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

[aimee]

girl youre so pretty and the comments = pure jealousy

i get rude comments when i go out
im 6 feet tall so alot of people make rude comments when i wear high heels
like doesnt she think shes tall enough etc.
oh my i love high heels so leave me alone plus guys love my long legs lol
im a blonde (naturally) and like to wear hair extensions and i do love make up believe me sometimes girls can be rude if theyre jealous
i dont care anymore i take out my compact and my lipglass and smile

 

[user79]

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Originally Posted by fafinette21 i HATE when people say "you don't NEED all that makeup on". so what? i flipping WANT it on!

Ugh, I agree. I've had a few comments to that effect on my YT channel.

I always want to respond, "so why are you watching makeup videos when you think any makeup is too much?"

I mean, it's a makeup channel, obviously I'm going to be posting videos putting on various levels of dramatic or neutral makeup. I just make sure my makeup is appropriate to the occasion, obviously I'm not going to wear something really dramatic to work or to a funeral. I just like showing people what I can do, and maybe someone will feel it's helpful to their own application and get some new ideas, whatever. I don't really care if you think I don't need it, I like it and it's an outlet for creativity, so please spare me your insight.

 

[BeautyPsycho]

Man, if we stopped doing/buying everything we don't NEED, we wouldn't have lots of stuff.

 

[Shaquille]

Yes, my husband.. he basically doesn't like me wearing make up whatsoever..

 

[alysia56]

I have this rule that I kind of live by. It goes: "No matter where you go, always make sure you look your best. Because you never know who you might see; or, more importantly, who might see you."

There was an episode of Frasier (I remember this very vaguely) in which he went to the grocery store in his PJ pants and an old t-shirt with his hair ratty and ended up digging someone's discarded aluminum can from the trash recepticle in order to put it in the recycle bin. As this was happening, an alum from his university happened across his path and immediately assumed Frasier had become a homeless transient. This turned into a big to-do, got around to the rest of the alumni and it turned out they were having a reunion later that month.

There was a point to this, I swear. I don't EVER want it to be ME in that position. So yes, maybe I'm just making a run to Walgreens to get tampons, but you know what? AnyTHING or anyONE could happen during that time and I'm gonna be ready for it. And goshdarnit, if that means taking a few minutes of "me" time to get pretty, then at least I can go about my day knowing that no one's gonna mistake me for a homeless transient anytime soon.

So take that, dad! (Who used to get on my case by taking time out to inform me that i wasn't on my way to a beauty pageant. "No shit, dad, really?")

 

[nelyanaphonexia]

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Originally Posted by alysia56 ... no one's gonna mistake me for a homeless transient anytime soon....

That just made my day!

Thanks for posting cause I know I feel the same way about going out to work/get groceries/just to look pretty in case someone pops up at my house.

 

[Susanne]

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Originally Posted by BeautyPsycho My money, my face, my enjoyment, my life! Thankyouverymuch!

I love you for that!

My ex-boyfriend who I lived with and who I left at the beginning of 2007 once told me:
"For every new makeup item you buy you have to throw an old one away!"

 

[k.a.t]

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Originally Posted by Susanne I love you for that! My ex-boyfriend who I lived with and who I left at the beginning of 2007 once told me: "For every new makeup item you buy you have to throw an old one away!"

Because that would accomplish what exactly?

 

[Susanne]

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Originally Posted by k.a.t Because that would accomplish what exactly?

That no one could say I would have too much makeup...

 

[ktdetails]

I don't think anyone has ever told me that I was wearing too much... but I tend to wear neutrals which don't seem to freak out the general public.

For example I love dramatic looks - but I don't wear them for various reasons.

I wear a lot of products everyday to get that "natural look" -- because my real natural look would keep me indoors. HA!. My boyfriend used to complain that I took too long to get ready... when we were just going to run errands or getting ready for the day when he just wanted to go out to breakfast and be low maintenance. So I started to consciously be super minimalistic on weekends or not wear anything at all (not wanting to be that High Maintenence girl and wondering how little do I actually need to wear to feel like I look good - I have acne and redness and blonde eyelashes). Then my boyfriend started to get jealous on my work days - when I would do my full face routine... (as if I was getting dolled up to impress someone else - because I didn't make myself look like that for him on the weekends) (it was a casual comment - my BF's not psycho) I brought up his previous complaint and said he can't have it both ways... Either I take my time and do what I want and you wait patiently because you like the end result or you will always see your girlfriend leaving the house looking better for work than for you. Makeup makes me feel like the best version of myself. He gets it now ... he still hates waiting though.. ha! I don't have flawless skin and dark lashes, I wish I could just throw on chapstick and look presentable - oh well. I also have to remember that MUA's take 60-90 minutes or more to get actresses ready for the camera... I can take 15-30 minutes to make myself look better. I interact with the world in a completely different way when I feel polished.

As for the haters out there... I know that I have seen some women who are wearing looks that make me cringe. But so what!! I think that a lot of you hit the nail on the head in that it's not about quantity - but the quality of application or the choice of colors that people have issue with.

