Zoe
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And people can look better with wild unmaintained facial hair than without.
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27 Women on why they wear (or don't wear) makeup
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And people can look better with wild unmaintained facial hair than without.
The Librarian
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Myke Greywolf
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That may not be the case, though. This particular trait may be a secondary effect of some other factor. Testosterone differences in general may be pointed out as a possible cause for this.
Napoleonthechimp
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I call bullshit at those women not wearing makeup.
Yeah, there are a lot of cosmetics that I depend on. I would even have to hoard my shampoo because without it my scalp skin would get murdered. I just don't like to think about stuff like that too much.Yea it's pretty...not pretty, poor woman.
Mine are the blackest black colour ever, like seriously dark, but at least i don't have to worry about colouring them. Better stock up on your pencil what happens if they discontinue it?
I bought a bunch of light brown mascaras but they are all way to dark for my brows.
I keep the pencil tip very dull so I can color the hair easier.
The Librarian
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Do you call bullshit on me not wearing makeup?
Napoleonthechimp
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I've fallen for that "natural look" trick before.
I'm not talking about you. I was referring to some of those women claiming to not be wearing make-up.
Devolution
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Im middle of the road. Usually not wearing it, put it on for some occasions because I might have the time and as an artist my own face being a canvas is fun.
The Librarian
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Why are you doubting them? Just because someone women lied to you in the past?
Why are you not doubting me? Because I'm on NeoGAF?
The only makeup I wear (as rare as that is because I prefer being natural) is mascara or eye shadow from time to time.
I don't wear makeup because I feel I have to or anything. It's just nice to try a different look every blue moon and it's fun too.
It's always nice to see more ladies speak out about why or why not they've made their choices.
I don't wear makeup because I feel I have to or anything. It's just nice to try a different look every blue moon and it's fun too.
It's always nice to see more ladies speak out about why or why not they've made their choices.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Dax, not every thread/reply is specific to you. It doesn't seem like he was calling you out.
The make-up thing can go either way as far as I'm concerned. For some women it makes them look worse (especially if they use too much). For others it highlights their features nicely. It's ultimately up to that person on whether they want to deal with it or not, I'd assume it's a bit of a pain to spend time on (but worth it if you enjoy it).
The make-up thing can go either way as far as I'm concerned. For some women it makes them look worse (especially if they use too much). For others it highlights their features nicely. It's ultimately up to that person on whether they want to deal with it or not, I'd assume it's a bit of a pain to spend time on (but worth it if you enjoy it).
Devolution
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Yeah I only do eye related stuff, anything else is just meh.
No, not at all and your right. There is no accurate way to generalize. Some skin types look fine without foundation and some don't.
I see it with my wife (pale skin) and mi sis (Hispanic light brown). Some colors work for my wife and not my sis. Some skin types look fine naked and some can be red and blotchy.
Featheredkitten
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It's not a trick, you're not being targeted and then laughed at for believing women...or...whatever. Don't take it personally, it's not about you. It's about the woman.
Who needs make-up with such sweet avatars as yours anyway?
Devolution
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lmao "trick" dude cant even hide his bitterness well
dem wimmens and their witchcraft
dem wimmens and their witchcraft
I think they mean based on the pictures.
pikachu Lv 5
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I used to not wear makeup because I used to think that if someone wanted to be with me, they would find me and love me how I am without any adornments. I'm 25 now and I think my expectations were too high. I feel prettier now being girlier, wearing makeup and dresses. I feel more comfortable in my skin and I've become less concerned about what men think about how I look. Funny, I used to care so much about what little attention I used to get. Now that I'm receiving all this attention, I don't even know how to properly react to it.
Featheredkitten
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Like, maybe, they're not ugly enough without makeup to truly be without makeup?
Who knows, ask the poster in question.
malingenie
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As a man, let me put my two cents
nothing good could come from a sentence starting like that
Exactly. Trust me every woman in the world isn't out to deceive you. That's not a very positive perspective to have.
Who needs make-up with such sweet avatars as yours anyway?
