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I can see the logic in limiting the amount of makeup employees can wear (work is about work, not about your personal expression), but requiring makeup is just asinine.  Makeup is to make you more attractive.  As long as you are appropriately dressed and groomed, your attractiveness is none of their concern.

ETA: Obviously I'm taking about working in an office or at McDonald's, not working at the MAC counter, where it would be no different than how I had to wear Gap clothes to work when I worked at Gap.

vandelay

overture said:

Is it seriously legal to for employers to include makeup as part of a "professional" appearance when talking about a dress code?  Because fuck.  that.

It's probably not per se unlawful. Most workplace rules aren't, unless they are discriminatory on their face against a protected class (race, sex, age, etc.), or have a disproportionately harsh effect on a protected class with no valid business justification.  You could argue that it is sex discrimination if it is applied only to women, although most instances of dress code provisions that apply only to one sex have been upheld by the courts (e.g. prohibiting earrings on men but not women).  That having been said, I've never seen an example of a dress code that required makeup, and you *might* have a sex discrimination argument against such a provision if men's appearances were not similarly scrutinized in the policy (like maybe no razor stubble or untucked shirts, etc.).

TL;DR -- it depends.

[Deleted User]

If I'm required to wear make up to work, I'm raising hell if I see a bearded man in my office.

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Also, requiring me to wake up 10 minutes earlier to put on makeup is disproportionally harsh to my lazy ass.

winecastle14

Little Jerry said:

Is BB cream a brand or a product made by various brands? I think I need this.

Yea, it's a type of makeup sold by many brands. There is also CC cream that does everything BB cream does plus aids in color correction. I've been using Pür Minerals CC cream and I love, love it. It has SPF and is very light. I also have hormonal acne so I don't like anything heavy. I just bought the powder and bronzer from that line too and like it a lot. Great coverage, but very light feeling.

Some people love the Tarte brand BB cream, but it made my face break out.

vandelay

@golfergirl08‌, I'm not sure whether the MAC concealer would help control shine. I just use it to hide blemishes. Good luck finding something though -- finding good makeup is hard!