Maybe these rude commenters could never imagine wearing the colors you are wearing, or maybe they think it's too much for the daytime because their job has them working with people who only wear mascara, perhaps they never have an occasion to experiment or ironically they would be afraid of the judgment from people like themselves if they tried something new or perhaps they don't have clothing that would compliment the look if they don't lead the same lifestyle - there are so many possible reasons someone might not like various makeup looks.

We all have opinions about what we like - the difference is vocalizing it just to be mean. I've gone into stores and thought to myself that I really don't like a certain MUA's FOTD does that mean that I would walk up to her and insult her? OH MY GOD!!! There's a difference between having an opinion and expressing it. There's also such a thing as tact. But unless the person they're commenting on respects their point of view ( i.e. is a friend vs. a stranger ) or that in turn the person hearing the criticism likes how the person commenting chooses to look then they're not going to change anyone and they just made an ass of themselves. But unless that criticism is asked for --- then who do they think they are just to go off on someone else? I've thought to myself - "my boyfriend's sister wears too much eyeliner" (but when I really think about it - it's about how she applies it - I don't think it's flattering) ... but I can't for the life of me figure out a way not to sound like an jerk if I told her my opinion... and therefore it will not be said... I would sound like an jerk. it's not worth it... if she likes how she looks - that's all that matters. And that's all it is opinion - it's not law, it's not right and wrong, it's preference... people need to calm down and get their superior attitudes in check. If you don't have something nice to say - don't say anything at all.

 

[sharkbytes]

You know it's so interesting that so many men and women (not all, i'm not generalizing) often say they prefer "the natural look." And yet, will reject/look down upon a girl with absolutely nothing on her face. What they really like is the "makeup natural" which I don't have to tell you Specktrites takes just as long to do as a bright look. Even longer, sometimes with all the blending.


I think what it really boils down to is that some people are intimidated by those who aren't afraid to experiment with color and who value themselves enough to take pride in their appearance. If you feel your best with nothing but chapstick and powder, then that's the look for you. But if you feel amazing when you take the time and care to do a full face, then who's to say it's too much? Sadly there's a lot of people in the world who don't feel that good about themselves, and don't understand how just a little bit of makeup lifts your spirits and makes you feel good.

 

[pinkstar]

Lol, (not) surprisingly enough, all of the people who think I wear "too much" makeup are guys!

My FATHER will sometimes be like "What did you do? Paint on your face?" Or tell me I look like a "heavy base" on, when in reality, I use a dime size amount of MAC's Hyper Real or MAC's Mineralize foundation with a LIGHT dusting of powder.

THEN, I got the most backhanded compliment from my ex's friend. Now, he and I are good friends and he didn't say it to be rude, but I ran into him twice at school, and on both occasions he complimented on how beautiful I look "without all that makeup."

Without all WHAT makeup? Everytime he's seen me, the only thing I have on i s tinted moisturizer and blush, lol. Seriously. Maybe he's seen my Facebook club pics, but even then...It doesn't look overdone at all.

*Sigh* boys.

& like the other girls have already said; who cares about what that girl said! You're beautiful

 

[icekap1]

So broke up with my b/f last Saturday and he goes, "..and one of the things I 'hated' (laungauge?) about you, was you 'painting' your face. My ex-girlfriend didn't 'paint' her face like you!"

All I can say is that "The true shall set you free!"

Now where is my electric eel e/s...lol!!!!

 

[jardinaires]

well yeah, considering i'm a boy and i know how to sculpt my cheekbones and contour my eyes. apparently that is "too much", but i don't wear makeup every single day. boys i guess are expected to just put on some black eyeliner if they're doing that whole edgy thing, i don't consider what i like to do to my face as edgy but a lot of people seem to think that's what i'm going for. i usually only do the "too much makeup" look when i go out on certain occasions and that is obviously the effect i'm trying to get, that kind of thing for a special occasion is basically the point. but, i've gotten just as many, if not more, compliments as i have gotten tongue-in-cheek comments.. so i don't really care.

 

[cindel25]

Nope but people have said that I should start wearing makeup....pfft.

 

[cno64]

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Originally Posted by pinkstar Lol, (not) surprisingly enough, all of the people who think I wear "too much" makeup are guys! My FATHER will sometimes be like "What did you do? Paint on your face?" Or tell me I look like a "heavy base" on, when in reality, I use a dime size amount of MAC's Hyper Real or MAC's Mineralize foundation with a LIGHT dusting of powder. THEN, I got the most backhanded compliment from my ex's friend. Now, he and I are good friends and he didn't say it to be rude, but I ran into him twice at school, and on both occasions he complimented on how beautiful I look "without all that makeup." *Sigh* boys.

Some men, and even a fair number of women, can be surprisingly naive when it comes to makeup and other "adornments."
A few years ago, I knew a young woman who had her hair permed and colored, wore quite a bit of makeup, tweezed her brows almost to nothingness and wore false eyelashes. She did have nice, though not spectacular, features and a cute figure.
Other people were always raving about how "X is so beautiful, and it's all natural, too!"
I thought, "Huh? Looks to me like she has to work at it some ..."
I didn't say anything, because X was/is a nice person, and I had no desire to talk negatively about her. I just found all of the "natural beauty" raves a little puzzling.

