Ladies (and gentleman), let's talk about make-up for a second...

[luckyse7enz]

I was hanging out with a woman friend the other day and she has two young daughters. One of the daughters is four, the other is three, and she was telling me that the four-year old asks her for her make-up.

I go "Well, do you let her use it?"

She says, "No. She's way too young. It's weird seeing little girls out here with all that make-up."

"Well, when IS it the right time and how do you explain that it's time to start?"

She says that her mom started off by letting her use colored lip tint around 12 or so. She doesn't really do much more than mascara and lipstick/gloss, but she's very attractive either way. She says that it would be up to the girls, but she wouldn't let them dabble in any make-up before 9th grade.

So, my question is...when did YOU start wearing make-up?

What made you want to start wearing it? Why do you wear it now?

Do you wear as much now as you did when you started (more or less)?

If you had a daughter, when would you let her start wearing it? Would you ask if she wanted to or would you wait until she asked you?

 

[Ricky Church]

thread is wild mango.

 

[luckyse7enz]

thread is wild mango.

Haha...well, breh. The big question is "if you had a daughter and she wanted to wear make-up, when would you let it happen" or would you let it happen at all?

On one hand, she's going to do it anyway, but on the other hand, you don't want her becoming one of these Instagram broads early on with a bunch of pedos hitting "like".

You know what I mean?

 

[Raava]

So, my question is...when did YOU start wearing make-up?

Technically I started very young because I was in dance. I had performances that required make up. So it was more costume dress up type thing for the longest. I think that had a part in me not really care to wear it other times.

I started wearing it just cause in college.

What made you want to start wearing it? Why do you wear it now?

I don't know maybe because I use to see my mom growing up. It's just part of being a woman like, painting nails or wearing heels.

I usually only when I go out. I never wear a lot when I do. To enhance my eye shape. I like playing with lipstick colors and rarely use eye shadow. I like to use certain colors with certain looks. To me it is part of an outfit.
Do you wear as much now as you did when you started (more or less)?

I wear about the same. It's not an everyday thing and it's not a lot when I do. I always had a thing about fake representation. I want someone to like me for just me without enhancements so when I don't wear it I don't like like a totally different person. Most of the time I just have on glossy lip balm.

If you had a daughter, when would you let her start wearing it? Would you ask if she wanted to or would you wait until she asked you?
I don't know. Not before her sophomore year in high school for sure. I wouldn't ask, I would wait for her to say something to me. I would try to stress natural looks and that it's necessity it's an accessory.

She could play with it like for dress up if she wanted. I would want her to have a clear idea of what is for when you grow up and what is not. I had that. Somethings I just didn't care to do until I was an adult because that is what I was taught.

 

[End Cruelty]

My daughter will be able to wear make-up when she's old enough to buy her own pillowcases.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

My daughter is 8 and her first time putting on makeup was just last week. She got a monster high makeup kit in her Easter basket.

She's asked about it before and I always told her she has to wait till she gets older. For one its for covering up flaws, which she has none, and two it's for attracting men , which she shouldn't be concerned with for at least another 10 years.

She knew all of this and snuck and put it on anyway. It was only some eye shadow and some blush but, It was ether to my sole brehs

My little girl is growing up

I didn't make her take it off, but I told her and I confiscated her little kit.

I don't know what it is that makes her want to wear it so bad, my wife doesn't even wear makeup.

Popular images are horrible for little girls. We don't even have cable and I can still see how she's being influenced by pop culture.

This next 10 years is gonna be real tough

 

[luckyse7enz]

If you had a daughter, when would you let her start wearing it? Would you ask if she wanted to or would you wait until she asked you?
I don't know. Not before her sophomore year in high school for sure. I wouldn't ask, I would wait for her to say something to me. I would try to stress natural looks and that it's necessity it's an accessory.

She could play with it like for dress up if she wanted. I would want her to have a clear idea of what is for when you grow up and what is not. I had that. Somethings I just didn't care to do until I was an adult because that is what I was taught.

Let's say you're stressing natural looks and telling her she's beautiful (as we all should if we have daughters), what do you do when she starts making a connection that make-up makes her "prettier" or if she goes, "Why do you wear it, mom? You're already so pretty."

My daughter is 8 and her first time putting on makeup was just last week. She got a monster high makeup kit in her Easter basket.

She's asked about it before and I always told her she has to wait till she gets older. For one its for covering up flaws, which she has none, and two it's for attracting men , which she shouldn't be concerned with for at least another 10 years.

