Why do women wear makeup?

aahhh, I'm going to take part but with old photos as I hate my weight gain and refuse to take photos of my face.



Without



With

I don't really bother with make-up for work but I do enjoy wearing make-up.

I wear minimal make up.....a little blush and some neutral eye shadow with eye liner. Most people really don't notice it because it's so little.

But the days I don't wear makeup (weekends and non-work days) a LOT of people ask me if I slept well or am I more tired than normal. My chiropractor was very concerned about my sleep one day and my dad also commented on my sleep and I realized that those days were no makeup days. I just look exhausted without a little something.

I haven't done "full" makeup in a while. I'm just too tired!!! (for real)!!

I don't wear make-up often, but when I do apply make-up it is to enhance my beauty.

I'm 19 years old and have never touched any type of make-up in my life. I don't see the point in making yourself look a certain way when everyone knows you don't naturally look like that. I think you look stunning in the first picture, and fake in the second.

Talk about an unpopular opinion.

I share the unpopular opinion! The "look" I like on women who do wear make up tends to be minimal with neutral colors.

I actually had such a conversation with my boyfriend yesterday. Actually, a bit of an argument, hahaha. Well, the way the discussion went was that he was complaining I didn't tell him I needed to go somewhere soon enough for him to get dressed up decently to go (by "somewhere", I mean Walmart). When I told him he looked fine and he didn't need to worry about, he said something about, "Now you know how I feel about your makeup -- you don't have to wear it to impress me." I told him, "I don't wear makeup to impress you, I wear makeup to express how I want to look."

Ultimately, yes, eyeliner makes my eyes look bigger and it shrinks my somewhat larger nose in comparison. Yes, it does make me look like I've had more sleep than I have. No, I do not look healthy without makeup, and when even my guy friends who insist women don't need makeup see me, they comment that I look ill, tired, or "like ****" (which is the one I got yesterday)... (he's a good friend, he wasn't saying I was ugly, but that I just looked messed up). Hehehe, I remember I once only wore foundation and concealer, nothing more, and my boyfriend told me how beautiful I looked without any makeup. I told him, "I am wearing more makeup right now than I ever have in my life."

Anyway, though, it's different for each girl. I wear makeup to look my best for me, not for others.

Hmm...The last time I wore makeup was my wedding (almost 4 years ago), and it wasn't very much. I just never could be bothered with it much. I've been thinking about buying makeup, but honestly I think I'd forget to put it on. Lol

No Makeup = No “Attention”



Makeup= “Attention”



I suppose I don't have natural beauty.

I think you look beautiful in both...and I'm just saying....I love how you wear your make-up....BUT you look good without it as well

Thank you. I really appreciate it.

Maybe I am in the minority but I think you look better without. I would actually MUCH rather buy a drink for and often do double take girls without makeup.

In the end its what ever makes you happy but thats my thought

I don't wear makeup at all. With the exception of maybe twice a year for a special occasion like a wedding or something.
I get a generous amount of attention without makeup every day. I do make sure my hair is good before I go out, that's what gives me confidence.

So my answer is more "Why don't I wear makeup" :

When I wear it, of course get attention, but not the kind of attention I like or appreciate. I find that when I wear makeup, it's the *kitten* and creeps that I get attention from, and I'm perfectly fine without that :bigsmile:
I also find that I'm treated poorly sometimes when I wear makeup. I have what I would call "B^tchy features" lol. When I don't wear makeup it's not as noticeable and my features look softer, but when I do, my features are enhanced and I feel like I look like a total B^tch (not sure how to explain it exactly, my friends agree I look more unaproachable all made up)

So I'm happier and have a better time without it!:drinker:

I'm married so getting attention and getting hit on is not a big concern for me. My husband says he doesn't care if I wear makeup or not. I wear makeup because I think it's fun. And why not? We play dress up when we're little girls. I love playing with different colors of shadows. I get extremely excited when I get a new color pallet.

I almost always wear makeup. I don't wear a lot though.
Without makeup and with glasses.....


With makeup (light makeup for a Saturday daytime outing) and no glasses...


(Hope this works...first time posting pictures.)

I'm married so getting attention and getting hit on is not a big concern for me. My husband says he doesn't care if I wear makeup or not. I wear makeup because I think it's fun. And why not? We play dress up when we're little girls. I love playing with different colors of shadows. I get extremely excited when I get a new color pallet.

this is me too. I love playing around with different colors, i probably have enough eyeshadow to last my lifetime haha.

Because society tells them this is what beaty is. I agree with the confidence statement from Jac. Whats wrong with being natural?

OR maybe the time spent putting on make-up is me time, and we all like to have it as part of our day.

I don't wear it every day because I cherish my sleep time in the mornings, but I find myself extrodinarily destressed after I have invested the time. I equate it to home-spa rituals.

There are no statistics I know of that show a majority of women wear make-up to attract men. All the women I know wear it to feel good about themselves.