When do you think girls should start wearing makeup?

[user79]

Quote:

Originally Posted by nursie women are so catty and hateful, and always will be.

I think it's more about being worried with the trend of ever younger girls being sexualized at a younger age in our society. I mean, a lot of us are makeup addicts here, but we're a bit more matured and hopefully know that beauty comes from within, and there's more important things to life that lipstick and eyeshadow. I just get the impression from these young girls that they value having to be "beautiful" a lot more than I ever did as a kid...and that's worrying to some people.

 

[lexiesupagirl]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MissChievous She's 12!!! OK there's something wrong when a 12 year old is buying Lancome quads....maybe I'm just old fashioned but seriously...

why is being rich wrong? if her parents have a lot of money to buy her lancome quad its their buisness.

all of you are super jugmental on these teens, im suprised.

i agree that posting these vids on youtube isnt good, but playing with expensive makeup like mac or lancome? there are alot of much worse things to do for these girls, watching "girls next door" for example and wanting to be a playmate. and ive seen way too many girls trying to be that, carrying their playboy purse or whatever.

 

[lexiesupagirl]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MissCrystal Look at this girl its just wrong, and she has an attitude problem to, look at some of her comments in her videos. YouTube - SUBTLE SMOKEY

oh i know her from youtube! she isnt that good at makup and when i posted a comment on her page saying: you need to practise your blending- but i wasnt rude or anything, she was very harsh to me and said her makup is perfect

 

[MissCrystal]

Quote:

Originally Posted by lexiesupagirl oh i know her from youtube! she isnt that good at makup and when i posted a comment on her page saying: you need to practise your blending- but i wasnt rude or anything, she was very harsh to me and said her makup is perfect

i know i've seen comments on her page where people are givin her CC and she just snaps at them lol

 

[val-x]

It sorta makes me sad that girls that age are BUYING MAC AND HIGH END BRANDS rather then playing doll when its still "cool", when I was in elementary I had lipsmakers lipblam and 1 gloss, yeah it's true that in high school it's black liner on waterline, mascara and maybe some concealer but that was it.

EDIT: misspelled some words.

 

[BeautyPsycho]

Ok, why does 12 yr old need "smokey" eye look, even if it's "subtle"?! I mean seriously... is she about to go clubbin'?

 

[Janice]

It makes me squeamish that this thread is borderline video hating. Please, I don't want us to be hypocritical. Specktra stands apart because we use our words intelligently and with thought. There is a good discussion going on here, but I feel it might be drifting in the wrong direction.

 

[frocher]

I found this video disturbing. She is doing a makeover on what appears to be an 8 or 9 year old. Too much too soon, there is plenty of time for makeup in these girl's lives. They should be focused on school and extracurricular activities to make them into more rounded individuals. You can always polish the outside, their parents should be focusing on the inside.

YouTube - doing tutorial on family friend!

 

[aimee]

i started out wearing mascara and lipgloss and i think thats ok
i dont think a 12 year old should wear smokey eyes or make up thats to porn starish lol
but oh well to each their own lol

 

[aimee]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MissChievous I think it's more about being worried with the trend of ever younger girls being sexualized at a younger age in our society. I mean, a lot of us are makeup addicts here, but we're a bit more matured and hopefully know that beauty comes from within, and there's more important things to life that lipstick and eyeshadow. I just get the impression from these young girls that they value having to be "beautiful" a lot more than I ever did as a kid...and that's worrying to some people.

i totally agree
they will grow up fast enough they should enjoy being kids i mean some of them talk like theyre adults but they're not they should enjoy playing outside and being kids....girls you are all growing up soon enough believe me

 

[florabundance]

YouTube - MAC collection!

Here she says (toward the end) that she's only 12 blah blah so she should pace herself. And it seems as though her mum has influenced her liking of MAC, giving her l/g's and whatnot. But i dont know, it seems innocent, but her being on youtube does seem somewhat inappropriate.

 

[ratmist]

Quote:

Originally Posted by florabundance Here she says (toward the end) that she's only 12 blah blah so she should pace herself. And it seems as though her mum has influenced her liking of MAC, giving her l/g's and whatnot. But i dont know, it seems innocent, but her being on youtube does seem somewhat inappropriate.

Thing is, if her mother knows about the youtube videos and is giving her daughter all this makeup, then it really isn't anyone's business to say that what the child is doing is wrong. It's a parenting issue at the end of the day, and if it's got her mother's stamp of approval, well...

The way I'd parent my children (about to become a mom in two months) may be very different than someone else, and that's okay.