She knew all of this and snuck and put it on anyway. It was only some eye shadow and some blush but, It was ether to my sole brehs

My little girl is growing up

I didn't make her take it off, but I told her and I confiscated her little kit.

I don't know what it is that makes her want to wear it so bad, my wife doesn't even wear makeup.

Popular images are horrible for little girls. We don't even have cable and I can still see how she's being influenced by pop culture.

This next 10 years is gonna be real tough

That's what I've been thinking about. My homie had a Sega Genesis when I had Nintendo, so I wanted one. Kids get to school and see it there, so they want it....and then it gets pushed everywhere else. shyt's tough, breh. Stay strong. :wowwow:

 

[Rawtid]

I've never worn a full face of makeup. Tinted moisturizer and some color on my eyes at the most. I wouldn't let my daughter wear make up until high school if that's what she wanted.

 

[tater]

So, my question is...when did YOU start wearing make-up?

I started wearing make up at 16.

What made you want to start wearing it? Why do you wear it now?

I wanted to start wearing it because my mom did and I wanted to be a woman like she was.

Do you wear as much now as you did when you started (more or less)?

I wear eyeliner, mascara, blush/bronzer, and if I'm trying to look fancy, I'll wear concealer under my eyes.

If you had a daughter, when would you let her start wearing it? Would you ask if she wanted to or would you wait until she asked you?

16. I don't think I was worse off for it. I would wait until she asked me. I don't wear a lot of make up so...

 

[Raava]

Let's say you're stressing natural looks and telling her she's beautiful (as we all should if we have daughters), what do you do when she starts making a connection that make-up makes her "prettier" or if she goes, "Why do you wear it, mom? You're already so pretty."

You just continue to tell her she is beautiful either way or she looks so pretty with her natural face. She would take that to heart I would drill that in. Kids are very impressionable even when they think it's one way...you can get them to think it's the other way. It is best to give them a foundation while they still look up to you before outside influences. Hopefully she thinks like me, when I was little I didn't look at it as being prettier I just looked at it as having on make up.

Children also learn more through observation. I don't wear foundation, or contouring ect. I basically look the same or I should say there isn't such a dramatic change. She will observe how little and when I wear it. I would tell her the same reasons I stated above. Its an accessory, its part of being a woman...at least it use to be. I would say I am not wearing it to be prettier, I am wearing it as part of an outfit. I wore this color lip because I have on these colors ect...She would see me natural more than make up. She wouldn't see me having to "put on my face" before I leave the house. So, it won't be a thing as far as it makes me beautiful.

Edit: I also to use it to hide flaws either so she won't get that thought from me.

 

[Arishok]

I started wearing makeup at 19 and even now I only wear it when I'm going out, I'm makeup free most of the time. shyt is too time consuming.

My younger cousin (who is now 8) loves makeup and wears it but she likes it as more of a play thing than actually wearing it out to Chuck E. Cheese or something like that.

 

[mortuus est]

My daughter is 8 and her first time putting on makeup was just last week. She got a monster high makeup kit in her Easter basket.

She's asked about it before and I always told her she has to wait till she gets older. For one its for covering up flaws, which she has none, and two it's for attracting men , which she shouldn't be concerned with for at least another 10 years.

She knew all of this and snuck and put it on anyway. It was only some eye shadow and some blush but, It was ether to my sole brehs

My little girl is growing up

I didn't make her take it off, but I told her and I confiscated her little kit.

I don't know what it is that makes her want to wear it so bad, my wife doesn't even wear makeup.

Popular images are horrible for little girls. We don't even have cable and I can still see how she's being influenced by pop culture.

This next 10 years is gonna be real tough

u got any pics?

 

[sanityovar8ted]

Only makeup I wear is eyeliner. Its too hot in tx for all that other shyt. Once my daughter is 16 I will allow eyeliner, she wears tinted lip gloss on occasions now but its very rare.

 

[Elle Driver]

I wasn't allowed to wear makeup. If my brothers or pops caught me with colored lips, they'd wipe it off. I became a tomboy because of them. I wear it on occasion, you gotta be really precise with it, which takes a lot of time unless you're used to doing it. It's fun. I like it, I have a few trunks, I like all of the pretty colors and shyt but I don't use it everyday.

I would let my daughter start wearing it, it's not a big deal. Do whatever you want with your face.