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    Posts: 102 Member
    edited January 7 in Chit-Chat
    Do you wear make up to the gym?

    I had a job where appearance was almost everything, so when I headed to the gym afterwards, my face would be completely done. But now that I leave to go to the gym from home, I don't care to apply it.
    I have a friend that WILL NOT go to the gym unless she at least has mascara and eyeliner on. To those who say "you'll sweat it off," she swears by waterproof make up.
    So as superficial as it sounds, do you wear make up to the gym, and why/why not?

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    • Posts: 14,025 Member
      This thread again?
    • Posts: 32
      If its leftover from the day, then it's there. Lol If I go first thing in the morning, then definitely not. I'm married, I have no one to impress!
    • Posts: 8,810 Member
      of course
    • Posts: 204 Member
      Do you wear make up to the gym?

      No. For me, I rarely wear makeup anyway, but when I go to the gym I'm there to work out and have absolutely zero interest in how I look, so I would never apply makeup to go to the gym. I'm focused on running or lifting weights or whatever other exercise I'm doing and don't notice other people at all.
    • Posts: 1,271 Member
      I only workout at home now, but back when I went to the gym I usually did only because I already had it on. I didn't go full on burlesque mode with it, but I'd touch up my lip gloss.
    • Posts: 3,119 Member
      I remove my makeup before I workout or I end up breaking out pretty badly from sweat + makeup.

      I do put a little on afterwards after I shower and clean up.
    • Posts: 8,701 Member
      YES. I workout at the end of a regular day and still have makeup on. And I workout harder than everyone there that wants to judge me for it. GTFOver it, ladies.

      (comment not directed at OP, but to the inevitable masses that will show up and say nobody 'serious' wears makeup to work out.)
    • Posts: 2,362 Member
      I only wear makeup for dressy occasions....so definately not at the gym. Moisturizer, on the other hand.....
    • Posts: 112 Member
      I don't put make up on for the gym. If i go to it after school and i have it on then sure i guess so. Point is I'm not going to impress people of pick up guys I'm there for a healthier me. The last thing i need is someone hitting on my during my "me time"
    • Posts: 1,277 Member
      No, because I never wear make up.
    • Posts: 8,810 Member
      . And I workout harder than everyone there

      except for me

      admit it
    • Posts: 31,634 Member
      I never wear makeup, period. Too f*ckin lazy. I like the way it looks though.
    • Posts: 1,132 Member
      nope.
    • Posts: 3,958 Member
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      except for me

      admit it

      bite
    • Posts: 21
      I wouldn't wear make-up to the gym. You are there to workout, not look like a Ke$ha video. If you already had it on, okay, leave it on..but you don't need it at the gym. People will think you look good if you are working out hard at the gym!
    • Posts: 1,972 Member
      Yes. Some of us don't like looking like housefraus in public, gym or otherwise.
    • Posts: 102 Member
      YES. I workout at the end of a regular day and still have makeup on. And I workout harder than everyone there that wants to judge me for it. GTFOver it, ladies.

      But that's exactly it. When I'd go I'd get dirty looks from females and males alike. It was kinda like, "I'm coming from work sorry..."
      And how make up is even on my face by the end of it I have no idea, because I sweat till I can't sweat anymore!
    • Posts: 3,119 Member
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      But that's exactly it. When I'd go I'd get dirty looks from females and males alike. It was kinda like, "I'm coming from work sorry..."
      And how make up is even on my face by the end of it I have no idea, because I sweat till I can't sweat anymore!

      Ignore them. You're there for you. Do your thing!
    • Posts: 2,390 Member
      SU and squat...lets get back to **** that matters...

      (Joking here peeps).
    • Posts: 3,958 Member
      also


      I do not care.
    • Posts: 8,810 Member
      also


      I do not care.

      deep down.....way down

      you care deeply
    • Posts: 1,778 Member
      I remove my makeup before I workout or I end up breaking out pretty badly from sweat + makeup.

      This. I rarely shower and change at the gym, but I always have to wash my face with a gentle cleaner before I leave or else I break out like crazy
    • Posts: 22 Member
      No. But if I've just come from a mtg, then it's already on, but I don't put it on for the gym.
    • Posts: 8,329 Member
      only if i want burning eyes. generally i dont so i usually wash my make up off before hand
    • Posts: 8,701 Member
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      But that's exactly it. When I'd go I'd get dirty looks from females and males alike. It was kinda like, "I'm coming from work sorry..."
      And how make up is even on my face by the end of it I have no idea, because I sweat till I can't sweat anymore!

      Ignore the haters and get your workout on however you see fit. I hate these judgy judgersons that want to dictate the dress code to be whatever they prefer to wear.
    • Posts: 402 Member
      I have friends who won't leave the house without it. I only wear makeup on very special occasions, so I never wear it at the gym.
    • Posts: 1,778 Member
      Yes. Some of us don't like looking like housefraus in public, gym or otherwise.

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    • Posts: 64 Member
      When i go to the gym straight from after work i leave it on and just wash it off when i get home....but if im off or on the weekends thier is NO way i put my make up on just to work out.
    • Posts: 8,810 Member
      show previous quotes

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      Prince wears eyeliner EVERYWHERE
    • Posts: 1,778 Member
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      Prince wears eyeliner EVERYWHERE

      Haha, well played.
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