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PrettyPrettyPrincess
08:02 PM

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I wear makeup because, while I like my features, I can play with all sorts of different looks. Saturday casual, going out hoochie, professional primadonna. Is there a philosophy there? Am I making a statement other than, hey, I was born with average features, I am going to rock the hell out of them?

I also wear a pushup bra on my fabulous rack. I like my ladies to be up and out! OMG I am a makeup wearing, pushup-bra sporting Democrat, stop the presses!!

Here's the thing. If I had fuller eyebrows, I wouldn't pencil them in - I'd probably have to actually pluck them instead (yes, I'm follicularly challenged). Is plucking MORE natural than pencil? Am I shunned, all unknowing, by pluckers because I choose the pencil?

Skincare? I can't use moisturizer. I don't care what 4000 dermatologists say, not all oily skin needs more moisture on it. I slap on my mineral powder foundation every morning, because if I don't, I look all oily, and it makes me sad. That mineral powder stuff REALLY soaks up the oil.

And then I put on a metric fuckton of eye makeup and some pretty pretty lips because I am one intense bitch and I want the world to know it by looking at me.

OH! I found the makeup-wearer philosophy right there - I mean, that's MY philosophy, therefore, everyone else who wears makeup must think exactly as I do!

Or..maybe, just like everything else, we all have our own little reasons that have evolved our makeup rituals. Mine started when I hit college and realized I could do something about my lackluster eyebrows, uneven skin tone, and smallish eyes - I could take control of my looks, and I did.
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lalaland13
08:01 PM

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I hardly ever wear makeup. For one, I'll keep rubbing my eyes and the mascara will not last long. I do keep makeup in my purse, just in case I have to get my picture taken or something. But first I will probably try to break the person's camera. Or hide. Or run away. Or lock myself in my dressing room because my niece drew a picture of me as fat.

I have never tweezed my eyebrows, though. The person I generally look to for those things, my mom, claims I don't need to, so I hope she's right because crap that does not seem fun.
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rah29
07:59 PM

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I'm not sure it's entirely fair to split us into camps. I first thought 'oh I'm not a makeup girl' because I don't wear any foundation, while I'd think of my sister as a stereotypical makeup girl whose makeup bag alone is the size of a small house. But she's the one who's happy to show up to school or on a plane with nothing at all on her face, whereas I won't go outside without a fairly thick (though artfully applied, I'd like to think) dose of eyeliner. On the other hand if she's going out she makes herself up really significantly, hair and all, whereas I look basically the same as I do on an ordinary day. Essentially, we all have our own little rituals and ways of rationalising our behaviour. That no-makeup girl you know might be a total psycho if she loses her lip balm, while the uber-high-maintenance lady could well be the one most comfortable with chucking her greasy hair under a hat when she feels the need to slouch!
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msAnthrope
07:48 PM

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I don't know, in my 20s and 30s I wore a lot more makeup than i do now~~ specifically eyeshadow and mascara, along with curling my lashes so they flipped "up" perfectly. As well as lipstick every day.

Now I don't bother with eye makeup or lipstick anymore unless I'm going out to something dressy, like a christmas party. For everyday, I wear foundation to balance out my skin tone and protect from the sun; a dab of cream blush, and a bit of powder to smooth my still-oily-in-spots skin (at 50!)

I came to the conclusion I don't need a lot of makeup to look good. And no, even though I'm over 45 I don't look like I stepped out of a crack den if I'm not wearing makeup before midday. Speak for youself, bitch.
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Ultraprison!
07:34 PM

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I have NO IDEA how to do that whole perfect-skin foundation thing. I have freckles, so it always looks blotchy and just plain wrong. If I could make myself look like Megan Fox every once in a while, I would. But I could spend two hours parked in front of the bathroom mirror and come out with maybe a subtle smoky eye or something.

Is there some sort of web forum or perhaps a "fuckyeahmakeupapplication" Tumblr where I could find more information?
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Hazel
07:41 PM

@Ultraprison!: www.makeupalley.com
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KATE!
07:27 PM

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I totally disagree that you either are or you aren't a makeup girl, like it is some sort of essential, inborn personality trait. (i am going through a make-up phase at the moment, but up until 6 months ago had owned nothing but an old stick of concealer and some clear mascara for over a year). I really don't understand why we always try to reduce all women to two simplistic and opposing camps. especially when it involves something as trivial as make-up usage.

some women use tampons. some women use pads. are there "philosophical" implications here too, Ms. Watson? what can you derive about me, as person--nay, as a woman--from my choice of "sanitary" product?
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boxspelunker
07:21 PM

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I'm a non-makeup person. Honestly, I don't like the way it smells. I can't usually smell it on other people, but I can if I wear it. It smells tacky and gluey, almost heavy. I can't describe smells! D:

I have gender issues, so that probably plays into it, too. I like heavy, gothy eyeliner, but I used to forget I was wearing it and smear it all over my damn face. Smoky eyes: I was a pro!
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Evie Havok
07:16 PM

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I don't wear makeup. If the occassion calls for it, though, I do (birthdays, outings at expensive restaurants, etc.). These occassions are rare, though. One of the reasons I don't wear makeup is that it makes me look kind of hookerish (that's not how I want to look) and older. So I do without.
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the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene
07:14 PM

