Has anybody ever said you wear *TOO MUCH* makeup? - Page 10

My mother used to always say that I wore too much makeup, even if I just had on powder and eyeliner...back in highschool.  But now she says nothing whenever I see her.  But usually parents always say that something too much whether it's makeup or going out etc.  

Another time was when I was a junior in high school and my best friend and I had a marykay lady do our makeup, when my date saw us, he rudely pointed out that we had on too much makeup.  

My boyfriend. Constantly. Even a slightly-colored lipgloss is too much makeup, he says

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Originally Posted by baghdad81 


hear hear...husband thinks moi's natural face is better and doesn't understand why i put makeup on....

Same as mine lol! Apparently he likes my "walking dead" face in the morning 

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Originally Posted by baghdad81 


hear hear...husband thinks moi's natural face is better and doesn't understand why i put makeup on....

That's kind of sweet, in a way, that your guy prefers your "natural" face, but ...
Most men just don't get it, do they?
The few who do, are soo much fun!

I have only been told by one person my whole life, but that was only because I told her she couldn't borrow my eyeshadow (she doesn't even wash her face or shower) and that I was sick of her freeloading. Hater. Other than that, not even my parents.

I've had some comments, quite a few, actually.

I'm a Beauty Therapy student in the UK.  I "study" manicures, nail art, pedicures, make-up, photographic make-up, face painting and facials.  I'm also doing a night class to learn how to do acrylic nails.

I have a lot of make-up in comparison to the "average" female, however no where near as much as some/most of the ladies/gents here on Specktra, but I find in the "real" world (outside our safe haven walls of Specktra) that anything with colour qualifies to be "too much".  I seem to be the only girl in my class that has any knowledge of make-up, different types/products/what they're used for etc and so I'm the only one who will go in with a full face on.  One day I took it off to get a facial and had someone comment "You look so different without your make-up" in this kind of... shocked, voice?  I'm not quite sure how to put it but it didn't sound all that great.

The thing that bothers me, is that people comment on my "too much" make-up but can't even apply the basics properly.  Don't tell me I wear too much when your foundation doesn't match and isn't blended in properly and your eyelashes are clumpy from old, bacteria-ridden mascara.

My family is for the most part very supportive.  They don't understand my love for it exactly, or why I prefer MAC/other high end companies in comparison to a lot of drugstore companies, but the only comment generally made is by my Mom when I wear a bright lipstick - which she only says out of shock, really, as she wouldn't wear it herself.

In all, though - if people don't like it, I tell them not to look at me.  I don't do my make-up for others to like - I do it for me.

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Originally Posted by kabuki_KILLER 

 I told her she couldn't borrow my eyeshadow (she doesn't even wash her face or shower)

Euuw!

I've heard that it's really not a great idea to share makeup even with a hygienic person, but someone who doesn't bathe is totally out of the question!
I'd feel weird about even letting her touch my eyeshadow, unless it were one I was 100% positive I'd never want to use again, for the remainder of my life.
I'm sure you took this person's critique of your own appearance with the lack of seriousness it deserved.

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Originally Posted by PeachTwist 

 One day I took it off to get a facial and had someone comment "You look so different without your make-up" in this kind of... shocked, voice?  I'm not quite sure how to put it but it didn't sound all that great.

 

 

 

Weirdly enough, I used to hear that quite a bit when I was younger.
I remember going to a Mary Kay party when I was in my 20s, and being absolutely horrified when I found out I was going to have to remove all of my makeup.
One friend, in particular, who was there just couldn't stop talking about how "different" I looked, and how she "really had to remind" herself that I was the same person, etc., etc.

