What Make Up do you wear for work?

[Eemaan]

Just wondered if everyone adoped their funky MAC looks ive come across in fotds for work aswell. Does the dress code permit it?

I teach high school history/phil and stick to neutrals. wouldn't dare go beyond browns/maroons for eyeshadow, brown eyeliner. - but would love to.

my make up is a bit boring because of this on a daily basis. i do tend to rebel once in a while and eye line with parrot


what about you?

[Buttercup]

Mine's pretty boring because i'm only supposed to wear 'day natural makeup' but I usually wear natural colours anyway so it's okay I guess.

I usually just wear the usual base, Shroom/Naked Lunch e/s with bronze eyeliner, mascara, bronzer, peachy pink blush and lipgloss/lipstick.

[Henna]

I only get to show my "creative/wild" side on the weekends. I work from home, so I don't feel like getting glammed up for work while still in my jammies Sometimes I experiment w/looks I've seen on the board if I'm in the mood.

[jasper17]

I work at an insurance company and it's pretty conservative. Most of the time, unless I have to go in front of a broker or customer, I just go the powder-concealer-mascara route. Otherwise, it's mostly browns and pinks and maybe some olive greens.

[sigwing]

I've been using more color than I used to (mainly nudes/browns) but on my eyelids mostly, with usually a matte for the crease, and highlighters with less frost also seem to tone down what could be wild colors. But just using it on my eyelids with no combination of colors like that is also less flashy. I work in the legal community.

It sounds like you use good colors to begin with, so just use some of your "wilder" stuff as your eyelid shades & it would add your fun colors without having them jump out.

[Hikaru-chan]

In my contract it states that I'm supposed to wear "light day make-up" but I get away with a lot more, I've worn really bright colors like Chrome Yellow and Parrot and really dark smoky eyes and I've never been told off.

[ricciolineri]

I'm not obliged to wear 'day natural makeup', at least no one told me, but I usually wear classy colours anyway so it's okay I guess.

Nowadays I just wear the little minx on lid, a little of carbon in the outer crease, inventive in crease and prunella to line.
Lttle mocha blush and whirl and damzel on lips.
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[moonrevel]

I'm a graduate student, and my "job" (I use this word loosely to describe it) is to be a teaching assistant, sitting in on my professors' undergrad classes, teaching when they aren't there, and grading, etc., so I can pretty much just wear what I want, and I usually do. It's sort of my shtick at school, so when I tone it down, people get worried about me, hehe.

[thegirlgotsoul]

I'm at work right now, and I'm wearing Parrot & Lucky Green.

But I work at a really cool, laid back office where the make tie-dye shirts and Greatful Dead bears, so...

[CaliKris]

I am lucky I work at a closing company and I can wear what ever I want. My boss really dosen't care about what the MU looks like, she is usually asking me what lipglass that is and that she must have it. (HELLO C-Squeeze collection, yea like I can find that real fast for her...not so much!). Our office does not see clients so its pretty much a free for all on MU and what we wear in general. Jeans are a staple around here!!!

[bluegrassbabe]

Most of the time I can wear what I want. On important meeting days I tone it down a lot. No one has ever said anything to me, I just think it's a courtesy.

[Ms. Z]

I work in a conservative industry; about half of the men here would easily qualify as contestants for Beauty & the Geek. I would say that at least 1/2 of the woman in this firm (75% male employees) don't even wear makeup. Those who do wear nudes & browns and only about two of us will get a little bit adventurous.

[glittergoddess27]

LOL! Heeehee I work at a CPA firm,.. but they have to be the most tolerant employer for that kind of thing. Most the people here are pretty conservative, but they tolerate me well. I have had cartoon anime fushia hair for a while,..pierced up lots, and I wear whatever colors strike me in makeup. They have never said anything at all about makeup. Though I do make sure that I am up to date on the schedule. If somebody big is coming in or I have a big meeting,. then I make sure it is toned down to pinks, golds, neutrals. As long as you are dressed business casual and it doesn't look odd or way out there,....then you can get away with it. All my piercings are all daintier gold hoops and balls and diamonds,.. very well coordinated etc,.and I get a lot of unexpected compliments like "I don't normally like piercings but I do like yours" from all kinds of people. Think that helps a lot. I have to give them credit here for that.

