SO, when did you start wearing make up?

MissNikki007 · July 2010

I didn't *really* start wearing make up until I was 24.

Even now, I'm not reallly into it like that. I do my eyes up sometimes but unless DH and I are going somewhere, I skip the powder and blush.

As long as my brows are neat and I don't have eye boogers, I'm good. LOL

jamiemsmith · July 2010

Sophomore year of High School. I was such a tomboy up until then that it never mattered to me. I barely wear it now though.

LCB34 · July 2010

I started with lip gloss and mascara at around 12 or 13.

I added more as I got older and by high school would wear a full face every day (foundation, blush, eye shadow, liner, mascara, and gloss).

Now, I won't leave the house without at least powder and mascara.

I think I look scary without something on my face...

luckybride1128 · July 2010

I guess I really started wearing makeup around 15. I experimented in 8th grade (I guess around 13) but that's because my mom practically forced me to. She told me I needed to "put some color into my face." She is very "girly" and I wasn't at the time, though now I'm one of the most feminine of all my friends.

wife1014 · July 2010

I wore some face powder, mascara and lip gloss in high school. To be honest that is still about all I wear unless I am going "out"...and I mean "out". I do use products now to make my skin glow, keep wrinkles at bay, and help with flaws.

~Flossie~ · July 2010

I wore a very small amount in the last year of high school. Basically just enough to cover (or attempt to cover) my acne.

While in college I wore full out make-up everyday... but I don't think I've put on any make-up since graduation back in January. I just couldn't be bothered.

jfwilliams · July 2010

I started around 8 or 9 ONLY because I have psoriasis and it was on my face so my mom taught me out to use cover up to hide it. I didnt do eyes etc... it was just to cover up.

Blush and a litttle eye shadow when I was like 14...

Around 16 doing anything I wanted (with in reason ha).

Mrs.Johns · July 2010

My mom took me to get a "lesson" when I was 13 and she took me to get some light natural make-up. I don't remember if I wore it every day.

I wore full face in high school mainly because my acne was bad.

Now I will wear it some days and not other days. It's mostly very light. I think as long as I am not tired I look pretty good without make-up on.

toyah81 · July 2010

:: Lurking from 3rd Tri :: I still don't really wear make-up! I wore clear gloss and blush sometimes before I got pregnant, but that's it. I don't wear any now and the only time I wore a full face of make-up was for my wedding. I just don't want to be one of those people who just have to wear it or they look hideous! Luckily, I don't have bad skin to begin with!

On another note, have you seen Oprah w/o make-up?? Not a pretty sight! Lol

mhazel1204 · July 2010

I was 14 and it was mainly eye liner (I have small eyes) and powder due to acne and somewhat oily skin. Even today eye liner and powder. Though before I got pregnant I wore a little blush for some color, don't really need it now. Every once in awhile for a special occassion I'll use some neutral eye shadow and a swipe of mascara. I really prefer a more natural look.

MrsSarahL · July 2010

I started getting interested in makeup my freshman year of high school. I'm a big fan of eye shadow and lip gloss. I wear it occasionally now, but it's not an everyday thing for me. DH actually hates it when I wear anyting besides chap stick. (He says I'm too pretty to cover up Stick out tongue

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MissNikki007 · July 2010

toyah81:

:: Lurking from 3rd Tri :: I still don't really wear make-up! I wore clear gloss and blush sometimes before I got pregnant, but that's it. I don't wear any now and the only time I wore a full face of make-up was for my wedding. I just don't want to be one of those people who just have to wear it or they look hideous! Luckily, I don't have bad skin to begin with!

On another note, have you seen Oprah w/o make-up?? Not a pretty sight! Lol

Oh.my.stars. She looks awful. Especially with those Gucci bags under her eyes.

franceshouseman · July 2010

My parents allowed me to start wearing makeup my freshman year of high school, so I was 14. I usually just wore some mascara and lip gloss. I'm still not really into a lot of make up. I wear some powder, eyeshadow, mascara and lip gloss. But I don't wear make up everyday.

LILBIT1221 · July 2010

I still dont wear it a lot, basically because I dont know WTF I am doing when it comes to applying it. So I do foundation, mascara & gloss...today because I was bored in the Dr's office waiting to get my blood drawn I was playing with my eyes...I think I look very streetwalker chic.

Molluskwrangler · July 2010

Unless it was a special occasion not until college so 19...I don't wear it much now either. I was a tom boy but I also didn't see the point. I figure as long as I am put together and clean what else do I need. If DH and I are going out to dinner or to a party then fine but other then that..eh.

MSC03 · July 2010

Hmm... I was in college, so may 19 or 20? And for a long time I was just a concealer/powder/mascara girl (I'm part Croatian--I have dark circles around my eyes) but now I've added in a wee bit o' eyeshadow daily.

Monkey304 · July 2010

I was 15 and remember I wouldn't leave the house without a "full face".

It stayed that way up until 2 years ago when I just didn't have the energy anymore before work.

Now I only wear make up if I'm going out.... and it is usually just bronzer, eye shadow and eye liner.

laurel22 · July 2010

8th grade. I had pretty bad acne, starting in 5th grade, until I went on Accutane as a junior in high school. Boys I had crushes on in middle school routinely rejected me because I "had pimples", so I begged my mom to let me start wearing make-up in 8th grade and she finally relented.

