What does your family think about your makeup ?

[x music is love]

I was just at the mall with my mom & aunt today and i bought some makeup when i was on my own. I bought 2 shadows nocturnelle (deep purple) and steamy (bluish green) and some other stuff, i ended up spending 80 dollars. When they asked how much i spent they were like

. Then my aunt goes "you shouldnt wear these colors, you should only wear neutrals because only hoochies wear those kinds of colors !" I already have neutrals and i love colors, i think colors are what make makeup an art form. So, i didnt really know how to respond to that without being rude so i just said "i just wanna try, i'll probably return them..." Then she says "you shouldnt even try, just return them now." So at that point im kind of annoyed/offended so thank god she turned back to shopping. She proceeds to buy $400 (

) worth of kitchen appliances, which she makes me carry to the car, and she NEVER EVER cooks. This is the woman who will buy anything off of late night infomercials and im not exaggerating. Then we go to the liquor store where she buys about $32 worth of cigarette packs...uhm yeah... Needless to say, im pretty annoyed by her actions. She had more to say than my mom did !

so after all that ranting these are my questions:
1. How does your family feel about your makeup ?
2. Do you have people like that ? & if so, how do you deal with them?

 

[laurenmo88]

1. my mom supports my makeup addiction and recently has been looking up all sorts of makeup programs and schools for me to go to during summer and at night next year. she wants me to be a licensed esthetician before i go off to college. my dad thinks makeup is for ugly girls, and tells me i shouldnt wear any - but he's a mexican dad, and it's typical for him to say something like that.
2. well peers of mine think its rediculous that when i go to the mall only thing i buy is makeup, but they think its cool that i like makeup so much i guess. some tell me that i wear too much makeup and that i must not be cute without it, so i just dont deal w/ them at all - i dont need their advice

in regards to ur aunt, just laugh about it and say 'well im a hoochie!' or 'i know what u mean!' u know what im getting at? just dont let it get to u

 

[DaisyDee]

my family thinks I look better without it. LOL

 

[MACgirl]

My family knows that i work for mac, and hence sometimes go all out with out thier colors, they understand the art in makeup. BTW we were just talking about this the other day abotu how moms and aunts and stuff influence thier daughters/nices and what is bad or good in makeup, liek foundation is bad! which is totally not true. She has her ways set abotu makeup and see's loud and bright makup as nast and not classy. Educate her on how you dont want to wear steamy all over your eye but as for brightness and cutness. With all that being said, you love makeup and no one should ever tell u different. Its what u like and if your willnig to trust the product and drop money on something you like then you should be proud of it.

 

[bAbY_cHiCkEn01]

My mom completely 100% supports it as shes just as much of a makeup junkie as what I am, I guess my dad supports me coz he gave me money to fund a makeup course... my bf... he doesn't really understand it, but he knows that I love makeup and it means a lot to me so he lets me be with it and lets me play with him, so everyone gets it... but anyone that doesn't, I just tell them to rack off and it's my passion and it's me, if they don't like it screw 'em... Thats hard I guess with you as it's your aunt, but if that were me I'd casually bring up $400 worth of kitchen appliances that will never be used... she may butt out after that...

 

[cookies]

My family doesn't really have much to say about it...I think it's because when I go to uni, I try to keep the makeup lowkey because other students definately don't understand it. Sometimes they question the constant (makeup) packages that arrive in the post! I don't think they actually realise how much makeup I have since I only leave out what I use daily and hence a lot of it is kept in my bedside table...

 

[user2]

My family is 100% on my side because my mom likes to sneak through my makeup case and get an e/s of pigment to complete her look!
My dad even bought me MAC stuff for easter and for christmas! He sees all those envelopes flying into the house with a customs form on it that says "makeup" and he knows whats going on!

All of my friends are "So what did you do during the week? MAC?"

I even try to convert them because I bought all of my girl friends MAC for birthday or christmas!

