Make-up on women, good idea, or bad?

Lizra · 06-30-2002, 10:31 AM

(As a counter question to "What do you think of men who cry?")

Guys.......What do you think of make-up on women?

( Ladies, feel free to voice your opions also.

)

***azalea*** · 06-30-2002, 02:24 PM

I don't like makeup, but for me it's kind of a necessary evil.

It kind of weirds me out to think about it, I mean smearing mud all over my face for what reason? But I do it anyway.

***Khamûl*** · 06-30-2002, 02:28 PM

I like make-up on women. Some women really need it, and if I see them without it, I'll think to myself that they need to put some on.

Most women put it on, which is fine, but look good without it. And then some women don't need make-up to look beautiful. In general, I say make-up is a good thing.

emplynx · 06-30-2002, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Khamûl
And then some women don't need make-up to look beautiful. In general,

Those are the best!

Radagast · 06-30-2002, 03:15 PM

Speaking as a man I don't like make up on women; beauty can't be made by smearing creame and lotion on a face...

afro-elf · 06-30-2002, 03:22 PM

There's a few Things i don't like on women.

Make up

jewerly

big hair

perfume

I lik'em all natural.

Andúril · 06-30-2002, 04:07 PM

Well, obviously it depends on the woman...

This is a joke. It may sound harsh :

Why do woman wear make-up and perfume?
'Cos they ugly and they stink.

Haha. Hahahahaha. Hahaha.

I see that no-one is impressed. On my way.

BeardofPants · 06-30-2002, 05:37 PM

Generally I don't wear makeup (thus far anyway.) I tend to only pile on the crap for a job interview, or going out - call me lazy but I can't be arsed putting the stuff on in the first place, and I guess I'm young enough to not need it yet. As for perfume, I DO like wearing it, but I only tend to wear it occasionally, as it *is* quite expensive stuff!

Elvet · 06-30-2002, 05:41 PM

Make-up was never something I was comfortable wearing. I will use some if I dress up for a formal function, but then only eye stuff and lip color. I don't carry a purse either, so maybe it was born of necessity.

Make-up, perfume, hair color and style, and for that matter - jewelry and clothing - are all part of our repetoir for physical self expression. Liking it or not on others isn't near as important as how the person using it feels about themselves ( with or without it ).

mirrille · 06-30-2002, 07:12 PM

I wear make-up sometimes, when I have to be pretty. Better to have people have a "normal" impression of you, so you can knock 'em dead when you put some on for formal occasion or a night on the town than have to keep a "perfect" face all the time and scare them with your ugly face on the one day you slept in and didn't have time to make-up.
I used to at least put on concealer and mascara before leaving the house, even for school, but lately I've gotten lazy. Not getting enough sleep.

I still like to get that surprised feeling of looking in the mirror and seeing a prettier, more polished look than normal. It's the same feeling for when you dress in street clothes normally, and put on a fancy dress for a special occasion and say, "wow! I didn't know I could look so nice. "

If I did the whole make-up routine every day, the novelty would wear off.

afro-elf · 06-30-2002, 07:50 PM

mirrile

of all women on the plant i feel that asian women look the most un-natural in jewerly and make up. and especially with big hair.

mirrille · 06-30-2002, 08:46 PM

Hmmm...
AE,
I could be offended by the blanket statement, especially with the racial overtones.

But instead, I'll reassure you that I, as an individual, look pretty on a good hair/skin day, and look stunning even on a not-so-good day with a little bit of tastefully applied make-up and some cute jewellery. And contact lenses. Those help alot.
Haha!

Bop,
I don't really like perfume. I would be afraid of using too much. It's expensive, but I could never imagine anyone using up a whole bottle. You need so little at a time, and if you only use it for special occasions...
I do have a thing for cute little perfume bottles though...it's almost a shame I don't like the stuff, or I could start a bottle collection.

***azalea*** · 06-30-2002, 09:37 PM

I can't wear perfume anymore because about 8 years ago I developed allergies and it makes me sneeze. My husband hates it anyway.

***Khamûl*** · 06-30-2002, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by emplynx
Those are the best!

I agree.

One thing I do like on women is red lipstick. I'm not talking maroon or pink, I mean RED lipstick.

afro-elf · 06-30-2002, 11:21 PM

Quote:

I could be offended by the blanket statement, especially with the racial overtones.

actually I thought about that and that I why I came back to this forum, but you had posted first.

You should take it as a compliment. as that asian women to ME as a whole are very natural as a whole and it just mars their beauty.

