Over dinner with my girlfriend... we had a talk that we'd had before.

Me: Seems like no one but me wears makeup any more.
She: I don't know any women who don't wear makeup. I wear it.
Me: All I ever hear from is women who insist that they hate makeup and never use it.
She: Trans women?
Me: All kinds of women.
She: At the office, all the women wear makeup.
Me: Maybe it's influenced by their politics; I bet they're Republicans.
She: No, the majority there is Democrat.
Me: I guess those who wear makeup just keep quiet about it.
Me: Maybe it's a matter of age: it's more usual for older women like me, but the young ones don't need it.
She: Lots of 'em go for the no-makeup look with it. But they wear it all right-- once I saw Amanda [a young co-worker] without makeup, and she didn't look the same at all; her skin was terrible!
She: Where do you find these women who say they don't use makeup?
Me: On the internet...

Quote from: Hypatia on December 09, 2008, 04:36:56 AM
Me: On the internet...

Ah, that magical land where everybody has flawless skin, pearly-white teeth and never need a drop of concealer. 

~Simone,
       I don't wear make-up.

I "need" concealer badly (go go acne scaring), and a new smile for that matter (go go genetics and drinking water that killed the family fishes.) ... An you know what? While I love the eye make up I frankly cry to much to wear it, and the rest of it I found myself trying to recreate my natural pigmentation so I decided fooie on it. The result is I usually have a light pink lip gloss and that is my "makeup". Oddly it all seems to work out fine.

My grandmother believes that make-up is amoral.

i wear it quite occasionally but my wife insists i don't need it. i do like to hide my acne tho i severely hate it.

The women I work with some do some dont. My older friends do all the time!

Its personal preferrence.

My friend Claire doesn't wear it at all. She says that if some one likes her, they will like her
for her true self!

Isn't the point of makeup is to get to the point you look like you're not wearing any?

The natural look is in. Tons and tons of it.

-Shan

In answer to the original question: Yes.

Quote from: shaniam on December 09, 2008, 04:02:00 PM
Isn't the point of makeup is to get to the point you look like you're not wearing any?

I agree with this. They are wearing it, but it doesn't look like it

A number of years ago, a makeup company -- Revlon, maybe -- had an ad that featured a woman saying,

Quote from: Hypatia on December 09, 2008, 04:36:56 AM
She: Where do you find these women who say they don't use makeup?
Me: On the internet...

LOL, well if you mean foundation or concealer, no, never... I HATE the "mask" feeling from it.

Just a touch of eye shadow, blush and lip stick or gloss for workdays

~Kate~

Honestly, I think in the past year I've worn makeup just a few times.  I've never worn it every day.. I tried to do that once in high school, just putting on eyeliner and some foundation every day and I couldn't even keep that up.

I put on makeup when I'm dressing up to go somewhere special.  That hardly ever happens.   And even when I'm dressing up, I've never worn foundation, blush, eyeliner, mascara, eye shadow, and lipstick all at the same time.  I'd feel like a clown.  Usually I just stick with eyeliner, shadow, and lipstick and call it a day.  My foundation is now so old I don't use it anymore for fear it's gone bad.

Not daily, unless I am leaving home daily!  But not a lot either. Lip stick I seldom think about unless I am going for that "advantage" Emme wrote bout.

But, light make-up, yes.

Those of us who have

Quoteflawless skin, pearly-white teeth and never need a drop of concealer

never really need it, do we!! 

Nichole

Quote from: Nichole on December 12, 2008, 03:36:04 PM
Lip stick I seldom think about unless I am going for that "advantage" Emme wrote bout.

Awl, but a nicely-flavoured lip gloss is fun, lol... a tasty treat all afternoon! Plus you look kissable as heck

~Kate~

Quote from: Kate on December 12, 2008, 03:40:52 PM

Quote from: Nichole on December 12, 2008, 03:36:04 PM
Lip stick I seldom think about unless I am going for that "advantage" Emme wrote bout.

Awl, but a nicely-flavoured lip gloss is fun, lol... a tasty treat all afternoon! Plus you look kissable as heck

~Kate~

The only person I have any desire to kiss me right now will do that with or without the lipgloss.

N~

Yes. One reason for that is that guys always say they hate makeup. (What they really mean though is they hate obvious makeup.)

I wear eyeliner sometimes. And almost always mascara. (I'm blond.)

Ah ... maybe I'm just inexperienced with makeup ... and maybe I'll regret this ... but, Nero, what's the connection between your wearing mascara almost all the time and your being blonde?

Ah! That makes sense. Thank you, Emme.

As you may have gathered, I'm not blonde, and I've never had a blonde girlfriend. At least not one I could discuss makeup techniques with. 

Yeah, if anyone is gonna see those eyelashes I have to wear mascara. Being blonde I like, but there are hinderances when one is "blonde all over" naturally. The eyelashes and brows tend to be two of those hinderances.

Nichole

Quote from: Nichole on December 13, 2008, 09:21:33 AM
Yeah, if anyone is gonna see those eyelashes I have to wear mascara. Being blonde I like, but there are hinderances when one is "blonde all over" naturally. The eyelashes and brows tend to be two of those hinderances.

Nichole

I agree.  If I don't wear mascara, my lashes disappear, even though they are decent length.  Same with my brows.  A little color and they seem to appear out of nowhere.  So always that, and a little lip color.  Mine are so ridiculously small.  If I'm going where it matters, I do use some foundation with some bronzer.