response 1 of 40:

Jul 8 01:47 UTC 1998

i used to do the whole deal... base, powder, eye goop, mascara, lipstick, blah
blah blah. Now that it is 200 degrees out, base doesn't stand a chance. Just
powder now and maybe concealer on zits or eye circles. I have a drawer full of
stuff, most of it excellent quality. Yet lately I just don't feel like
bothering with much. Most people dress up during the week and go casual on
weekends. I am the opposite. It's more fun for me to dress up a little more on
weekends, for some reason.

response 3 of 40:

Jul 8 05:20 UTC 1998

Just because a person wears makeup, doesn't mean they want to look like someone
they are not. It's more like their face being a canvas.

response 5 of 40:

Jul 8 16:47 UTC 1998

Like you, bees, I wear makeup when I ant to play "dressup" -- like on the
weekends.  Mostly I don't bother during the week.

I have a "basic routine" of mascara, eyeline, rouge, and listick that I wear
most of the time, but occasionally I do the whole base, powder, concealer, etc.
routine for special occasions.

Why do I wear makeup?  It's fun.  I like the way a bit of colour brightens up
my face.  I have the kind of face that really benefits from makeup -- I'm
pretty plain barefaced, pale with blotches.  With a bit of colour, my features
become more striking, and I like that.

It also signals a psychological transition for me from "everyday" to "have a
good time".  That's why I rarely, if ever, wear makeup to work.  (Well, maybe
lipstick and mascara if it's a "meet the clients" day.)

I tend to wear mostly Avon products because I have very sensitive skin that
reacts to stuff that doesn't bother most people (and doesn't react to some
things that really irritate other people).

Makeup for men?  I love it!  I don't think anyone should ever *have* to wear
makeup -- but i think it's wonderful that someday men may be able to share the
fun without being ridiculed.  (I do have some male friends who wear makeup
regularly -- but they're the sort of people who flamboyantly don't care what
other people think.)

Interestingly, my mother never wore makeup when I was growing up, either.  I
became fascinated by it in my pre-teens, though, and have worm it off for 30
years.

I have had a few men in my life for whom makeup was a real  issue.  Some of
them demanded that I wear makeup every waking moment and some of them forbade
me to wear it at all.  Both piss me off.  It's my face and I'll do as I like
with it.  (Well, on special occasions, I will do as my man prefers because I
want to please him -- but not all the time.  I'm funny that way.)

response 7 of 40:

Jul 8 21:09 UTC 1998

I wear concealer, blush (only a bit since I have a dead pale expressoin...it's
to give me color), neutral eye shadows (beige, tan, brown), brown eyeliner,
and mascara.  I add lipstick if I feel like it or can find the tube.  =)

response 9 of 40:

Jul 9 02:51 UTC 1998

I need blush big time. I am quite pale and need that shot of color. I am liking
the bare eye/strong lip thing. Sometimes I fill in my eyebrows a bit with a
powder that matches them. My brows are pretty sparse and my eyes stand out a
bit more when I fill them in. I'd rather have someone say "What pretty eyes you
have" rather than "What a good eye makeup job!"

My mom is the makeup queen of all time. It's 102 degrees outside, with a heat
index of 115 now. Nevertheless, she has the thick foundation goop, black liquid
eyeliner, mascara, lipstick, rouge. It doesn't matter if she is not leaving the
house that day, she will go all out. Not me. I think deep down she is insecure
with herself and needs to be made up to feel beautiful. Truth is she'd look a
lot better with just powder and a little eye stuff. And yes I look damn fine
without makeup, thank you very much, but like misti says, I just like the
"lift" it gives. And it can make a difference... i see makeovers and such in
magazines and it doesn't look like the same person, even if the hair has not
changed much. I guess it's in the technique.

response 11 of 40:

Jul 9 08:08 UTC 1998

I think it brightens up my face and makes my eyes stand out...I don't wear
a lot.  I only put it on if I'm leaving the house or someone is coming over.
I think it's silly to go through that if I'm not seeing anyone that day.

response 13 of 40:

Jul 10 22:55 UTC 1998

We just watched a video of Funny Girl, who was wearing what looked like
sixties makeup.  Never did figure out what decade it was supposed to be set
it, but her hair looked teased and her lips faded.  Do people start seeing
a particular year's makeup as normal and not noticing it?  It also strikes
me as odd to see advertising for bedding in which the model is heavily made
up, or a picture of someone supposedly in the tub with lots of makeup, but
perhaps most people do not even see the makeup any more.
        What exactly is in fashion this year?

response 15 of 40:

Jul 11 03:24 UTC 1998

Yeah... don't know many people who can carry off blue shadow. I seem to see it
on old ladies mainly. 

My grandmother was born without eyebrows. She penciled them in daily but they
never looked fake. In one of my classes, there was this girl with brown hair
and apparently no eyebrows. She drew them in, but used black pencil!! Hello?!
It was like tire marks on her forehead.

In 7th grade I wore that mood lipstick, which was a green color on the tube but
turned red on my lips. Yick. I also wore purple eyeshadow.  Bad, bad.

response 17 of 40:

Jul 11 11:38 UTC 1998

The only women I've ever known to wear a lot of makeup, or feel
naked and uncomfortable in public without makeup, have all been
pretty boring or obnoxious people to be around.  It's like they
have put all of their effort into the accessories and none into
character.

response 19 of 40:

Jul 12 00:35 UTC 1998

I wonder if people think I wear a lot of makeup???  As I grow older, I find
it more and more difficult to go out without some foundation (skin is blotchy
or pallid without), some blush (have lost my natural rouge tinge unless I tan
and I am trying to stay out of the sun, eyebrow enhancement (my own are blonde
and fade into oblivion, especially behind my glasses, and mascara (ditto.)
In my 20's and 30's I wore no foundation, no rouge, light lipstick and still
had to do my eyes to make them look like eyes.