That's one thing I liked about the girls in Australia and Western Canada. Maybe not Vancouver. They didn't need that stuff and were beautiful.

Its just my perference

Arathorn · 07-01-2002, 02:34 AM

I generally like women who don't wear make up. On formal occasions, I think they have to the way you just have to if it goes well with the businesss attire or if you're in front of a TV camera and spotlights where it makes you look really pale.

None of he women here at the office wear make-up except the receptionist. But everyone looks really good without em. BTW, our european clients think we're all teenagers but our youngest co-emplyee is 22.

Lizra · 07-01-2002, 09:02 AM

I find make up a really strange thing. I hate it now that I'm "older". I think women with a lot of makeup (I call it fake up!) look like wooden puppet heads. I guess the part I mean is the foundation/blush part. Yuck! I will use lip color or a touch of eye liner if I want to look "enhanced" My make up must look natural though, or it comes off as kind of pathetic looking! When I was in high school, I piled it high to the ceiling. I think I wanted attention, can't remember. I also wanted to hide pimples! I have a friend who sells expensive cosmetics, I think she is scary looking. One tube of lipstick seems to last a lifetime!.
My husband likes it when I wear make up (a little bit), I think it's just exciting that I'm trying to "pretty" myself up. My mom tells me to pile it on or my hubby will look at other women!! Ha, fat chance. I think women are naturally beautiful, even when they're not "beautiful". Young women are particularly beautiful, no matter what they look like. Plus, it's funny,women are prettier than men (usually) so why don't men wear make'up.?

I do like perfume, (good smelling stuff, there's some real stinky stuff out there!). Sometimes, my little boy will tell me I smell all "pretty", I figure he wouldn't lie. White musk from the "body shop"is good.

BeardofPants · 07-01-2002, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lizra
Plus, it's funny,women are prettier than men (usually) so why don't men wear make'up.?

That's a freaking good point! That gives me ideas... *eyes BF in the corner of the room*

Starr Polish · 07-01-2002, 01:28 PM

Because I don't wear makeup to school, or do my hair, really, I get to sleep in at least 45 minutes more than some of my friends. My school is in another town, so I have to take the bus (lack of a car) and get ready earlier than my friends that live right next to the school, right?

Well, I found out a friend of mine gets up an hour and a half earlier than me (during non-jazz choir season) to do her hair.

Makeup is annoying, and it itches. I wear it for play productions, jazz choir competition, dances, and fancy events with family. My hair is in a ponytail almost everyday. When I want it to look different, I braid it. Easy easy.

Wayfarer · 07-01-2002, 04:33 PM

Depends on the woman. ]: )

06-30-2002, 10:31 AM	#1
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Make-up on women, good idea, or bad? (As a counter question to "What do you think of men who cry?") Guys.......What do you think of make-up on women? ( Ladies, feel free to voice your opions also. ) Last edited by Lizra : 06-30-2002 at 10:33 AM.

06-30-2002, 02:28 PM	#3
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	I like make-up on women. Some women really need it, and if I see them without it, I'll think to myself that they need to put some on. Most women put it on, which is fine, but look good without it. And then some women don't need make-up to look beautiful. In general, I say make-up is a good thing. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

06-30-2002, 03:15 PM	#5
Radagast Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Merry old England Posts: 413	Speaking as a man I don't like make up on women; beauty can't be made by smearing creame and lotion on a face... __________________ Take up the White Man's burden-- The savage wars of peace-- Fill full the mouth of Famine, And bid the sickness cease; And when your goal is nearest (The end for others sought) Watch sloth and heathen folly Bring all your hope to nought.

06-30-2002, 03:22 PM	#6
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	There's a few Things i don't like on women. Make up jewerly big hair perfume I lik'em all natural. __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

06-30-2002, 05:37 PM	#8
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Generally I don't wear makeup (thus far anyway.) I tend to only pile on the crap for a job interview, or going out - call me lazy but I can't be arsed putting the stuff on in the first place, and I guess I'm young enough to not need it yet. As for perfume, I DO like wearing it, but I only tend to wear it occasionally, as it is quite expensive stuff! __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

06-30-2002, 02:24 PM	#2
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I don't like makeup, but for me it's kind of a necessary evil. It kind of weirds me out to think about it, I mean smearing mud all over my face for what reason? But I do it anyway.

06-30-2002, 04:07 PM	#7
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	Well, obviously it depends on the woman... This is a joke. It may sound harsh : Why do woman wear make-up and perfume? 'Cos they ugly and they stink. Haha. Hahahahaha. Hahaha. I see that no-one is impressed. On my way.