While it definitely made my skin look better, I also managed to develop a major self-confidence problem based around wearing make-up. I remember overhearing a comment from a boy I liked after I started wearing make-up in 8th grade, where he said "well, she's kinda pretty when she has make-up on". It really affected me. I wouldn't leave the house without make-up on for a long, looooong time. I'm fine without wearing make-up now, but I was uncomfortable without make-up on until I was about 23 or 24.

BUT, at least I'm REALLY good at doing my make-up now! Friends ask me to do theirs for them all the time! Life skills. Smile

Mrs. Chip · July 2010

I started a little in middle school, but wore it every where every day in high school...then came college. I would go to class and then determine if what I was doing afterwards was make-up worthy.

now it depends on my day..if I am just at the house or running errands I usually don't wear it.

MissNikki007 · July 2010

LILBIT1221:
I still dont wear it a lot, basically because I dont know WTF I am doing when it comes to applying it. So I do foundation, mascara & gloss...today because I was bored in the Dr's office waiting to get my blood drawn I was playing with my eyes...I think I look very streetwalker chic.

::snort:: I'm pretty sure that's an oxymoron.

KJmashup · July 2010

I was probably 12 or 13. And then by my mid-20s, I stopped. Now I'm au naturel. I never knew how to apply it correctly anyway. I'll still apply some cosmetics for special occasions, but even then, it's only foundation and/or powder, mascara, blush, and lip gloss.

toyah81 · July 2010

MissNikki007:
toyah81:

:: Lurking from 3rd Tri :: I still don't really wear make-up! I wore clear gloss and blush sometimes before I got pregnant, but that's it. I don't wear any now and the only time I wore a full face of make-up was for my wedding. I just don't want to be one of those people who just have to wear it or they look hideous! Luckily, I don't have bad skin to begin with!

On another note, have you seen Oprah w/o make-up?? Not a pretty sight! Lol

Oh.my.stars. She looks awful. Especially with those Gucci bags under her eyes.

Bwahahaha! You hit the nail on the head with that one!

Kitiara5512 · July 2010

I wasn't allowed to wear makeup until I was 13, and then my mom showed me how to do lipstick and light eye makeup so that I didnt look like a hooker. Apparently she found out that for the past two years, my bff and I had been putting on makeup after we got to school, like pretty pink and bright blue eye shadow with thick mascara and deep pink or red lipstick.

LILBIT1221 · July 2010

MissNikki007:
LILBIT1221:
I still dont wear it a lot, basically because I dont know WTF I am doing when it comes to applying it. So I do foundation, mascara & gloss...today because I was bored in the Dr's office waiting to get my blood drawn I was playing with my eyes...I think I look very streetwalker chic.
::snort:: I'm pretty sure that's an oxymoron.

such is my life ha-ha

Moonbeam828 · July 2010

16 was the earliest my mom would let me (I'd have really appreciated a tube of concealer in middle school, but oh well). I've worn it ever since, I always do a full face for work. Even in college, I might be wearing jeans and a tshirt, but I'd always have my face done. I just love makeup. I have a feeling I'm going to be modifying my routine quite a bit come December.

str8ota · July 2010

I was rocking the Wet N Wild in 7th grade. These days it depends on the occasion or the outfit. Everyday wear is usually just mascara and glossy chapstick.

DanaThompson · July 2010

I started around 15 with lip gloss, a little blush and mascara. I'm 31 now, and I still do not leave the house without a little something on, even gardening in the yard. For work and outings, it's a full face though. I guess I get it from my mom. She won't even go to bed without a little make-up on. Says she doesn't like waking up ugly! lol

mrsf123 · July 2010

My mom has never left the house in her entire life without makeup, so it made me want to get started at an early age. I would say around 12 or so I was wearing lipstick and soon graduated to blush and eyeshadow within a year or two. By 15, I wore full makeup every day, thanks to a combination of my mom's influence and Teen Magazine. Then I went away to college, decied I hated makeup and now, I only wear makeup when I go out with friends on a Saturday night, family functions or a special occasion.

CinemaGoddess · July 2010

Started wearing lip gloss and a little powder when I was 13.

Went into full-on makeup by 16

Quit wearing makeup except for special occasions (about once or twice a year) at 26 or 27.

I just don't care. I look fine without makeup and not a whole lot of people in my circle of friends wear makeup, so I'm not the odd-man-out, so to speak. I do have a wicked addiction to my Burt's Bees lip balm, though.

I spph Seattle.

stylez6 · July 2010

I think I might have started at like 12 or 13 but I can't remember wearing all the time until high school. These days I'm a licensed makeup artist so I try to go out with my face beat everyday...it is after all my own personal advertisement.

girgirgir · July 2010

Never. Lotion and chapstick is the most I've ever done to my face. I have no idea what I'll do if I have a child who wants to wear the stuff.

SittinUnderAPalmTree · July 2010

I started wearing mascara in 7th grade. I am blonde and have super-light eyelashes, which make it look like I don't have eyelashes at all and that's kind of freaky looking. I didn't start wearing a full face of makeup until late in HS. Then, in college, I adopted the "rolled-out-of-bed" look for awhile and didn't wear any (well, maybe still the mascara... as I said, freaky without it!). LOL