Going without make up

CathyMoran

I must admit that I like my lipstick but I could certainly live without it - if I am going out on a special date I will push to mascara and a SMALL bit of eyeshaddow and at the moment am having a craving for the color purple but I don't feel that I need it at all. I do occasionally have the urge to have very vibrant nails if that counts but that is as far as it goes.

I never understood foundation, it does not feel nice for one and I do not see why people wear it.

LivingDeadGirl

No I couldn't go with out make up for a month, I love it too much, its my hobby I don't wear full make up everyday though, but I HAVE to wear mascara(fair eyelashes), concealer(worst under eye circles you've ever seen) and powder to set it. That's my minimum if I'm going to leave the house. I also have quite bad skin due to stress atm so I'm wearing foundation more often.

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The_Conductor

I'm very much of the school of thought that 'little is more' concerning makeup. The big problem that most guys moan about- is the total lack of regard a considerable number of women have for the proper application of appropriate makeup.

I fully accept that many women like to wear makeup on a night out- what really makes me gag though is layer upon layer of foundation and concealer caked up, fake tan, eye shadow that looks like something from a cheap zombie movie- and perfume that some poor animal would be proud of as an enemy repellent...... If you go out any night- there are a considerable number of women without a notion in the world about the appropriate use of makeup.

What is incredibly disppointing- is women who are naturally pretty or beautiful, but feel some unfathomable urge, to hide behind the fakeness of layers of makeup- and totally destroy their natural beauty- or their lovely clear skin.

Lots of guys are of the opinion that women who wear quantities of makeup must have something to hide- as indeed some do- but many are simply misguided and do themselves no favours whatsover.

There does seem to be different categories and scenarios for different types of makeup mishaps. The night-out crowd- tend to be younger- and focus on ridiculous amounts of foundation. The younger 'at work' crowd with concealer in blobs, and really bizarre eye makeup (or warpaint as many guys call it), the slightly older (err more mature) woman who sees makeup as a measure of respectability- and in some cases would be embarassed without it.

I often think that many attractive women are somehow peer-pressured into wearing wholly inappropriate makeup, by their less attractive group members- and just don't have the confidence to be themselves.........

Personally I'd be far more at ease sitting down and chatting with a woman in a work context or elsewhere- if she wasn't caked in makeup, was herself- and not trying to portray an image of what she imagines she 'should be'.

Perhaps it is a confidence thing- but personally I think many many women would be very pleasantly surprised by the reactions a considerable reduction and different approach to their makeup routines might bring.......

rainbow kirby

I don't wear make-up at all. I don't even wear it going out. It's just one of those things that annoys the crap out of me for no apparent reason. I'd have more difficulty with being forced to wear make-up for a month...

Very rarely wear it. Maybe once in a while some eye make up, and if I'm going out because it's part of the fun, but that's mostly eye makeup. I like my skin - I just like the makeup to emphasise my eyes. I only got my first blusher recently !
I think I look grand without it though granted I'll stick on some light eyeliner if I look particularly exhausted in work some mornings

quickbeam

I'd be like rainbow kirby - I'd have more of a problem using makeup for a month than going without it. I hardly ever wear any. Even on a normal night out. If it's a special occasion, like a wedding or something, I'll make more of an effort but I don't enjoy the experience, and don't really know how to apply it. Far from feeling naked without it, I actually feel like a clown when I have some on, especially a few times when I've had it done professionally. I couldn't wait to get home and wash it off. Sometimes I feel I should wear it more often to improve how I look but I'd rather look a bit dodgy without makeup than look like a clown with it. It's also crazy how expensive it all adds up to be. I'd rather spend money on other things, and time doing other things.

SW81

Well you're all very lucky to be able to not wear make up but I have scars from when I had very bad acne so no I couldn't go a month without it. Some of us need to wear it to feel half human unfortunately.

