An off topic post here.
Do women who wear makeup feel naked without it?
Could you go through a whole day without wearing any?
Make up: An off topic post here. Do women who... - Healthy Eating
Make up
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Hi Jim,
Yes, I can go without make up, not a problem, but feel better if it's summer & my face has some natural sunniness 😊, otherwise I look a bit sickly. My face doesn't tan easily for some reason.
😊
• in reply tokaraph1951
Ah! so you can take it or leave it. ☺
karaph1951• in reply to
Yes, more or less. If I'm going out anywhere special I like to put my 'face' on. I sort of feel more dressed up. Topped off with a touch of perfume 😊
• in reply tokaraph1951
How long does it take you to put your face on? 😀
I can wear minimal make up but might find it hard to go totally without. I think I would adapt though. I've never slapped it on
• in reply tomysmugcat
Does it make you feel more confident when you wear it?
I hate to see slapped on makeup. The more natural the better. My sister is unrecognisable without her makeup on.!! That's just barmy. It's just meant to enhance, not disguise. Unless one has a specific thing like a scar that one might want to disguise 😊
I'd struggle without mine lol.... I'm waiting in my suitcase which decided to stay on in Spain rather than come home with me 😤😤😤 and guess what's in it?? Yep all my makeup
• in reply toMissAzzee
Oh no! What are you going to do? 😂
Lol, Ive called the airline who have assured me the suitcase will be delivered this evening.... until then I'm relying on odds and ends that weren't taken on hols
I could go without if i wasnt leaving the house. But if going out i like to wear a little. My make up litally takes 2mins to put on. I only use a smear of foundation then a tiny amount of mascara
It depends on where I am going and what I am doing. Generally I don't wear it unless I am going somewhere nice or want to feel a bit special.
Sometimes I just need to put on a little lipstick and that will be it, because my lips are a pale colour and I find that a bit of lipstick can make my face look a bit brighter. Other times I'll go all out with foundation, eyeshadow, masacara, lipstick.
I suffered with acne until I my late 20's and I had decided the less stuff I put on my face the more likely the spots would go away.
I now have a small collection of makeup all of it mineral based, so it is light and actually makes my skin feel nice when I wear it.
Most days I don't bother, thought. 
Interesting question, why do you ask?
When I was young I could not step outside the door without putting on eye make-up and lipstick. Used to sit ages worrying about what it looked like. On evenings out, worrying about it wearing off etc.
But thankfully, as the years have passed, to heck with it, if people don't like my face then don't look at it attitude arrived. Much more liberating. Men didn't wear make-up and lots of them were pretty ugly to look at.
Sick of society and the media telling us what we should look like. Prefer to be an individual and suit myself.
Have never dyed my hair either. Happy with what nature gave me.
Going to continue growing old disgracefully!
• in reply toholly2
I ask because I am just curious as to why people need to cover their faces when they go out.
I agree with what you say by the way.
holly2• in reply to
It is because girls want to grow up too fast. Even in my earlier days. I was allowed to start wearing lipstick when I was 12 at weekends. And experiment with eye makeup when I was 14. Once I left school and started work, then on when this stuff every day of the week and, yes, I felt inadequate without it. How sad is that for a young person.
Glad I am an older one now and would not turn the clock back for anything.
I thought girls were just copying their mothers but maybe you are right.
Hmm, guess I am not your target responder, but here we go. I have hardly ever worn make-up as my half sister was 7 years older than me and wore a lot, so I rebelled by not experimenting when I was young. The odd eye-shadow apart for a couple of parties, when I was young, I am totally make-up free. Worked as a management consultant and didn't feel the necessity then, either. So no, don't feel naked without it, on the contrary find it too hot to wear foundation on my face. Doubt I start the habit in my retirement years - I like my lie-ins!
• in reply toDRS54
So never use it and just go the natural way. You saved yourself a lot of time and money I bet.
DRS54• in reply to
I wouldn't know - looking at the other responses, time saving may only be 5 minutes a day. But it's the late night activity of removing the stuff, that I would find really annoying. So a parallel question now: Do men who shave feel scruffy when they don't?
• in reply toDRS54
I don't feel scruffy but I feel uncomfortable if I don't shave for a few days.
