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What age is appropriate for Make Up

post #1 of 27
8/17/01 at 6:42pm
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What age is appropriate to wear make up?

I started in seventh grade, I wore a little, not like some girls that had everything. Now I have heard over the years that boys in seventh grade don't feel girls should wear makeup that young and they said it looks tacky. What are your views.

Help daughter will be in sixth next year and then seventh.
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post #2 of 27
8/17/01 at 7:41pm
What a hard one! I started sneaking make-up and applying it on the bus by 6th grade. With Emily i think that lip GLOSS and a little blush will be fine in 6th and 7th grade. No dark colors or foundation or mascara. In 8th grade as long as she keeps it light (and pays for it herself)then i see no problem with letting her wear whatever she wants. Why fight over the small things? Better than purple hair, right?
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post #3 of 27
8/17/01 at 8:20pm
I don't wear make-up, and I think the beauty of a woman comes from withing.
As far as how early is too early, I think if we don't allow them to wear make up we just make matters worse. Of course I would not pay for it, but if my children would ever want it, hey, there face and boy. As long as it can be removed, their decision.

Now, that does not mean that if I think it does not look good I would not say so. If they use it, they have to listen to what I think about it.
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post #4 of 27
8/17/01 at 10:19pm
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Krista and Eva good points and I like how each of you tackled my problem. You are right why fight over a dumb thing like make-up and yes it can be removed. Yes it is better then purple hair. LOL
Thanks that helps a lot.
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post #5 of 27
8/17/01 at 11:32pm
If I ever have a daughter, she could wear a little make-up by 7th grade, if she wanted. No foundation will be allowed until a little later...I think it just makes your skin look worse(a little powder should do)! I was allowed to experiment by my parents and I am greatfull for that!
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post #6 of 27
8/18/01 at 5:45am
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That is what makes it fun if your parents don't throw a big hoot about it. Being able to experience and then they can decide on the wants and needs
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post #7 of 27
8/20/01 at 3:49am
I got to wear make up in 7th grade. a little blush and eyeshadow.Now I don't wear any at all lol I don't have any girls to worry about teaching it to either.
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post #8 of 27
8/20/01 at 9:54am
I started wearing make-up a little bit in 7th grade. I didn't wear it everyday to school. Then in 8th grade I wore a little more. So if I have a girl someday, I'd let her wear a little bit in 7th grade.
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post #9 of 27
8/20/01 at 10:29am
I don't wear make-up either because I think women are beautiful without it, but I did play with my mother's growing up and experimented with it as a I got older before I made the decision to not wear any. I guess it would depend on my daughter and when I felt the time was right for her.
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post #10 of 27
8/20/01 at 10:45am
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I love everyone suggestion, I think I will go with a little bit in 7th, since I did that also, then a little more in eighth grade. Sounds good to me. I don't even know if she will or will not, I just want to be prepared.
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post #11 of 27
8/20/01 at 2:09pm
I don't wear makeup either but i think Skylar will be able to wear it around the time she is 18 I am just kidding when i feel she realizes that makeup is not her beauty it just enhances it then she will be able to wear it.
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post #12 of 27
8/20/01 at 6:29pm
I was in the 7th also, and Mom seems tickled that I had asked if I could start....she didn't make a scene about it, we went shopping.....but it would've helped if she told me how to apply it!
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post #13 of 27
8/20/01 at 6:36pm
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Don't feel bad TJ my mom was a cosmatoligest for Wallgreens and she didn't help either.

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post #14 of 27
8/21/01 at 1:43am
lol annie, that is very funny....and ironic too....
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post #15 of 27
8/21/01 at 7:53pm

Good question...