06-30-2002, 05:41 PM	#9
Elvet Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Orillia, Ontario Posts: 221	Make-up was never something I was comfortable wearing. I will use some if I dress up for a formal function, but then only eye stuff and lip color. I don't carry a purse either, so maybe it was born of necessity. Make-up, perfume, hair color and style, and for that matter - jewelry and clothing - are all part of our repetoir for physical self expression. Liking it or not on others isn't near as important as how the person using it feels about themselves ( with or without it ). __________________ "But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know." Last edited by Elvet : 06-30-2002 at 07:32 PM.

06-30-2002, 07:12 PM	#10
mirrille Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 479	I wear make-up sometimes, when I have to be pretty. Better to have people have a "normal" impression of you, so you can knock 'em dead when you put some on for formal occasion or a night on the town than have to keep a "perfect" face all the time and scare them with your ugly face on the one day you slept in and didn't have time to make-up. I used to at least put on concealer and mascara before leaving the house, even for school, but lately I've gotten lazy. Not getting enough sleep. I still like to get that surprised feeling of looking in the mirror and seeing a prettier, more polished look than normal. It's the same feeling for when you dress in street clothes normally, and put on a fancy dress for a special occasion and say, "wow! I didn't know I could look so nice. " If I did the whole make-up routine every day, the novelty would wear off.

06-30-2002, 07:50 PM	#11
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	mirrile of all women on the plant i feel that asian women look the most un-natural in jewerly and make up. and especially with big hair. __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

06-30-2002, 08:46 PM	#12
mirrille Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 479	Hmmm... AE, I could be offended by the blanket statement, especially with the racial overtones. But instead, I'll reassure you that I, as an individual, look pretty on a good hair/skin day, and look stunning even on a not-so-good day with a little bit of tastefully applied make-up and some cute jewellery. And contact lenses. Those help alot. Haha! Bop, I don't really like perfume. I would be afraid of using too much. It's expensive, but I could never imagine anyone using up a whole bottle. You need so little at a time, and if you only use it for special occasions... I do have a thing for cute little perfume bottles though...it's almost a shame I don't like the stuff, or I could start a bottle collection.

06-30-2002, 09:37 PM	#13
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I can't wear perfume anymore because about 8 years ago I developed allergies and it makes me sneeze. My husband hates it anyway.

07-01-2002, 02:34 AM	#16
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	I generally like women who don't wear make up. On formal occasions, I think they have to the way you just have to if it goes well with the businesss attire or if you're in front of a TV camera and spotlights where it makes you look really pale. None of he women here at the office wear make-up except the receptionist. But everyone looks really good without em. BTW, our european clients think we're all teenagers but our youngest co-emplyee is 22. __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

07-01-2002, 09:02 AM	#17
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	I find make up a really strange thing. I hate it now that I'm "older". I think women with a lot of makeup (I call it fake up!) look like wooden puppet heads. I guess the part I mean is the foundation/blush part. Yuck! I will use lip color or a touch of eye liner if I want to look "enhanced" My make up must look natural though, or it comes off as kind of pathetic looking! When I was in high school, I piled it high to the ceiling. I think I wanted attention, can't remember. I also wanted to hide pimples! I have a friend who sells expensive cosmetics, I think she is scary looking. One tube of lipstick seems to last a lifetime!. My husband likes it when I wear make up (a little bit), I think it's just exciting that I'm trying to "pretty" myself up. My mom tells me to pile it on or my hubby will look at other women!! Ha, fat chance. I think women are naturally beautiful, even when they're not "beautiful". Young women are particularly beautiful, no matter what they look like. Plus, it's funny,women are prettier than men (usually) so why don't men wear make'up.? I do like perfume, (good smelling stuff, there's some real stinky stuff out there!). Sometimes, my little boy will tell me I smell all "pretty", I figure he wouldn't lie. White musk from the "body shop"is good. Last edited by Lizra : 07-01-2002 at 09:07 AM.

07-01-2002, 01:28 PM	#19
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Because I don't wear makeup to school, or do my hair, really, I get to sleep in at least 45 minutes more than some of my friends. My school is in another town, so I have to take the bus (lack of a car) and get ready earlier than my friends that live right next to the school, right? Well, I found out a friend of mine gets up an hour and a half earlier than me (during non-jazz choir season) to do her hair. Makeup is annoying, and it itches. I wear it for play productions, jazz choir competition, dances, and fancy events with family. My hair is in a ponytail almost everyday. When I want it to look different, I braid it. Easy easy. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

07-01-2002, 04:33 PM	#20
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Depends on the woman. ]: ) __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

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