Fakeup

[Catnip]

When I'm alone, dangerous thoughts find my brain. I've been by myself a lot lately, and I've been thinking about makeup...
Ah, yes. A waste of money, that makeup.
I quit wearing makeup. Done.
Well, maybe not completely. I still love mascara. I don't wear it every day, but I still consider it my friend.

It upsets me that I used to create this fake look for myself, letting others see the makeup and not my actual face. It always bothered me, but I never acknowledged it until just recently. I guess that would explain why it always felt strange whenever I got complimented.

So now I ask, why did I do that to myself?
I look quite lovely without it, I think.

How do you, users of FFF, feel about makeup and the idea of it?

 

[Kandy-Sugar]

I'm not too fussed about make up.

There are days when I feel like putting it on and then there are days when I just feel like going for the natural look and not bothering with it at all.

It depends on who you are. It might seem fake to some, where as it's just a normal daily routine to others. Some might really enjoy doing their make up and know that it doesn't define who they are on the inside.

I think that it looks tacky and obviously fake when it's majorly overdone though.

It doesn't hurt to have a bit of eyeliner or mascara though in my opinion.

 

[Bambi]

I plaster it on when Im off oot I do like mascara, lots of eyeliner and red lippie, I always make sure my foundation matches my skin though, it's jsut vile when you see people with tidemarks and patchy bits, or too much blusher xD

I like make up, I'm unattractive without it, so there's no way I'd go out on a night out without it...

During my day to day business though, I don't bother, I don't really see the point, at most I'l stick some mascara on - I couldn't live without that stuff at all

I don't think it looks 'fake' if it's done right, its the same with clothes, we try to wear nice clothes that flatter our shapes and make us look nice, then you get the people who wear stuff thats just....wrong. Muffin tops ftl.

 

[Catnip]

This thread was a bit deeper than just what you put on etc.
What I meant was that it isn't natural at all. If you think about it, we're painting ourselves and creating this look that really isn't us.
We don't wake up looking that way. We wake up looking like us before masking it on. We're so convinced that we look better with it/need it.

Makeup's really just a brilliant money-making idea.

 

[Big Casino]

This thread was a bit deeper than just what you put on etc.
What I meant was that it isn't natural at all. If you think about it, we're painting ourselves and creating this look that really isn't us.
We don't wake up looking that way. We wake up looking like us before masking it on. We're so convinced that we look better with it/need it.

Makeup's really just a brilliant money-making idea.

Isnt the idea of make up though making yourself look a little differnt or a little smoother round the edges. Despite what society says, people (mainly women) should do, no one is forcing anyone to wear it. Id have to go out and say most girls i know like it...whatever its their choice.
The only thing ive ever worn make up wise that wasnt for haloween was eye liner which my girlfriend wanted to put on me.
Maybe id look good in some red lippie and heels

 

[Serah]

This thread was a bit deeper than just what you put on etc.
What I meant was that it isn't natural at all. If you think about it, we're painting ourselves and creating this look that really isn't us.
We don't wake up looking that way. We wake up looking like us before masking it on. We're so convinced that we look better with it/need it.

Makeup's really just a brilliant money-making idea.

*cough* Ummm yeah, I don't know what planet you've been living on lately dear, but that's the whole point of makeup. To make yourself look better, different if you will. I hate the way I look without at least some mascara and eyeliner on because it accentuates my eyes and makes them stand out better and makes me look better, and feel better about myself.

You hear about girls getting makeovers all the time and they always usually come out saying that they look and feel like a whole new person. That's most of the reason as to WHY people put makeup on, so I'm sorry but that argument is completely invalid. The whole point of makeup is to alter your appearance. And maybe we DO look better with it, did you ever think of that?

@Lew, that'd be hawt. Make sure you take pics.

 

[Harlequin]

This thread was a bit deeper than just what you put on etc.
What I meant was that it isn't natural at all. If you think about it, we're painting ourselves and creating this look that really isn't us.
We don't wake up looking that way. We wake up looking like us before masking it on. We're so convinced that we look better with it/need it.

Makeup's really just a brilliant money-making idea.

It seems to me that you believed, until recently, that in order to be perceived as attractive aesthetic beauty is paramount.

There's always the odd girl I only ever see with makeup on and I do wonder whats underneath, but then it's all about comfort and how you feel with or without it on. It shows how much effort you're willing to put in to look good and says alot about your character, whether it be perceived as good or bad.

I suppose you have to ask yourself is someone who thinks less of you whether you have it on or off someone worth knowing?

I'm sure you'd look great with it off anyway.

 

[Dee]

It really just depends on how much makeup you're using and what look you're trying to go for. I can understand hating makeup for the sole reason to significantly CHANGE your appearance, which I don't do. The only reason I wear make up is to cover the blemishes and uneven tones I have on my face, as well as some scarring from acne on my chin. I have a foundation that matches the color of my skin; it's just a little heavier, obviously, and it covers up those 'imperfections'. Other than that, I use a tad bit of bronzer so I don't look a ghastly color, a tad bit of blush to put back over the foundation (because my cheeks get somewhat of a rosy hue anyway) and mascara on a - usually - daily basis. Sometimes I will wear lip gloss and an eye color, but that's rare.

It's a very natural look and it's not heavy at all. In fact, I hate caking on makeup. I need to feel like nothing is there. Makeup, in my opinion and in my way of doing it, only enhances what I have; not covers it up completely.

 

[Amizon]

I'm not entirely fussd about makeup altogether.

I don't wear it and even so, people think I'm wearing mascara. However, I did wear quite a bit for my prom back in 2006 and everyone saw me in a completely different light. It was good, but I prefer not to wear it just because I think I look nice without it.

 

[Valvalis]

I understand why people do it, but I don't wear it anymore myself. My whole purpose in wearing it originally was trying to look good to the opposite sex (being shy, the personality card never worked for me); but now that I'm with my husband, he absolutely hates how I look in it and begged me not to wear it anymore so now I'm done with it. hew: I know a lot of people have fun with it, but for me it was always a huge pain in the ass, especially for the last year or so I wore it--I don't know if my face was just changing shape or what, but I could never get the shadow on evenly, even after taking it off and reapplying quite a few times, to the point where it made me late for work sometimes and made me feel like a complete idiot. And now that I don't wear it anymore, my eyes are a million times healthier too--I used to get styes/irritations all the time, and I haven't had a single one since. As far as the deeper implications of it, I'm sort of a minimalist, for environmental reasons, and so I do feel like it'd be good if people stopped wearing makeup or wore less because it would cause less resources to be used up, and it's not something your life depends on like food or medicine. But then people who love makeup and hate video games could say the same thing to me, so I guess it's all relative.

 

[Monster]

My friends don't wear much make up, but I've seen people who wear too much. I'd say there is a line between acceptable and outrageous. Natural beauty is really not happening much these days and it's all Snog Marry Avoid

 

[Catnip]

I'm really not sure how to put mt thoughts into words. I can try, but I wouldn't want anyone to misunderstand and be hurting even more.
This thread is failing. Let's just let it die.

 

[Bakusa]

I wear very dramatic makeup almost every day. It doesn't bother me too much; my girlfriend loves me with and without makeup and I'm a transvestite and I'm very appreciative of her acceptance and fondness of it.

 

[Crash Lecavlier]

I feel that light makeup is ok. My girlfriend wheres very light makeup to accent her features. Nothing overpowering though which is a definite plus, because she is purrty. Excessive makeup is very unappealing, but some is acceptable.