I didn't take it to heart, because this same person wouldn't and still won't even attempt to wear any makeup, because she's so bewildered by it all.
Fast forward about 10 years, when a major illness landed me in the hospital for months on end.
I didn't have access to my makeup all that time, and was so sick that I really wasn't interested.
During this period, people I'd known for years came to visit me, and instead of gawking at how "awful" I looked without makeup, told me how pretty I was.
I even (and I promise I am not making this up) had a terrible time convincing my doctor that I was having an appendicitis attack, because he insisted that I just didn't "look sick enough to have appendicitis."
I ended up having to have an emergency appendectomy.
AAALL that to say: I guess I don't look as wretched without makeup as some would have me believe.
But I put on makeup because I enjoy it, and it makes me feel good, not because of a desire to look the way I think others want me to.
 

I was told by one girl that I wore too much makeup because I love mac makeup and that was all I wore and she loved bare essentials and she thought that I looked cakey because I was wearing mac...but I personally don't think I ever did..haha

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Originally Posted by peace.love.mac 

 she thought that I looked cakey because I was wearing mac...but I personally don't think I ever did..haha

I have no doubt that you looked fine.  She was just going out of her way to find imaginary "fault."
This person needs a hobby; she's apparently got too much free time!

By the way, I love MAC and Bare Escentuals.
And Urban Decay, and Stila and Prescriptives ...

But I don't wear everything at once!

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Originally Posted by cno64 

Weirdly enough, I used to hear that quite a bit when I was younger.
I remember going to a Mary Kay party when I was in my 20s, and being absolutely horrified when I found out I was going to have to remove all of my makeup.
One friend, in particular, who was there just couldn't stop talking about how "different" I looked, and how she "really had to remind" herself that I was the same person, etc., etc.

I didn't take it to heart, because this same person wouldn't and still won't even attempt to wear any makeup, because she's so bewildered by it all.
Fast forward about 10 years, when a major illness landed me in the hospital for months on end.
I didn't have access to my makeup all that time, and was so sick that I really wasn't interested.
During this period, people I'd known for years came to visit me, and instead of gawking at how "awful" I looked without makeup, told me how pretty I was.
I even (and I promise I am not making this up) had a terrible time convincing my doctor that I was having an appendicitis attack, because he insisted that I just didn't "look sick enough to have appendicitis."
I ended up having to have an emergency appendectomy.
AAALL that to say: I guess I don't look as wretched without makeup as some would have me believe.
But I put on makeup because I enjoy it, and it makes me feel good, not because of a desire to look the way I think others want me to.
 

 

wow - those people at the party years ago were really shitty to say that. and sorry you had  abad illness and were in hospital - if people tell you that you look great even when you are that sick you know you must be beautiful :)

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Originally Posted by Claire84 

, I work in an academic environment (doing a PhD in Theoretical Physics) and work with almost all guys (some of whom appear to have not had much contact with women and get all hot and bothered with talk of atoms and molecules). They tend to come ou wityh snotty remarks about my make up, and if I put on some lipgloss at my desk, then they start to ask why I'm putting it on or if I've got a date, and they also like to say I'll attract the wrong sort of attention with putting on make up. To be honest, I don't really care. It's my face, and if people don't like what I do with it, then I'm not forcing them to look at it!

I know the type (I majored in molecular biology), and I GUARANTEE you are scaring the CRAP out of them!
Men are threatened by intelligent women, and one who is pretty *and* smart spells sheer terror.
As you pointed out, though, it's your face, your life, and your business, so go, girl!

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Originally Posted by LMD84 

wow -  sorry you had  abad illness and were in hospital - if people tell you that you look great even when you are that sick you know you must be beautiful :)

 

Thanks! This may be too much information, but I had a massive, nearly lethal, cerebral hemorrhage, and I can't even begin to describe how wretched I felt.
I even once groaned to my mother, meaning every word at the time, "I can't imagine EVER again caring about how I look ..."

But eventually, I got better, though not 100%, came home, discovered MAC, and am now known as a "makeup guru."
It's not easy to apply the stuff with just one hand(my left side still doesn't work), but I manage, and I care very much now about my appearance.