I Don't Understand Why People Wear Make-Up.

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really, I might try that, I heard waterproof is difficult to remove though, another reason why I generally avoid it, I do love the look of mascara and eye liner though

Really, I just don't take it off. It doesn't effect anything or hurt me to leave it on. After a while, it just disappears.

that's one way to solve the difficult removing thing, I do find that it itches my eyes though so leaving it on might not be the best idea for me

have you tried eye liner, I really like it, I am terrible at applying it though, end up looking like a panda a lot.

I did at some point, but since i have really terrible eyesight, (i'm at high risk of retinal detachment in only one eye, and the other one is bad, but not as bad, but that kind of combination altogether is bad) I only have ever put eye liner on the bottom area of my eyes, and not the top, since I'd have to close an eye to do that, and my nose has to seriously touch a mirror before I can see what I'm doing, and then I can't put the eyeliner pencil where it needs to be, because there's no room.... I only ever just sporadically wear eyeliner/mascara anyway.

I can see how that would be quite problematic, retinal detachment, sounds pretty bad, I hope its not as bad as It sounds? I suppose make up for special occasions is more suitable, mostly its influence of friends that's made me wear it before.

It's been progressing since I was born, and I've been at high risk of the detachment since a few years ago, as far as I know. I got my first glasses when I was 9 months old, so it's been getting worse for a really long time actually. I currently have several holes in my retina, and they have to be fixed with laser eye surgery when I'm 15 to prevent full retinal detachment. Basically, retinal detachment itself is as bad as it sounds, because when your retina tears, you go blind.

Not really, sounds like it reduces the bullying they have to deal with.....though I think its stupid to bully someone about how they look.

I don't really wear make up, sometimes I put on eyeliner and a bit of eyes-shadow just because I like how it looks....but typically I wont even bother with that. My brother likes to wear make up cause it pretty much fits his style and he just likes altering his appearance hes got a couple peircings and tattoos(working on getting more), he thinks it looks good on him and even finds plenty of females find it attractive that he wears it though they would probably also think that if he wasn't wearing it.

I don't get when people cake on tons of make up though on a regular basis, not only is it over-kill but its probably terrible for ones skin.

In middle school I sometimes wore eyeliner, though I wasn't very good at it. I like mascara, too. If I wear eyeliner or mascara now, people are always like, "OMG, are you wearing make up???" It didn't always look nice, but my cousin liked wearing it so I went along.

I actually have no idea how to put make up on. I've thought about trying, but I don't know what to buy or what order to do it. lol
The only time I've really worn make up was when my mom asked me to let her put some on for senior pictures. She seemed to have fun.

Makeup can do a variety of things. It can convey an image, it can cover scars and trick the eye into not seeing faults that embarrass you, but I think overall it makes you look polished and finished. It's like if you were going out somewhere fairly nice but not fancy and you wore nice, but fairly comfortable clothes and looked put together, but instead of wearing a jacket that went with the outfit you wore an old sweater you wear while gardening, even though it's clean. Instead of carrying a bag that fits the outfit, you carry your purse stuff in a plastic grocery store back, instead of wearing loafers or clogs you wear houseshoes. It's like without makeup, no matter how put together you are, it's obvious you have neglected one aspect of your appearance.

Simple powder mineral foundation goes on in less than a minute with a brush, just like powder. It's impossible to mess up, it's light and you can't feel it, and it evens your skin tone. A light coat of mascara brings out your eyelashes, and some light lipstick or gloss can be all thats needed to show that you took a minute to make the final touches. It would be like a man who didn't shave in a few days with that few days growth that is not the sexy five o'clock shadow. He's done everything else, but just couldn't drag a razor across his face. To me, it gives the impression that the person doesn't care enough to spend five or ten more minutes to get ready to go out.

Now, sometimes I go all out with mine when I'm in the mood, and I have tons of looks for makeup. For me, it enhances my mood. I'll put on a face that reflects how I'm dressing that day and who I feel like. That's just me though.

I just think it looks polished is all, and it doesn't take much for that.

Make up, can be used as kind of clothing and so on. I dont bother with the general use of such stuff for men and women as something to make them prettier on special occasions., But I personally find it ridiculous that for society it seems to be more and more normal, to force that on woman, to tell them, that if they dont ever wear it, they were slobbery, and that they were in general ugly, when not having make up on them.

So I have no prob with people wearing make up, but with more and more people feeling ugly, if not wearing it.

That pressure leads as well to people damaging themselves, as example students that have acne, should better not wore any make up, so that the acne can heal better. Instead exactly those that should not wear any make up, feel the most pressured to use it, damaging themselves further with it.

You could compare it to telling a person with an injured leg, that he/she is unacceptable with that kind, and need to fake as much as possible to have an healthy leg, even when risking to damage the bad leg even further by doing so.

I'm a woman as well, and I don't understand why a lot of women apply make-up so religiously. Men don't wear make-up and they still look nice, so what is it with women and having to wear make-up to look nice? That's the bit I don't understand. Where did all this make-up fad originate from?

I've seen some women think the world is coming to an end because they haven't got their make-up on. I remember last year on holiday my uncle wanted to get up really early to go for a swim in the sea while there wasn't anybody on the beach, but his wife said that she'll have to get up really early to put all her make-up on. My uncle said that she needn't do all that because they were going swimming in the sea. Then his wife said ''but will I see any people?'' Even my uncle got annoyed with her unnecessary fuss about make-up, and said that there will probably be nobody about, and even if there was they won't care if she's wearing make-up or not because she won't ever see them again and they won't know that she usually wears make-up because nobody knows her here, and they won't even notice. I thought it was daft, and I felt like yelling, but I kept quiet because I knew I would just be told to ''butt out''.

that's awful, is it a genetic thing? I know some birth problems can cause problems with eyes, like premature birth.

I have never understood the point of makeup either, except to cover scars. My mom sometimes forces me wear it to things like weddings and it itches the whole time, even the hypoallergenic kind. I have always thought people who wear anything around their eyes like eyeliner, mascara, and eyeshadow look kind of like they have black eyes like they got punched.

I don't understand the double standard between the sexes. How many men do you see walking around wearing lipstick, mascara, or eyeliner? Not a whole many, and those who do tend to have a more 'alternative' style of fashion to begin with.

When it comes to my own aesthetic preferences, I like it when women go with a 'natural' look. I don't think I've ever fancied anyone who applies significant amounts of make-up to themselves. At most, a subtle eyeliner can be pretty enough, and even that's superfluous most of the time.

On the other hand, I do like it when I see either women or men wearing make up in a less conventional styling. At least most of the time that's not about following a standard that society expects you to adhere to.

Wearing makeup is a little like a metaphor for an Aspie trying to fit into a NT world.

Women as a group tend to be a little more self-critical than men. As a result, one can profit by exploiting this and selling women the consumable supplies they can be made to feel they need to make themselves acceptable.

As the years progress, they can even be made to feel that instead of showing the signs of accumulated wisdom and honor of a full life, their wrinkles are even more hideous and they need even more of the supplies you can sell them.

Young women get sucked into this prison of self-loathing at first by seeing this practice as one to make them older or more mature. However, it is not long before this play turns into a fear based dependency.

It has been said that since men are more visual oriented and women are more auditory oriented, that women wear make up and men tell lies.

Aspies as a group tend to be more comfortable with truth and reality.