Aoibheann

I generally just wear make-up on nights out - eyeliner, maybe a bright eyeshadow depending on what I'm wearing, concealer (if I need it.. generally will only wear it when sleep-deprived) and some benetint occasionally because I it. So that's 4 things, max. I can definitely do without them, but I like wearing them on a night out purely because it does make me look that little bit different than I do by day, and also because I like my eyes, and this helps me enhance them.

But yes, I could manage a month without make-up. I'd miss my eyeliner, but I could struggle on without it.

zoology lady

I understand the point about men being put off by too much, and I agree women with clear skin don't need it, I've a few friends who are blessed with clear skin, even tone and amazing lashes, some of them wear make-up some don't it's their choice.
But I NEED make-up, I recently went to college without it, and I got asked by friends/lecturers and randomers wondering if I was sick and commenting on my acne. I would rather be naked {trust me it wouldn't be pretty} for a year than go without make-up for a week.
And If I put men off ,...meh it's who I am.

rainbowtrout

quickbeam wrote: »

I'd be like rainbow kirby - I'd have more of a problem using makeup for a month than going without it. I hardly ever wear any. Even on a normal night out. If it's a special occasion, like a wedding or something, I'll make more of an effort but I don't enjoy the experience, and don't really know how to apply it. Far from feeling naked without it, I actually feel like a clown when I have some on, especially a few times when I've had it done professionally. I couldn't wait to get home and wash it off. Sometimes I feel I should wear it more often to improve how I look but I'd rather look a bit dodgy without makeup than look like a clown with it. It's also crazy how expensive it all adds up to be. I'd rather spend money on other things, and time doing other things.

same story here. I never wear any makeup, I've only worn it about 5 times in my whole life,and I've found other people seem to have a bigger problem with it who do wear it. I'd also feel like a clown wearing it. The few times I've worn it it's been done in a salon for weddings, college balls etc (because i wouldn't be able to do it) . I've had plenty of comments from different people of the type 'I'd never be able to go without make-up' but the undertone is 'I can't believe you don't wear any going out at the weekend'. I feel really uncomfortable wearing it, I don't like looking an unnatural colour and I'd probably have it all over the place from rubbing my eyes or scratching my face. I don't think I could spend my night out worrying about what my makeup looked like and touching it up over the course of the night. I'm lucky that I have good quite skin generally but I'd prefer to let air and sunlight get to it rather than have it covered up all day.

Even my own mother has passed comment of the type 'you'll never be able to get a job if you don't wear make up to interviews, all women have to wear make up to look their best'

Aisling(",)

i could easily go a month without make up,only really wear it on nights out anyway.

think i look better with make up on but i generally manage to feck it up so i end up getting annoyed about it,also most eye make up irritates my eyes after a while.

b3t4

No. No. No.

I love my makeup. It brightens up my day and sometimes my skin, eyes and lips

Work is the minimal look and sometimes I'll go out with the minimal look but sometimes I love spending AGES on my eyes before I go out.

Himself doesn't mind whatever way I have it. He likes that I can be naked faced around him and that sometimes I venture out without any on. He watched me, fascinated, putting my makeup on one day and he declared 'there's a lot more too it than I thought'

orlypops

Nah, I don't think I would go a month without it.
I wouldn't want to either.

I actually just enjoy doing my makeup in the morning.
I'd usually have dark eyes, but I could go a month without that because I don't feel like I need that. I just like it.
But a month without foundation? I don't think I'd be able to do that.

Censorsh!t

I only ever wear eye makeup. I'm too lazy to wear foundation even on nights out.

The Sweeper

I don't have great skin tone - I have pale, freckly skin, so I always have shadows under my eyes. My eyelashes and eyebrows are palest blonde, so if I don't tint them they don't show up.

Mineral make up is the best invention in the known world, IMO - I can dust a layer over my face and it takes off shine and evens up skin tone without making me look as though I'm wearing makeup at all.

I usually use a brush of mineral powder, an eyebrow pencil and a mascara wand.

If I'm off out on a big night I'll add eye makeup to that list. I'm not a lipstick wearer.

