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Meme9

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 12:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I meant to also say I have seen very pretty ladies with makeup. Only to be surprised of how they look without makeup. Sometimes its like 2 different people. So they really should wear the makeup. If it would worked for me the same, I wouldn't go out without it.

Texannie

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I wear make up for the same reason I brush my hair, take a shower, get dressed, exercise, eat right..cause it's good for me and makes me happy.

Ginger1218

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, my nails and toes are always done. As far as makeup, I do not wear foundation on my face. I wear blush and some mascara and lipstick. If I didn't I feel like I would look half dead. But I really hardly wear any. Just the basics.

Neko

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 12:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I only wear eyeshadow, and lip gloss.

But that's only because I SUCK horribly at putting make-up on, and when I do feel the need that I HAVE to have it on, TheMom has to do it for me

I think that make-up and some womens NEED for it to be on, is only because of the media.
If they're was no TV, no magazines, no nothing, covered with "beautiful" maded-up (And computer air brushed) women, then we wouldn't feel the need to put the make-up on in the first place to try to look like them and compete with them.

Just my

Max

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 02:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I wear as little makeup as possible. Just never got into doing it. As I get older, I find that I do need a little bit of foundation to even out my skin tones, but the stuff I use is VERY minimal. If I feel like it, I'll toss in a little eye shadow (just a touch) and mascara. Lipstick goes on once in the morning and then I forget about it.

Of course, if I'm going out, I do a bit more, but it's still very minimal.

In the summertime, my nails (fingers and toes) are usually painted, but in the winter, the toes are covered by shoes and the fingernails tend to break, so they stay 'naked'.

I keep may hair short so that I don't have to fuss with it, either. I like to be able to get up, get showered, get "made up", get dressed, and get out the door within about a half hour in the morning, so it's all got to be streamlined. :)

Crossfire

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 02:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't wear any so I'll just talk about my preferences on those who do.

I am not a big fan of makeup. I tend to like natural appearances more, but in some cases will agree that I like it as well. So I guess as little as possible would be my preference, but it's not something I really concern myself with, whatever someone likes is fine with me.

Texannie

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 02:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Forgot to add, to me, the worst thing that someone can say is "your makeup looks so pretty"..that means I messed up. I am the one that is supposed to look pretty, NOT my makeup!

Fluff

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 02:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That's why I stay away from it. I don't want to forget to put it on and have to hear, "Ewww! Why do you look like that today?"


Watcha see is whatcha get.

Twiggyish

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 03:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I wear a little make-up at work. My skin is sensitive, and I can't wear most brands. (Clinique is good for me) I do wear a bit more for special occasions.

Ddr1135

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 03:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I use Clinique concealer, powder, mascara and a neutral lipstick. My ex hated it when I wore any makeup.

I was lucky and inherited the family eyelashes, long, curly and thick. Most people think I wear false eyelashes. But wait! Before you get jealous, usually when you inherit the eyelashes, you inherit the family butt too! LOL

Denecee

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 03:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hermione- You are beautiful!!

Neko- lol-My almost 18 yr old daughter will have me put makeup on her if she wears it. Then there is my 16 yr old who puts it on better than I do but is confident enough to go without makeup too.

Me- I wear a little most of the time. I hate the feeling of foundation on my skin but I will powder my nose. I buy alot more makeup than I wear thanks to having a good friend in the MaryKay bus. and one in the Avon.

Pantyhose? Cannot tolerate them.

Whoami

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 03:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My mom used to never leave the house without "putting on her eyebrows." Then, one day, she thought, "why bother?"

I grew up watching my two older sisters wince with pain while learning how to pluck their eyebrows. I remember thinking how awful it must be.

I guess my sisters were too busy with thier teen lives to be much interested in teaching me how to put on makeup. And my mom may have been entering the "why bother" stage by the time I thought I should learn how.

By the time I thought I could benefit from some makeup, the other girls my age had been wearing it for a while. I was too embarrased to ask anyone to show me how to do it, cause I felt I was "too old" and should know how to apply makeup by then. I tried mascera and eyeliner a few times, and looked so hideous I never tried again.

Never learned how to do it, and still have no clue. Now I see the big black bags under my eyes and think, "man, I really should learn how to do something about this if I ever want to do another job interview." No wonder the interviewers run away screaming.

Reiki

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 03:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have never worn much make-up and usually only on "special occassions". I have very sensitive skin so foundation was always out for me. I wore glasses for most of my life so eye-makeup seemed like a waste. I have always tended to immediately chew off any lipstick I've ever put on.