I have to say at least 15,but who knows I might change my mind by then (doubtful).
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post #16 of 27
8/21/01 at 7:57pm
I was allowed to wear it in 6th grade---in minimal amounts. I will probably let my dd's wear colored lipgloss around then but nothing major.
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post #17 of 27
8/23/01 at 9:48am
I will let Alexis decide on her own when she wants to wear it. I played around and wore makeup when I was young young but I really did not wear it everyday until 7th or 8th grade. I will just let Alexis do what she wants. Now I would not let her wear it wildly like Jessica Simpson or Britney Spears...I would teach her how to wear it so that she does not look provocitive.
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post #18 of 27
8/23/01 at 10:15am
I did notice also in my country that make-up is used (and somethimes over-used) from a very early age (like 10 - 11 years old). I cannot use my example because when I was that age I couldn't try any make-up as I couldn't find any (I remember my mom had some make-up from a friend from abroad and she used it very little) - I had access to make-up only when I was in university.
But now, seeing what is on the market I believe it will be very hard to keep my daughter (if I'll have one) away from them - but I think I can be right there with her, explaining the efffects and helping her with this. Of course I think she should start with light make-up like lip gloss and maybe some powder if she will have foundation problems during puberty (I know I had back than).
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post #19 of 27
8/30/01 at 6:12pm
I think the main reason why makeup might look so tacky on a 7th grader is that they don't know how to apply it right or choose apropriate colors. I remember hearing in 6th grade about powdering your face-so I put white baby powder all over my face- how was I to know? I think lip gloss is appropriate at this age, maybe a little shimmery sparkley stuff on the skin(arms, neck, shoulders if in a tank top, and a very light neutral eye color.
I have a friend who lets her 9 year old wear makeup- the whole shebang. The trick is, she got it from a Mary Kay consultant who picked out super neutral natural colors and taught them how to apply it. She never looks tacky or made up, just like a 9 year old.
I'm not trying to advertise Mary Kay or any other company, I just think it's better if you really teach them how to use the right colors in the right ways, so they don't choose electric blue eye shadow and neon orange lipstick.
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post #20 of 27
8/30/01 at 10:30pm
When I was in seventh grade my mom took me to a boutique in the mall and had the salesclerk show me how to put it on (they usually do it for free). I think that was a good way to do it, and it prevents the clown look. I was allowed to wear lipgloss in fifth grade and a little eyeliner, mascara and blush in seventh. I agree that teaching them how to wear it is important, and for us it was a fun experience..
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post #21 of 27
8/31/01 at 10:05am
I agree with Cleo 100%
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post #22 of 27
9/1/01 at 10:55am

Age for makeup

I think that clear gloss and maybe light (white, pink, beige) eyeshadow in 6th or 7th grade. I have a daughter who is now 21 and one 8. I always tried to explain to my daughter that makeup is not to cover up your features, it is to enhance them. So, I never allowed her to cake on makeup! And, colors had to be negotiated. I also made her put it on correctly, or not at all. No foundation that looked like a "mask". If she came out of the bathroom looking like a clown, she could go back and fix it or wash it off. If she waited until time to walk out the door to come out of the bathroom and looked like a clown, she got to run back in there and wash it all off, wearing NO makeup to school. I think that makeup...like anything else...is a responsibility. I always explained that if they were old enough to wear makeup, that they were old enough to keep their chores and school work done. And, makeup was a priviledge that could be taken away. Don't get me wrong, we had fun with it. I would get her eye glitter and put makeup in her Christmas stocking, finding all kinds of neat things she loved. But, I hate to see a beautiful young girl looking like a clown, and felt it was a reflection on me as her mother and guide.
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post #23 of 27
9/1/01 at 12:27pm
Well put, Robin. I couldn't agree more.
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post #24 of 27
9/1/01 at 9:57pm
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That was well put. Thank you for your input.
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post #25 of 27
8/3/03 at 4:21pm
I didn't wear makeup until college, so I'm probably not the one to ask. I still don't wear much makeup. Some in middle school is okay, but I would hope the full face thing wouldn't appeal to my child until college.
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post #26 of 27
8/6/03 at 2:14pm
I don't think makeup should be worn until high school. Now I know I snuck it in middle school, but looking back on pics I think I looked silly, not knowing what I was doing. I don't think lip gloss is bad though. Just not the eye shadow, eye liner, blush and that stuff. I think young girls are beautiful without all that stuff and should go without it as long as they can.
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post #27 of 27
8/6/03 at 2:46pm
I was not allowed until I was 13 and the same goes for Hannah. I don't wear it now (i have some) unless it is like my anniversary even then I only wear some mascara. I hate wearing it plus it gets to expensive.
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