I frequently go without makeup quite happily, but I can look very tired and drawn if I haven't been looking after my skin and, shall we say, airbrushing around the edges.

Crumble Froo

much as i've love to say hte opposite was true... i hate hate hate going out without eyeliner on. hate it. rarely do though. but hate hate hate it.

Caoimhín

For what it is worth, i dont like make up on a lady at all.

Fluorescence

Hmmm... No make-up for a month? I don't think I'd like it too much.

Guys are always going on about how women shouldn't wear make-up and how much better they look without it. I think they're only talking about women who wear TOO much though, so much that I'm almost tempted to put a nail up to their face and see how thick it is! The thing is, people like me with really horribly blotchy skin need it to look somewhat normal! I wear light makeup so I'm far from orange... and guys wouldn't even realise I'm wearing any except for the eyeliner lol

But I NEED make-up, I recently went to college without it, and I got asked by friends/lecturers and randomers wondering if I was sick and commenting on my acne. I would rather be naked {trust me it wouldn't be pretty} for a year than go without make-up for a week.
And If I put men off ,...meh it's who I am

I'm exactly the same

stupidsometimes

I'm a nurse and I used never wear makeup to work but I eventually got sick of the patients asking me was I alright because I looked so unwell. So I started wearing makeup. On a typical day I wear foundation, concealer, powder, bronzer, eyeshadow, mascara and eye liner. Sounds like alot but it is fairly minimal and most people think I am wearing none. It gives me a healthy glow but isn't trashy. Too much makeup would give the wrong impression to the patients. It takes me no more than two minutes to do my makeup.

If I was going on a night out I would spend more time on my eyes and making sure all my old acne scars are well covered instead of the quick rub over I get in the morning.

I normally get about a year out of foundation so it doesn't cost me a fortune.

I don't wear makeup on my days off unless I am going on a date with the bf or meeting up with some of my friends. they are the perfect skinned permatanned variety so I need to look like I am alive when I am meeting them or else I feel like a sick looking ugly duckling.

SarcasticFairy

I could if you forced me to, but I wouldn't do it by choice.
I love my make-up, not so much as a mask, I just like experimenting with it, and playing with colours and that sort of thing.

I don't mind leaving the house with no make-up on, but usually I'll stick on a little concealer over my quite unbelievable dark circles, just to make myself look less tired. On an average day though I would wear foundation, concealor, pale pink blusher, and mascara. If I have time to throw something on my eyes I will, if not, mneh.

Make up is essential when it comes to getting all dolled up though. I think I'd feel a little bit naked without some kind of something on my face on a night out though. I don't know, I guess I'm just used to getting pretty dramatic with my eye make-up for nights out, so it would weird wearing nothing.

Cathmandooo

I'd definitely miss it. I was without it while on holidays over the past week due to the heat but got to put it on for an evening and enjoyed wearing it. I put it on everyday for work. Why? It does make me feel better / prettier. Is that a crime? Does it mean I have no self confidence? I think not. I feel its similar to the spring in your step that new shoes can give. Do people always notice your new shoes? No of course not but you know they're there and it makes you feel good. If it was causing skin problems for me then I'd reconsider, but my skin is pretty clear and I clean it off well everyday.

Having said that if I'm lounging around the house all day I wouldn't put it on and yes I'm very capable of going to the shops/cinema type place without it, I just wouldn't like to for a whole month.

Hermione*

I could go without make-up, if needs be. I generally wouldn't wear much anyways, and less at weekends. Most foundations these days are a very light formulation - it need not look like a mask. Mine is nearly unnoticeable. Eye make-up looks better balanced out by a little foundation imo.

