very much.

I went through a "Jackie" stage with Rimmel but gave it up after the day I put foundation on and painted careful freckles on as recommended by Twiggy.

My younger sibs thought it was a hoot and rolled around laughing. End of attempts.

It is really down to her parents, isn't it? And, presumably, she is not much different from other girls her age so I think you gave to just go with the flow.

All 4 of our granddaughters have been similar and, the way I see it, it's all a part of growing up albeit earlier than previous generations.

Dreadful but nothing you can do about it thank goodness all mine were about 14 when they started and then just for special occasions not daily
I detest the idea of these make up parties and pamper parties it just teaches girls they need to be into all this stuff to be attractive which is a sure fire way of them not feeling attractive without it
There are so many better parties they could be having and at 10 I d rather see them romping around getting sweaty than learning how to put eyeshadow and lipstick on

Were you 10 Eazybee when you were buying pink ice
lipstick?