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I was never interested in make up as a kid or a teen. I am nearly 27, and I love make up in all of its forms. I guess I got into it in college, when I started going out a lot. Now, I like to wear at least a little bit of moisturizer/concealer because I don't like looking tired at work. Sometimes, I might throw on a little bit of eyeshadow or mascara. I'm lucky that my skin is mostly clear and even toned. If I am going out, I do like to throw on some black eyeliner and foundation but I don't usually spend more than 10 minutes getting ready. . It really comes down to me having the motivation to sit down and put it all on.
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CherriSpryte
07:09 PM

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I don't usually wear makeup. Rarely to work, less rarely to class (maybe I make an effort for the first two weeks of the semester.) HOWEVER. When I go out, or for special occasions, I go all the way out, and I think I'm pretty good at it. I can apply a straight line of liquid liner in the back of a taxicab, pull off red lipstick, and all sorts of other lovely things.
But no way am I doing that everyday. I think this is partly because I can't deal with eyemakeup in the morning, and my skin is usually ok on its own. Also, I am super lazy in the mornings.
But I firmly have one foot in each camp of "makeup" and "no makeup".
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Rare Affinity
07:02 PM

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I am a great believer in only occasionally wearing make-up. I like the idea of people saying "Wow you look great," because I am all dolled up rather than "Good grief are you going down with something?" because I am not wearing any for once. I also choose to rarely wear make-up because I am a WYSIWYG kind of girl and I don’t want any potential boyfriend reeling in horror the first time he sees me without my war paint on.
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RoughHouser
07:30 PM

@Rare Affinity: Re: "Good grief..."

Ugh, so true! I am a makeup girl, but in the past year, discovered I prefer 20 more minutes of sleep over wearing eyeliner and eyeshadow to work. Now everyone is used to my pared-down face, but those first few months I'm pretty certain everyone though I was dying.
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CollegeCamel
06:58 PM

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I wear make-up every day, but not a ton. I've always worn some sort of foundation or concealer, because I had terrible skin in high school and am still traumatized, and mascara. A few days a week I will wear lipstick as well. For special occasions, I'll bust out the eyeliner.
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Cerridwen
06:53 PM

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Can I be both? I'm a dancer and part of my costume relies on pretty heavy stage makeup. I actually really like the ritual of putting my makeup on when getting ready for a performance. But on a day-to-day basis? I'm lucky if I remember to slap on some mascara. It's like this with my clothes and accessories, too, though. Daily, my style is pretty basic and casual with very little jewellery. But when I am on stage, I basically go by the motto "More is more." It's kind of fun to have this other side of myself - I don't have the time or fortitude to do this on a daily basis but I love dressing up and doing my make-up on special occasions or to perform.
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jigglyball
06:53 PM

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You either are or you aren't a make-up girl, pretty much from puberty, depending on what your friends are doing and who your role models are (and maybe how much your mother wears), and it is tribal. Right from the word go, girls fall into two camps, and we don't really mix, because the difference between the heavies and the make-up lites is about more than cash outlay, time spent in front of a mirror and whether you like eye shadow - it's a philosophy of life.

It's tribal? Really? Seems to me that she's creating false poles based on her own experience and/or tendency to judge, and I do not like it one bit. I have friends who love makeup and beauty products, who delight in a new hue, better scent, or smoother gloss. I have friends who don't get closer than tinted Chapstick. I fall somewhere in the middle, because I don't like the feeling of stuff on my face, but darn it if I don't love a good mascara. We're not exactly running around in Team Makeup/Team Bareface t-shirts.
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anibundel
07:36 PM

@jigglyball: I don't know if i'd call it tribal or not--but to say that people are different about it, and those that do look down on those that don't and vice versa isn't totally wrong. Look upthread--there's a comment by a "makeup heavy" who thinks her makeup is light even though she wears three shades of eyeshadow, and then makes a comment how it makes her feel better and more professional than someone who comes to work "barefaced with wet hair." I, on the other hand, spends maybe $100 on makeup a year, and go to work five days a week "barefaced." And I find girl who wears half a ton of makeup to be someone I can't relate to --and my mind is blown at the idea of three shades of eyeshadow at once. So though I think there are many who don't conform to these stereotypes, there are probably just as many who do.
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jigglyball
07:58 PM

@anibundel: Yes, some women may see it as a dividing line, but I took issue with the author's universalization of the phenomenon.
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meritxell: an erotic life
06:52 PM

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I have a good friend who wears a lot of makeup (and is REALLY good at it). I either go for smudged eyeliner (so goth!) or bright red lipstick, when I do it at all.

I do envy her skills, but for me to wear a lot of makeup would make me feel really uncomfortable, and I'm not sure why. Like I'm trying to "fool" everybody? Even when I've gotten "professionally" made over (once for prom, once at the Clinique counter) I felt so awkward and wrong that I immediately went home and washed everything off. Oh well.
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anibundel
07:38 PM

@meritxell: an erotic life: I tried to use root lifter on my hair the other day. My head and hair felt weird all day. When I got home i brushed it down, ponytailed it and felt instantly better.
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