[Bubbles12_98]

I work in a mall...in a UT Sports STore to be exact...we wear jeans & a UT shirt for our dress code. My shirts are usually the traditional burnt orange so I usually try to wear shades of brown just because it matches my outfit better. I'll usually wear Rule w/ Agate & a dark brown Milani e/s in the crease. Sometimes I'll have plans before or after work & come in make-up I did for those occasions...such as my lovely teal looks(I'll post a FOTD some day!) and no one ever says anything to me about it, but then again I do wear glasses so it may not be as noticeable I never have extreme lips anyways so that part is irrelevent to me...

[MAC Melly]

I work at a university... have my own office so I get to hide out for most of the day unless students come in for academic advising... I usually wear neutral colors but since Friday's are casual.. I like to spice it up with some color.. Most of the time, if I know I'm going out after work I'll put in the extra effort with some golds and greens on my eyelids (Begatelle & Swimming) before I leave in the morning and touch up with some Pink Clash lipglass thruout the day.. Oh and Diorshow mascara... is a must!

[mspixieears]

I know we were encouraged to look good, but not too 'bright' so as to distract others. Having said that, I have indeed worn some bright makeup at work. But at my last job, uber-boring - only lipstick or gloss. But that's due to laziness and me hating the whole 9-5 thing.

[canadiangirl_1117]

I work with prisoners all day, so I can get away with as bright or as neutral (or even a bare face if I want!) of a look as I feel. I don't think they care too much *LOL*

[eyeshadowfreak]

I work in HR and I wear whatever I want really. As long as it looks polished and not garish, it's fine. Most of the time, I get compliments on what I wear.

[may_cup]

Since I work from home, and just go to the post office every day, that's sort of my office. Most days I just do the normal makeup, somedays when I feel like playing it gets a little more outrageous than normal, but I guess I don't really feel like *me* with makeup that's *out there*... I guess I don't feel I have the face that can pull it off. Like, the October FOTD challenge I just did, I don't think I could leave the house with that look. heh

[Jennifer Mcfly]

I don't have a dress code for work so I could wear whatever I wanted, as bold or not as I wanted. But, for the most part, all I wear to work (besides my clothes, LOL) is lipgloss. Yup, I'm bare faced 99% of the time at work, no foundation, concealer or mascara! sometimes even when I go out I don't wear makeup. Just lipgloss is all I need!

[IndyEMSkitten]

I have a uniformed job with a very conservative dress code - we're only allowed stud earrings - and only one per ear. No bracelets or necklaces and only a wedding ring. I believe our SOP's state that makeup is supposed to be "conservative" or "natural", but I don't exactly follow that. I try not to get too outrageous, though. Today I'm wearing teal e/l but with neutral shadows, rest of the face is neutral. The guys at work know that I'm makeup-obsessed. They make fun of me, but then they also comment if I'm not done-up like usual!

[user4]

a work in a hospital.. the research section to be specific so we dont really see the patients too often, well unless im interviewing them which is like two or three days a month. i usually do the neutral thing for work but add a little bit of color like a colorful liner or a little bit of something here or there... but for the most part pretty "day time mu"

[banana]

My new office is a lot more laid back than at my old job where I could only get away with mascara, blush and natural lipgloss. Here I can get away with more obvious makeup as long as I keep it classy. I wear colours but not really bright ones.

[Renee]

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Originally Posted by moonrevel

I'm a graduate student, and my "job" (I use this word loosely to describe it) is to be a teaching assistant, sitting in on my professors' undergrad classes, teaching when they aren't there, and grading, etc., so I can pretty much just wear what I want, and I usually do. It's sort of my shtick at school, so when I tone it down, people get worried about me, hehe.

Wow! I teach first grade and like you , I wear a very dramatic look most of the time. on day I wore a very natural look and my class said" Ms. Renee are you sick?" I just laughed! Kids are hilarious! I'm always giving makeup advice to parents at school tooand have been asked to do their makeup!HAHAHA!!

[DivineFacez]

I work in an elementary school as an assistant. Getting up in th morning and putting on my makeup makes me feel GREAT!! Yesterday, the art teacher had the nerve to tell me I look like I should be working as a showgirl in Vegas. It hurt my feelings, but I love to express myself through colors. I had little minx, beutiful iris, and shadowy lady on. It looked beautiful ladies! But I really wanted to tell him to kiss my a@$!!