Has anybody ever said you wear *TOO MUCH* makeup?

[peace.love.mac]

I was told by one girl that I wore too much makeup because I love mac makeup and that was all I wore and she loved bare essentials and she thought that I looked cakey because I was wearing mac...but I personally don't think I ever did..haha

 

[cno64]

she thought that I looked cakey because I was wearing mac...but I personally don't think I ever did..haha

I have no doubt that you looked fine. She was just going out of her way to find imaginary "fault."
This person needs a hobby; she's apparently got too much free time!
By the way, I love MAC and Bare Escentuals.
And Urban Decay, and Stila and Prescriptives ...
But I don't wear everything at once!

 

[LMD84]

wow - those people at the party years ago were really shitty to say that. and sorry you had abad illness and were in hospital - if people tell you that you look great even when you are that sick you know you must be beautiful

 

[cno64]

, I work in an academic environment (doing a PhD in Theoretical Physics) and work with almost all guys (some of whom appear to have not had much contact with women and get all hot and bothered with talk of atoms and molecules). They tend to come ou wityh snotty remarks about my make up, and if I put on some lipgloss at my desk, then they start to ask why I'm putting it on or if I've got a date, and they also like to say I'll attract the wrong sort of attention with putting on make up. To be honest, I don't really care. It's my face, and if people don't like what I do with it, then I'm not forcing them to look at it!

I know the type (I majored in molecular biology), and I GUARANTEE you are scaring the CRAP out of them!
Men are threatened by intelligent women, and one who is pretty *and* smart spells sheer terror.
As you pointed out, though, it's your face, your life, and your business, so go, girl!

 

[cno64]

wow - sorry you had abad illness and were in hospital - if people tell you that you look great even when you are that sick you know you must be beautiful

Thanks! This may be too much information, but I had a massive, nearly lethal, cerebral hemorrhage, and I can't even begin to describe how wretched I felt.
I even once groaned to my mother, meaning every word at the time, "I can't imagine EVER again caring about how I look ..."
But eventually, I got better, though not 100%, came home, discovered MAC, and am now known as a "makeup guru."
It's not easy to apply the stuff with just one hand(my left side still doesn't work), but I manage, and I care very much now about my appearance.