Who knows. Maybe the girl's only allowed to play with it and use it at home. Maybe she isn't allowed to wear it at school, church, anywhere public, etc. I'd be willing to make that kind of compromise with my child if it came down to it.

I don't think there's anything at all wrong with children experimenting with decorating themselves - be it with clothing, makeup or hairstyles. It's a natural part of growing up. But I do find it very hard to be comfortable seeing a child do this in such a public way, on youtube.

 

[laneyyy]

Haha... everyone has to start somewhere! I was loling at all the girls talking through their braces, and clicking their tounge on the backs of their teeth!!!

They are just excited that they are getting into the "big girl" fun stuff, I don't think there is any harm in that. Now, I am worried about these young girls getting the wrong idea about beauty, that it only comes from a compact, or a shiney black tube, ya know? It's just this day in age, things are different now, and girls are growing up faster and faster as the generations pass. But like most have said, to each their own. All I know is, my momma would have never bought me expensive makeups at that age, but whos to say any other parent is wrong if they do??? If you got the money, then do as you please. But, at the same time, I would also hope that they are also instilling morals into their young daughters, and teaching them all that good stuff.

ALTHOUGH!!!! I do have to say, it IRKS the HELL outta me to see them just TOSS and THROW their MAC around.... Girl, just give it to me if you are going to care for it like that!!!! Shoo...

I hope I didn't offend anyone...

 

[timepiece]

There's an even younger girl on youtube who I remember seeing doing an Amy Winehouse-inspired tutorial.

 

[Mabelle]

i duno, i think its an idividual thing... theres no automatic start age. i started early on... playing with neutrals. in the 6th grade i discovered silver eyeliner and wore just that. lol. in grade 7, it was white eyeliner and nothing else... god, that was awful
by grade 8 i was doing lilac eyeshaodw and mascara.
i wasnt wearing makeup to be "sexy" i did it when i was little because i thought it was so fun and funky. I wore the purple eyeshadow cause of the way it made my eyes sparkle.

 

[DirtyPlum]

gosh, if MAC is what they get to buy at 12 years... say they get bored with it in like 5/6 years time (not possible, luv u MAC hehehe!)... what then? surgery to make them 'prettier'?

yeah I agree they could be consuming much worse things but they could be consuming better things like ...oh i dont know, the innocence of childhood perhaps?
YT at that age, wow, that worries me.

a little MU like gloss is ok IMO but owning trays of it and YTing abt it is excessive.

 

[LATiNAxBELLA]

the girls in the first video are just having fun. no offense, but alot of you guys treat MAC products like their heaven-sent and "precious babies". lol Makeup isn't that big of a deal.

 

[LATiNAxBELLA]

Quote:

Originally Posted by PolyphonicLove That's exactly what I'm talking about right there...girls her age should NOT be on YT. I got permission from my mum to do video reviews to make sure she didn't freak out or anything. And plus...hello, she's 12. How can people encourage her to act [and look] way older than she is? And for the same reasons as ratmist, my child won't be wearing makeup until she [or he, you never know ] is in high school. Kids are growing up way too fast these days. Have you seen a 14 year old scene kid? *shudder*

Actually, that girl is 14.

 

[ashleydenise]

I think that girls should wait until they're 16-17ish to wear makeup, my little cousin started full eyes (well to the best of her ability) at 13 and I was just like ummmmm.... lol

At 13, I see no problem with a little concealer or tinted moisturizer depending on if they break out or not.. && if they want to PLAY at home, so be it, but not for going out in pubic.

But about the orig vid... I like how she was THROWING the e/s back on the bed. And how she called Fresh Green Mix... subtle... lmfaoooo...

 

[animecute]

Quote:

Originally Posted by LATiNAxBELLA the girls in the first video are just having fun. no offense, but alot of you guys treat MAC products like their heaven-sent and "precious babies". lol Makeup isn't that big of a deal.

I think the main concern is that they would be just as satisfied with cheap regular makeup because they don't truely apperciate how hard their parents worked (or where ever the money came from) just to buy the makeup itself. If it's just because of the brand cause it's "cool", if you stuck a label on there they'd probaby like it just the same. If they find they're missing that quailty on that label and find they want good quailty I think it's tolerable.

lol the funny thing is my mom doesn't let me get cheap stuff cause of quailty and she says they're really bad for skin, so that is a concern for me. However, if there is something cheap but it has a good quailty I won't mind a bit. I'm quite frugal that way and it is my princable for buying anything =)
The thing that sucks though is she won't buy mac for me. LOLL jk I don't mind working. It's a good experience.