 

[User34]

My friends don't say anything besides the lil' "mac addict" comments but other then that they always ask to borrow my make-up and how to use it and stuff.
My b/f thinks it's ok although he says I put it on when i don't need to. Which is true. Like yesterday, I was just chilling at home and had to put eyeshadow on.
My mom doesn't have much an opionion on it. Whatever makes me happy shes says. Although once she said I had to much eyeshadow for reg. day wear.

 

[IslandGirl77]

My bf sometimes doesn't like my make-up looks, but for the most part he doesn't really care. He's even bought me make-up. My Mom always sends me make-up in the mail and even asks me how to do certain things with make-up. So, pretty much everybody in my life is pretty cool about it.

 

[user3]

I awalys get nice compliments from family and friends.
Hubby would never even mention the size of my collection due to his video addiction. LOL


My family would NEVER comment in a negative way to me about something I love. If they did I wouldn't care because it's what I like.

 

[MisStarrlight]

My family thinks I'm crazy for the amount of money I spend on MAC, but when it comes down to it, when I'm home, I spend most of the time doing their faces.

 

[nphernetton]

Wow...

My family doesnt much care what I do...I've gone through so many "looks" since I started wearing makeup years ago...I think they think I'm a lost cause! My mom actually likes my colors. She gives me a hard time once in a while but I remind her that I am able to use color and not look like Mimi from the Drew Carey show and she gets over it...

 

[Shawna]

I used to be such a tomboy that I think my mom is thrilled I'm wearing makeup and doing my hair. My hubby hates my makeup collection, not because of how I wear it, but how much I spend on it. I've pretty much converted all my friends and my mom and sister to high end cosmetics. Mostly MAC, but they recently discovered Sephora too and made me place an order for them. Sometimes people don't like the colours I have on, but 90% of the time, everyone loves my makeup and has to ask what I'm wearing. In fact, it's not unusual for strangers to approach me now to ask what I have on my eyes and where they can buy it

 

[iiifugaziii]

This not only happens with makeup, but anything that is different now than it was 'back then.' Different generations (and cultures) all have specific judgements and opinions on things and nothing you can do will change their minds. Example: my parents hate my tattoos, (they're 60 & conservative) but they realize that they can do nothing about it. I'm an adult and i make my own choices. I'm my own person. I'm not asking them to love my tattoos, I'm asking them to love ME.

no matter how you wear bright blues, your aunt is probably always going to think it's hoochie-mama looking. that's just because of how she grew up and how she perceives things. But that's ok. I mean, she's entitled to her opinion... but SO ARE YOU! so remember that

 

[YOOTOPiA]

my family hasn't really said anything yet, but i'm sure they see all my makeup. my sister has asked me repeatedly how much i spend on mac, i just tell her that i buy the palettes pre filled and that they're 20 bucks a pop hahaha...
my fiance cant really say anything, for the amount of money he spends on his friggin car...
i figure, i work for my money so i'll spend it the way i want, while still saving of course. can't end up in a cardboard box with a bunch of mac cosmetics to keep me warm now can i?

 

[jess98765]

hehehe...they think i'm insane for spending so much money on makeup.... but whatever makes me happy makes them happy so they don't really mind

 

[cletus2894]

My sister loves it and wishes she had my collection...my parents, well, they think it's too much money...if only they really knew how much I spend

 

[theleopardcake]

My dad doesn't care too much. My mom likes my neutral looks, but really hates my bolders ones. She thinks it makes me look like a cheap hooker.

 

[lovejam]

I'd say don't even respond when she tries to engage you like that. She obviously has no room to criticise, and she's obviously very old-fashioned and probably set in her ways, so there's no point. It's your money, it's your face. None of her business.

My family doesn't really mind either way. It makes me very easy to shop for on my birthday or on holidays, and besides that, it's harmless.

 

[ette]

my mom supports me, i want to have a skincare/cosmetics line when i get older and she really wants me to succeed. she always makes me give her stuff though lol and steals some of my lipglosses, but hey! its my mom.