 

[Mabelle]

YeS!!! and it always comes from "plain janes" or like previously stated people taht know NOTHING about makeup!!! it makes me craazzzyyyyyy.

My best friend ( i love her, but shes a bit of a plain jane) does not wear a stitch of makeup. i can remember one two occasions (her prom and her uncle's wedding) having to fight her to wear makeup, and all i wanted to put on her was a highlight, powder (to control oil) and make flippin mascara cause she has beaauuutiiful eyes, but blond lashes that are super straight.

She once mentioned how i always wear so much (her tone was insulting or anything) but i thought to myself, just because you wear none does not mean "i wear so much" aside from the eyshadow everything is applied light and in a natural fashion.

I do some theatrical makeup, and one time a girl i was working on commented on how i wasnt wearing makeup that day. i said, i didnt feel like putting it on tonight, im pretty tired. and had no ideas. And then she went on and on about how i wear a lotof makeup, and "it's nice and all, but you look better without"

And lastly, and this one is the weirdo icing on the cake; i knew this girl when i was in high school.. kinda pot head, tom boy, thought she was a latin ganster. we werent really friends, but we were freindly. Anyway, she remembers me from 6 years ago being a little punk junky kid. Well she saw my facebook with some make up pictures and sent me this big long message about how im conforming and trying to be conventionally pretty and how its sad to her yadda yadda. i thought it was really weird, but she was really weird. then like two months later she sent me a msg half apologizing and then saying "I just get scared when women given in to be being "beautiful" and "perfect" but I see that your make up is not in that direction"

it was the captain of weirds.

my dad says i wear truck loads, but he only says that when im putting it on. Once it's on he has no idea.the only diffrence he will see is if i wear red lipstick, or my eyeshadow.

 

[malaviKat]

My grand-parents (in particular), and following that, my mom, have made comments about my makeup being inappropriately bright or too "heavy-handed". I am under the impression that they think I look like a hooker. My grand-mother generally refers to my makeup as "war paint"... (haha)

When I tried to defend myself to my mom and told her that it was a difference in opinion caused primarily by differing generations, she asked if I was "sure" that the people (of my age) complimenting me weren't really trying to point out that my face "looked bad" (with bright eyes). If indeed everyone thought I looked so bad, I assume people would not now be asking me for makeup advice, or for me to do their makeup when they go clubbing, attend weddings and the like. I can't look as bad as all that! (My mom has since relented and admitted that she does see makeup adverts of women in bright makeup.)

The point of all this is... I believe I've spent far too much of my life being concerned with what other people think. Most of the women I know don't wear makeup and don't have a clue about putting it on. I'm not professing to be any sort of expert on the matter, but I figure that the only way I'm going to learn is to experiment. People practice all sorts of things in an effort to get better at something they love and I put makeup in the same category as painting or music. It's an art that requires effort.

As for taking a long time to get ready... Of course I'm going to take longer to get dressed than a girl (or guy) who jumps out of the shower and brushes their hair. But it is what it is. End of story!

 

[pratbc]

Luckily, I have only been told by 1 person that I wear "too much" makeup and that I do not need to wear any at all. This was said to me by my now ex-husband. He was very jealous and controlling and did not like me wearing any makeup at all for fear that I would "attract attention." Now that he is long gone, I am once again having a blast playing around with different m/up looks.
Thank goodness my mother is my ally in this. She is and has always been into cosmetics. As a girl, I used to sit by her vanity and watch her apply it all. Now, I get to share tips and tricks and product recommendations with my mom- its pretty neat. My sister who is a year younger than I am (she is 27) was always tomboyish and never really into makeup. My mom and I took her to the MAC counter recently and she got a bunch of start-up stuff and I have been teaching her how to apply it. Before this, all she wore was d/s makeup and never used any brushes other than the cheapy applicators that come with the d/s shadows.
I do not even really get makeup comments from my dad. He just tells me that I look beautiful.
The funny thing is that when I left my hubby and first started dating my now ex boyfriend he always commented on how beautiful and natural my skin looked (eventhough I had concealer and powder fdtn on, he couldn't even tell). So I guess I pull off the "natural" look pretty well.

 

[NotteRequiem]

While I've never had someone (besides my mother, but only because she hates when I take more than 15 minutes to primp in the morn) tell me I wear too much, a couple of my friends always giggle at me saying they don't have the time to do that every morning. That always puzzled me. I mean, when I was in High School, I maybe wore makeup twice a week, and it was BOLD (haha bold as in crappy, because I had NO IDEA what I was doing.), and when I did wear crazy colors people complimented me.

Now, in college (which is the BEST PLACE EVER to test out all-day looks, by the way), My 'technique' has been waaaay refined (thanks to my favorite makup forum

) and I'm able to really have fun. I've just started to get pigment samples to try out different colors.

My ex boyfriend used to say that I didn't have to wear makeup, but he thought it was cute when we'd pass Sephora in the mall, and I'd HAVE to go in to "browse"... and come out with a shopping bag... >.>