Poll: What are your views on make-up?

[thespianicism]

I do make up design for plays every now and then. Honestly, I love make up. It's fun to play around with and you can really do some cool stuff with it. However, I don't wear it every day. I wear make up when I want to wear make up. Simple as that. Women shouldn't feel pressured to wear it. It's a personal choice of appearance, just like clothing or hair.

 

[Irriduccibilli]

Make up is fine in small doses, but when they walk around all orange and looking like friggin Snooki, it is too much... waaay too much.

 

[leedwashere]

I'm not a fan of it, personally. I'm lucky in that my girlfriend feels the same way, so I don't have to deal with it on a daily basis. I... don't think I could kiss someone wearing lipstick, its rather gross to me.

 

[monkey_man]

Well there's makeup, like nice touches to enhance features, like a nice shade softreddish lipstick or something, perhaps a bit eyeliner in a nice cool shade, not disrupting the original face, and curves.
and there's paint. I honestly find women who put on makeup worth 10$ on their face repulsive.
A bit is fine, but I don't mind none at all either.

 

[eternal-chaplain]

And by occasion I mean Cross-Dressing.

 

[Wutaiflea]

I included a link to a video in my original post of the kind of "vivid" make up I like to wear as an example.

Do you think its well applied? The lady in the video is a professional.

It's very professionally applied. I noted it was "stage makeup". It might have a purpose to have that level of vivid on a large stage where you need to project back 100 rows and up several floors. For an individual walking down the street, it detracted from her beauty.

Yeah, she used that palette in the video due to the strong pigments being easier to see. I use normal drug store make up when I recreate it (Ben Nye make up is EXTREMELY expensive), although the colours are still very visible.

I found it quite interesting that you think it detracts from her beauty- I think the colour combination really brings out the fiery tone in her eyes.

 

[snave]

Cheap makeup is atrocious. You can smell it from a metre or two away and on a packed subway, it's positively disgusting.

Aside from that really cheap garbage, if a woman wants to cake makeup on their face then they can go for it. I won't even think less of them for it if it's caked on half a centimetre thick from social pressure because that type of expenditure keeps the economy healthy and all. But I will think such caking is ugly.

A fine amount to draw out features (ie, eye shadow, minor blush) is a different story. You know, the type where if you poked it with the tip of a pencil, there wouldn't be an impression left behind.

The issue here is that most youtube videos are about the former scenario: the caking. I mean, on a rubbishy low res upload, that caked on stuff is like an airbrush. What's good on video can be a fail on the street. Can you really blame a commenter for upholding stage makeup passed off as casual street style as if it were for the street?

 

[Vrach]

Depends on the girl/occasion, but in general I prefer little to no make up. Morning face = cute imo

 

[A Free Man]

This is really opinion based but I honestly think the guys who say make up looks horrible on women are generally lying. I mean hell I don't think all women should wear make up they can do what they want. But make up does make quite a big difference. Look at celebrities, some of the hottest people in the world and I bet they never leave the house before a professional is finished with them. Although that being said I think when it gets to the point where it is so noticable that when you look at someone your first impression is *LOTS OF MAKEUP* you kind of naturally assume that they are, well not necessarily bad looking, but that they believe they are bad looking and hence some of that lack of self esteem can be unattractive if that makes sense.

 

[Lilani]

I've never met a woman who doesn't wear any make up. I've never even passed a woman (woman, not little girl (i.e. 18+)) on the street completely make up less.

I'm afraid you're not looking hard enough, then ;-) Because as a woman I know what my face looks like with and without makeup, and I know how to spot a woman who's going all natural. Granted, some women have bold enough features that even without makeup it could be said they have the made-up "look" (like naturally reddish lips or dark eyelashes). I have lots of friends in their early/mid 20s who don't wear makeup. It just not their thing (that, and they're still paying off student loans).

 

[Casimir_Effect]

I like to see moderation, using make-up to accentuate her looks instead of relying on it to create them. I hate the porcelain doll look or anything else that make a girl look like a mannequin or that they'r wearing a mask.

Too much makeup can also seem deceptive. Waking up the next morning to find out the person from the night before looks nothing like she did then is not a great experience

 

[ChaoticKraus]

I like it, it hides blemishes and accentuates the good things. I don't really see why you would dislike it.

Granted, some people use too much and it looks messy or strange. Some people can pull off tons of make-up to get a nice effect though, and in those case it can look really good. It all comes down to who's wearing it and how.

 

[ZtH]

In my opinion if I notice it immediately, then she is wearing too much. Subtlety is key in make up. I prefer to not be able to tell unless I actively try to tell.

 

[BlackStar42]

Less is more, I think. Still, it's not my place to judge-wear what you like.

 

[Sandernista]

Make-up looks great, until I can notice it. Which girls have become adept at applying.


*CAPTCHA: Hera Revolution

 

[CrashBang]

Make-up is good to hide small imperfections that can hinder confidence. It hilights features from passable to noticeable or stunning. It can also help affirm your style.

It's a tool and an ornament as much as jewelry or clothing, and should be used likewise.

Those girls who walk around with orange faces, thirty layers of foundation and so much eyeliner they look like they've not slept in four days? They don't look very nice at all.

I agree on the first part, but I like girls that look like panda.
Like this:

Oh god, Brody Dalle is an angel!
You have fine, fine taste, sir!

I like make-up as long as girls are sensible about it, but I do like heavy black eye make-up. I had a girlfriend a while back who never wore make-up except on nights out when she'd put on thick black eyeliner and mascara and she looked gorgeous

 

[YoUnG205]

It all depends on the girl which is using it I think,s ome girls look nice enough to not need or want make -up and some just do it because they want to, so I would put myself on the dont care either way section.

 

[NotAPie]

It's good on some girls, other times it looks bad, I really think any woman can look good in make up if they do it right o.o

 

[Nimcha]

I like lipstick. Other than that I hardly use it, but it doesn't really matter to me if other people do. For me it makes people look neither more or less attractive, really.

 

[kortin]

Just as long as they don't put too much on

Spoiler

Other than that, it depends on the person. Some people look better without makeup, some look better with makeup. It all depends on the individual.