I simply couldn't imagine going to work without make-up. I'd prefer to be five minutes late. I'd feel like a scruffy student or the summer intern without a little make-up. This is probably exacerbated by the fact that I work in a very professional office, with people who are mostly 20 or more years older than me. Make-up is just another tool, like heels or tailored clothes, to help me feel professional and authoritative when dealing with people twenty and thirty years older than me.

sam34

i could definitely take or leave make-up.

for the last month or so, ive worn it every day to work, and i do think it gives me a bit more confidence. having said that, i could decide on a whim tomorrow morning just not to bother with it.

what i use is foundation and blusher, eye-liner and eye-shadow.
never wear mascara, as i cant apply it properly and plus i rub my eyes and streak it.

i could easily go without it for a month, wouldnt bother me.

ash:)

I totally agree with you...i rarely wear makeup durin the day..and if i do its just a bit of mascara and tinted moisteriser...especially durin the summer!:D

RxQueen

zoology lady wrote: »

I understand the point about men being put off by too much, and I agree women with clear skin don't need it, I've a few friends who are blessed with clear skin, even tone and amazing lashes, some of them wear make-up some don't it's their choice.
But I NEED make-up, I recently went to college without it, and I got asked by friends/lecturers and randomers wondering if I was sick and commenting on my acne. I would rather be naked {trust me it wouldn't be pretty} for a year than go without make-up for a week.
And If I put men off ,...meh it's who I am.

well tbh they're just incredably rude people, to comment about your skin like that


i havent got clear skin, my god far from it, but i wouldnt leave that put me off not wearing make up during the day

i havent wore make up during the day in id say way past 3 months.

chocgirl

I love make-up I wear it every single day without exception. In fact I've worn it every day since I was 15(I'm 25), unless I was too sick to physically get out of bed. I suppose a certain amount of it is confidence, I would find it extremely hard to go into work without make up, feel like people wouldn't trust me as much.

I usually wear foundation, concealer, blusher, lipgloss, eyeshadow and mascara. Sounds like a lot but don't wear much of any of them and it only takes me a couple of minutes.

A couple of my friends don't wear make up at all and feel the need to constantly question my choosing to do so when I have good skin, which really annoys me. Hate it being implied that I'm trying to "impress" by wearing it as well. Anyway enough ranting I just wouldn't go without it.

Kinetic^

The gf doesn't wear much at all thank christ. I can't stand cake faces or lipstick. The constant lip balm application that some women do is insane, I reckon some of them end up eating half of the stuff.

Michellenman

I don't wear foundation. Just feels too heavy on my face.

I'll wear concealer and mascara if I need it. And Probably translucent powder if I'm a bit shiny that day.

Then I go all out on my eyes for a night out.

Feck it sure, if it makes you feel more confident and attractive then go for it.

littlebug

I rarely wear any make up. Maybe on a night out but since they are few and far between I can easily go for months without wearing make up. When I do, it's just mascara and maybe some pale foundation or powder. i've got bigish lips so I think I look clownish in lipstick. I wouldn't know what to do with eyeliner tbh
Like Rainbowkirby being made to wear make up for a month would be torture for me.

Dolbert

The only thing I feel like I have to wear every day is mascara, as I have blond/ invisible eyelashes, and if I ever go without it everyone feels ther need to comment :rolleyes:

Lorrs33

I definitely could, but sometimes I consider being one of those girls who wear it everyday because there are days when I look in the mirror and I think 'oh my god, did I just go out in public looking like that?' My female friends encourage me wearing it more, but my guy friends insist that I'm better off without it. The problem for me, however, is that make-up irritates my skin and eyes, especially mascara. I wore Clinique mascara last night and my eyes are killing me at the moment

~nop~

I don't feel dressed without my make up on. Not because I feel horrifically ugly without it, but because for me it's part of the process of getting up in the morning, along with having a shower, picking out clothes, washing my face and brushing my teeth. For that reason I'd find it very odd to go out without it, because having it on is something I'm accustomed to.