It is nice sometimes to get dressed up and all made up. I tend to get a reaction from my friends and family who are not used to seeing me "done up".

I do go through periods of intense nail polishing. I like to mix and match my nail colors and have been known to have painted my nails appropriate to the holidays for many years. But even that I take a break from because I feel it is damaging to my nails to repeatedly cover them up.

Hippyt

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 04:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I wear make-up everyday,I would feel naked without it. But,I really don't wear a lot,most days just translucent powder,blush,eyeliner and mascara.I add foundation if I'm going out,and lipstick. I like make-up,like Texannie says it makes me feel good. In the summer I keep my toes painted. I don't do my finger nails,except around Valentine's day,a bright red.

Dahli

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 04:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I love makeup - I buy itall the time and I wear it all the tim... putting on my face is such a fun ritual and when I go out for the evening I love to really do it up. There is so much cool stuff to try but I fear now I am hooked and wonder if there is a 12 step program for gals such as me.

Neko

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 04:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Who, I forgot that I have to "put on my eyebrows" every morning. ^_^
I've grown intolerent to the pain.
LOL

I have to do it ever morning because I have very dark hair and very natural large and bushy eyebrows..
So if I don't for just one day, it's very noticeable.
And I was also teased when I was younger about my eyebrows so that's probably another reason why I have to do it everyday..
Gag..

And Denecee, I wish I was your 16 year old daugther. LOL
At least in the "knowing how to put make-up on"

Grannyg

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 04:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I wear makeup everyday. Without it I look like I am very sick. It covers up the age spots and adds a little color. And now that I have found Spy for Mary Kay, I am once again a happy camper. Their makeup also helps with my dry skin and adds moisture back. I look at makeup as a protection against the elements of nature. Wind, cold, sun, etc. I don't buy a lot of excess but I use everything I buy. Hey, after 50 I need all the help I can get!! Do not wear lipstick only chapstick. Have my nails done every 2 weeks. And have my hair colored every 6 weeks. I'm telling ya after 50 it's all maintenance!!

Sabbatia

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 05:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Like BigD, I was raised in the south, and taught that you never leave the house without makeup and your hair done. (there were also rules for clothes, but we wont' go there!) Having said that, I don't do big hair, and I strive for a natural look with the makeup. I'm so terribly pale, I would look dead without some help. SO, I guess we can say I use makeup to enhance my natural beauty. I pretty much freaked after my lasik surgery when I couldn't wear any eye makeup for two weeks. BTW, it was my Dad that once told me I needed to go put on some makeup!! As for nails, I have a hard time painting in the lines, but my toenails are always painted, and the fingers are when I have the patience.

Spygirl

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 06:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Spy swears that she didn't pay Granny anything to say that....swear...really...but Granny'll certainly get a surprise with her next order! LOL

Squaredsc

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 07:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i don't wear makeup. when i was a mid to late teens i used to use eyeliner, vaseline on the eyelashes and brows and lips. i only wore lipstick when going out which wasn't often. now i will wear lipstick maybe once every other year to go out. but no eyeliner anymore, but i use vaseline for brows and lips. i keep vaseline or chapstick in my purse and at my desk at work.

i get my brows waxed and fingernails done every 3 wks, and in the summer i get a pedicure with a design on the big toe and rhinestones. i don't have the time nor the desire to put on a face. my mom doesn't wear makeup at all, oops but she does put on her eyebrows.

Crossfire

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 07:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Is it too soon to invite Marysafan back into the room for the rest of the story?

I'm ready for the rest of the story.

Bastable

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 07:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't really notice when women don't wear make-up, but I certainly notice when they wear too much. So I guess that means I prefer a natural woman.

When a woman has lots of make-up on, smells like a perfume factory, or has clearly had cosmetic surgery, I can't help thinking, "What is she trying to hide?"

Grooch

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 08:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh............ Bastable............

I am soooooooooo biting my tongue on your last post.

The company I work for is owned by the French, and I have manage to avoid the boycott the French thread, but that comment about smelling like a perfume factory and what one is hiding.....

....resisting very strong urge to post..............

............ makeup thread good........ Hot Topic threads bad.....................

.......ACK!................

Grooch

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 08:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
head exploding

Bastable

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 08:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't really mean that they ACTUALLY have something to hide... I just immediately start wondering what they look like under all that stuff. When you're a guy and you don't have to put on make-up, you think of stuff like that!

I grew up in the South and every woman wore pounds of the stuff when I was a kid. It always made me think that women were some kind of mystical creatures whose very existence depended on their abilities to control their appearances. Anyone else know what I mean about that?