Would you wear make-up? (one for the guys)

ScumLord

bambera wrote: »

but the fact is when you're standing next to someone who is wearing it, they're gonna look a whole lot better than you (I'm not talking cake face here, I'm talking normal make-up).

Would that be a jaffa cake amount? To me there is no normal amount it all looks silly.

Ray Palmer

bambera wrote: »

I reckon straight off the bat, a lot of guys would say “hell no”, but imagine if nearly every other man walking around wore make-up, would you not feel that if you want to look as well as them that you would have to wear it too?

Women dress and wear make-up for other woman not men. They bow to peer pressure much more quickly then men.

I still have never worn a football shirt and never will.

I wore make-up when I was a goth, just doesn't go with a beard

kylith

I never wear makeup going out, and I shave my legs and underarms when they'll be on display. I have never had a problem pulling guys, and many have told me that they like not getting covered in lipstick and foundation when they kiss me.

TeddyTedson

ScumLord wrote: »

Not that much of it to be worried.

Even on a cloudy day there are UV rays penetrating.
Wear sunscreen...


(not that I'm arsed to bother)

davet82

Would you wear make-up?

If its good enough for monkeys then its good enough for me

Nothingbetter2d

nope nature never intended me to slap chemicals on my face morning noon and night.

just like nature never intended me to walk on my tippie toes either.

bambera

I'll try re-phrase what I'm saying.


Like a lot of women (not all) I wear make-up. Not a whole lot (like I said, I’m no cake-face) but a small bit of foundation and maybe some lip gloss.

If I don’t wear foundation, I look pale and ill standing next to other women. So in order not to look ill in a country where it is normal to wear make-up, I have to wear it.



I’ll probably get slaughtered for this but how in ever……..


I think there are a lot of jobs where it is nearly expected of women to wear make-up. Just like the kind of jobs where men are expected to be clean shaven. Like not wearing raggy clothes in a job. Employers want their staff to look professional. I’m not saying that this is ok, it’s just it is what it is.


Now, if the day came when it was normal for men to wear make-up (again, not talking piled on here, although up to you) would you not find yourself in the same predicament as myself?

kylith

bambera wrote: »

If I don’t wear foundation, I look pale and ill standing next to other women. So in order not to look ill in a country where it is normal to wear make-up, I have to wear it.

OR you look normal, and they look weirdly tanned for a country with no sun.

bambera wrote: »

I’ll probably get slaughtered for this but how in ever……..


I think there are a lot of jobs where it is nearly expected of women to wear make-up. Just like the kind of jobs where men are expected to be clean shaven. Like not wearing raggy clothes in a job. Employers want their staff to look professional. I’m not saying that this is ok, it’s just it is what it is.

I do think you have a point here. I've worn makeup for the first time in a decade recently, because I'm looking for a job, and I don't think I stand a chance if not made up, because not being made-up in public is perceived as 'abnormal'. I still won't go beyond tinted moisturiser and lipgloss though. I think I look weird with it; not like myself at all.

Dudess

ScumLord wrote: »

bambera wrote: »

but the fact is when you're standing next to someone who is wearing it, they're gonna look a whole lot better than you (I'm not talking cake face here, I'm talking normal make-up).

Would that be a jaffa cake amount? To me there is no normal amount it all looks silly.

It categorically doesn't all. Often when a woman looks like she's not wearing make-up she actually is - that's when make-up is well applied.

Yes there are jobs where wearing make-up is required.
No, women don't always wear make-up for other women.

Gas the way some lads here are so adamant they'd always prefer women without make-up - you can be certain they wouldn't, they just don't know very much about make-up.