I also think it's very very easy for lots of people to say how sad it is that others always feel the need to wear make up, but as someone who has suffered from acne and who has a little sister who does, there is no question but that it can up ones confidence 500%, and that the reactions you get are much more positive all round, whether people like to admit it or not.

midlandsmissus

~nop~ wrote: »

I don't feel dressed without my make up on. Not because I feel horrifically ugly without it, but because for me it's part of the process of getting up in the morning, along with having a shower, picking out clothes, washing my face and brushing my teeth. For that reason I'd find it very odd to go out without it, because having it on is something I'm accustomed to.

I also think it's very very easy for lots of people to say how sad it is that others always feel the need to wear make up, but as someone who has suffered from acne and who has a little sister who does, there is no question but that it can up ones confidence 500%, and that the reactions you get are much more positive all round, whether people like to admit it or not.

Hi nop.

I actually do suffer from adult onset acne, where it flares up probably for a month every three months. I still wouldnt wear make up during those times. I just think 'it's my face f*ck you!' kind of thing . But I am naturally a very confident person I suppose.

Sure if it makes you feel good wear it, it doesn't make me, I prefer being fresh faced.

I have this convesation with my mother who wears alot of make up, and she'd be like 'would you not wear a bit more make up' probably everytime I see her, and I'd be like 'Im happy with myself the way I am,why hide behind a mask all the time etc'.And she'd say 'Yeah but putting it on makes you feel good' and I'd be like 'No it makes YOU feel good!'

Different strokes for different folks

banshee_bones

For years i never wore makeup except for when i would go out.

Recently because of my job have started wearing makeup*.
(*tinted moisturiser,highlighter,concealer,mascara&bronzer)

The thing is though no one notices i am!Which is fine with me i love that look.
(Two regulars at the bar actually debated this infront of me one day! swore blind i wasnt wearing any and i had to correct them and tell them i was.)


Personally for me I think makeup (on me anyway) looks better under artificial light, im alot more self concious about wearing makeup in daylight if ya get me?
So if im working during the day I would wear even less than the minimal that i wear normally! and i too have got that "you look tired" thing off lads at work who have seen me rarely during a day off without makeup!
(coz i dont wear makeup on my days off!)

Pythia

I would never go into work without make up on. I would go to the shop or whatever though. Just much prefer how I look with it on!

BubbleWrap85

I enjoy wearing make up, and experimenting, and using different colours to emphasis my eyes, or match my top or whatever. I could go for a month without wearing it, and have no problem letting people see me without it.

My boyfriend saw me from the v start without make up, and even when I have make up on he has commented several times how he likes it as it looks so natural.

If I'm hot, or stressed etc I get flushed cheeks so I like to wear a light layer of powder foundation to cover this, and I wear eye liner. That's about it going to work - a slick of vaseline on the lips and I'm off! Sometimes I'm in the mood to put more on, other times I'm not.

Oh also I like to experiment with electric blue eye liner and am not an Eastern European hooker :P

I think for some women it is a confidence issue, but others just enjoy it. Like nice handbags I suppose. We like the way we feel when we're wearing them! Definitely less is more though - nothing worse than seeing a young one [or a parent in school] with the thick black eye liner all around the eyes!

GirlInterrupted

Most days I wear mascara and pink lip balm, and maybe some pink blush if I'm looking tired.

I'd wear more going out, but spending more than five minutes in the morning is just out of the question for me.

Faith

I have the misfortune of having typically Celtic skin - pale, blotchy and pink-toned. It's at its worst after a shower, and gradually evens out a bit during the day. However, I like to use foundation to even out my skin tone if I'm going anywhere that I want to look good. It makes me more confident. People love to point out that my face is pink or red or whatever. They think it's hilarious. So to avoid that, I wear a light layer of foundation so it's not as obvious.

I also like how my eyes look with eyeliner and mascara, so I'll often just apply those to feel better about myself.

Yes, I could go without make-up for a month, but I wouldn't really want to.

LivingDeadGirl

I'd love to see pics of everyone wearing their everyday and/or going out make up, just to see everyone's take on them! I'll add one tomorrow if ye want me to be the guinea pig!