DRS54• in reply to
Hmm, I guess you would need to cut your beard eventually, anyway, so you don't fall over it. Though I wonder how many hours you have "wasted" in your life with shaving? OH has a beard, by the way, but even he trims it now and then, so I don't think Father Christmas has moved in.
I'm nearly 70 but I don't go out without make up. I feel I look better with it on, and also 20 years ago I developed Vitiligo (loss of skin pigment) so my face is very pale without it. I remember years ago, watching an interview with Joan Collins. She was asked if she'd had any cosmetic surgery on her face and she said she hadn't, she said she used moisturiser day and night because if you have a table that you never polished, it would crack, so it's the same with your face, without moisturiser it would wrinkle. I also feel that with so much pollution outside that if you wear make up, it will protect your skin from it. But I think we all know that good skin, like everything else is in the genes.
• in reply toronnie13swann
I eat coconut oil every day and it keeps my skin good.
Have you ever went without make up?
I don't always wear it in the house but I never go out without it on, as I say I feel I look better with it on. I don't wear a lot, it takes me about 5 minutes to apply it. I sometimes wonder, if I live to be in my nineties, will I still feel the need to wear it.
• in reply toronnie13swann
If you enjoy wearing it then why not.
Hi Hidden ,
On 'Loose Women' today they discussed the 'most googled' questions that men and women google, and one of them from the men was about 'why women wear make-up' - which makes me think you might be psychic, as you were asking this question yesterday!
I wear very little make-up these days - often just a moisturising cream with an SPF to protect me from the sun, and tend to only put make-up on when I'm going out for a meal - I feel fine without make-up - especially as my skin has improved since I have been eating more healthily.
Hope you're having a good Bank holiday weekend.
Zest 
• in reply toZest
Well I might be psychic who knows 😀
Did you wear more when you where younger?
Healthy eating sure is good for the skin.
I worked today, no bank holiday for me.
Hope yours was good. 😀
Zest• in reply to
Sorry to hear you didn't have a Bank holiday today - hope you had an ok day nevertheless.
Yes, I did wear make-up when I was younger.
Just popping out for an evening walk now - hope you have a lovely evening.
I wear mascara and eyeliner plus some lip balm. I can go without it but It makes me feel more feminine when I wear it 😁If that makes sense.
• in reply toAngep
Do you feel masculine if you don't wear it? 😉
Angep• in reply to
Nah 😂 I don't need to not wear make up to feel masculine!!! I'm a northern lass and we speak as we find. I think I'm more of a man than my other half when something needs sorting out!! He's cringing in the back ground when I'm being assertive 😂😂😂 all good fun 😁
• in reply toAngep
So you are not one to mess with then. 😂
I guess it's all up to genes. I don't really need much. Lipgloss and I'm out, but enjoy glamming it up here and there.
But, no, to answer your question.
The more days without it, the healthier I look.
I love my scrubs and oils better!
• in reply toWheatgirl53
Body scrubs and oils?
Wheatgirl53• in reply to
Sugar scrubs for face. Coconut, Olive oils. I have several choices. Keeps you vibrant and glowy.
• in reply toWheatgirl53
Very nice.
i love putting on makeup but i dont feel naked without it and yes i can go whole day without makeup
I have some light acne problems and it's not visible while I use foundation, so it makes me more confidant)) sometimes I don't wear it to let my skin breath and have rest. I also like lipstick becouse my skin is white and I look a bit pale without it)
• in reply tosweetpepper
So it's really when you feel like it?
I love lipstick!! Look into coconut oil and tea tree oil for acne.
Hi I used to wear makeup everyday and now I don't wear any only if it's a special occasion
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Why did you stop?
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Depression took over my life
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Ok.
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It was such a effort for me to have a wash ect never mind bothering with anything else
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I know what you mean.
Have things improved?
• in reply to
I'm much better than what I was but I'm not 100% better
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You are heading in the right direction though?
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Yeh
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That's great, it's nice to see someone beating it.
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I wouldn't say I'm completely beat it but I'm much better than last year
• in reply to
I hope you do beat it, I think you will you seem to be pretty open about it. You come across as being happy 😊
• in reply to
Thank you 😊
• in reply to
I'm away to get lost again.
Take care and hopefully chat again soon 😊
• in reply to
Take care chat soon enjoy your day
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