Madame Razz

We could do a Ladies lounge 1 month no make up challenge!!!! Any takers???

I love make up and I look better with it on. Boyf reckons I look better without it, but I reckon I look half dead as a I'm super pale. Wear it everyday for work, sort of have to, but now that the warm weather is here I'll be lightening things up to some mineral make up or almost makeup and bronzer, with minimal eyemakeup, bit of concealer and some mascara,. My evening makeup would tend towards quite dramatic though.

I could do the month without make-up; I've often done weeks or two weeks without it and while it bothered me that was only really when going out. that said my skin looks pretty good most of the time, but when it's looking ****e it's all hands on deck as regards the make-up application!!!

SeekUp

Well, if there were to be a Ladies Lounge 1-month-no-makeup challenge, June 1st would be a good day to start, wouldn't it?!?!

zoology lady

emo!! wrote: »

well tbh they're just incredably rude people, to comment about your skin like that


i havent got clear skin, my god far from it, but i wouldnt leave that put me off not wearing make up during the day

i havent wore make up during the day in id say way past 3 months.

Well no, they're honest, which I prefer rather than someone who'll lie to me simply to be polite.

Nevyn

shellyboo wrote: »

Yeah, I guess I need to qualify my reply... I would go a month without makeup, but I wouldn't go on a night out during that month! I could do it, but I wouldn't feel comfortable in certain situations without it.

Ditto

mental07

My skin has some blemishes due to bad acne as a teenager, plus I'm deathly pale, so i throw on some concealer stick and this in the mornings.

Never bother with eye make-up or lipstick though...if I'm going out I'll throw on some pressed powder too.

I know a girl who literally won't leave the house without a full 'mask' on her. Foundation, blusher, mascara, the works. Absolutely no need, she looks great without it, or with just light make-up.

Dudess

No way would I go without make-up for a month - I don't wear much of it (foundation/tinted moisturiser rarely and when I do, only a tiny bit, then just subtle eye make-up; lipstick only when going out) but what I do wear makes me look my best. And I like looking my best - it makes me feel good.

smares

No Way!

I couldnt' and I wouldn't.
I wear make up everyday and hate being seen without it. TBH i don't enjoy applying it anymore and would love to be able to get out of the shower and be done rather having to apply it but I have zero confidence without it. I would be very uncomfortable anyone talking up close to me without my make up on. My skin is quite good but I am so used to it I have to wear it.
On a lazy day I will wear foundation, concealer,powder,mascara and lipgloss. I suppose doing beauty therapy in college 5 years ago made me feel you have to wear make up.

Chocoholic84

I'm not a total make-up junkie - for work, I just wear powder (to stop shininess), bit of eyeshadow and lip balm.

If I'm heading out, I wear foundation, eye liner/shadow/mascara and lipstick.

I don't get people who spend half an hour putting on make-up...it takes me 5-10 mins max (and that's with the eyeliner which can be fidgety sometimes)

But to answer the question - nope, I don't think I'd go without make-up for a month...even though I don't wear that much, it makes me feel better!

chocgirl

chocgirl wrote: »

A couple of my friends don't wear make up at all and feel the need to constantly question my choosing to do so when I have good skin, which really annoys me.

People don't always critise for the sake of it. I'm forever trying to tell my sister that her skin looks better without foundation. Because it does.
She refuses to believe me and her friends.

The month without makeup would be pointless for me.
I have only started wearing it habitually in the last year or so. Even then I only wear it when going out or meeting friends.
I steered clear of it this weekend, with this thread in mind.


The only time I would never attempt to go barefared, is when doing a presentation.
Knowing people can't see my blushes is comforting.

I have been given out by a CEO's wife of a company I worked for.
For lacking feminine pride in my appearance, despite the dress code being very casual for my male contemporaries.

lady.in.red

im in the same boat, barely ever wear make up except on a nite out or special occasion And wud never wear it to work- feel better without it
Let ur real beauty flow!!!:)