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Featheredkitten
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I actually had a portion of that post considering this possibility, but deleted it for simplicity's sake.
I agree, it may have piggybacked on another, more advantageous characteristic. It also may be random drift, although I understand the gender dismorphia to be significant enough in this instance that it's unlikely to be attributable to random chance.
Doctoglethorpe
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I'm not a woman, but hypothetically my number one reason would be "its a waste of money."
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Technically you could argue this for dudes though. Do I need hair paste and stuff? Nah, but it makes my hair look better.
Devolution
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I hate to be the one to go there but so are lots of things.
Well lots of things are a waste of money but if we like it, we buy it anyway.
Technically you could argue this for dudes though. Do I need hair paste and stuff? Nah, but it makes my hair look better.
My hair looks magnifcant without hair gel and shit. Get on my au natural look, yo. However, I generally don't care about my appearance.
The Librarian
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Exactly.
You look so cute as you are. Godzilla is angry out of jealousy!I rarely, and I mean RARELY wear make-up. I think I look just fine without it.
Zoe
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You're the one who brought looks into it.
It's the closest thing that men have to daily maintenance on their faces that's under their control. It's more socially expected for men to be clean shaven or well-trimmed, but that doesn't mean anyone who doesn't do that has something wrong with them.
Yes, women traditionally had to be stay-at-home moms who did the household chores, though on farms of course they had to participate in farmwork (milk the cows & all dat shit) IN ADDITION to taking care of the children, cooking, cleaning etc. And yes, this was the norm for a huge portion of women. Of course not ALL women, but a huge part of them.
No one is saying it's not genuine per se, but there are quite a lot of negatives that can be attributed to a make-up obsessed culture and everything surrounding it, going from small to big, from not-that-bad to morally-reprehensible, so there are some pretty logical reasons to oppose women having to wear make-up:
-a lot of make-up was/is tested on animals
-it's expensive, would probably be better if people could spend the money on something else or save it
-it's part of wasting Earth's resources on completely pointless crap that we ultimately don't need at all and which doesn't really bring anything substantial to anyone's life. It's simply something we should be trying to get rid off to save this earth.
-women look great without make-up, so it's simply pointless
-is a part of creating the impossible beauty-standards that cause so much harm in the world for more insecure women
-it takes a lot of time, why are women forced to spend so much of their life to make themselves more "beautiful" when they'd be perfect even without it?
-make-up isn't healthy to your skin & health. At all.
-the beauty industry overall (from modelling to the creation of beauty products) is horrible in a lot of ways and it could do with a bit of a shakeup and huge change
People's preferences are something that aren't created in a vacuum and more often than not they aren't something that people consciencely decide on. People who love to wear make-up don't usually choose to be that way and people who hate make-up don't choose to hate it. That doesn't mean people have no agency. Even if someone loves make-up, they CAN make the choice of trying to get rid of the habit of wearing it if, say, they one day decide they don't want to support all the shit that the beauty industry does with another penny.
Deified Data
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What's to be jealous of? Godzilla is already a natural beauty.
Lot's of women look good without make up. Like, for example, my cousin who always had this natural beauty. Then she got shamed for not wearing one and pressured into wearing it by one of her boyfriends. People can be such jerks sometimes.
Kudos to the women who stand up for themselves, kudos to everyone who endures this kind of treatment and still pulls themselves through hard times and keep on fighting. Kudos to all the drag queens and transgender people for not bending to societies definition of norm and standing for what they are with raised banners.
You are all wonderful people~
Kudos to the women who stand up for themselves, kudos to everyone who endures this kind of treatment and still pulls themselves through hard times and keep on fighting. Kudos to all the drag queens and transgender people for not bending to societies definition of norm and standing for what they are with raised banners.
You are all wonderful people~
Godzilla is beauty personified.
Doctoglethorpe
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Technically you could argue this for dudes though. Do I need hair paste and stuff? Nah, but it makes my hair look better.
And I don't buy any of that stuff. Editadd: Hell I don't even pay to get my hair cut or anything. I just take a buzzer to my head and let my beard grow like a glorious wizard lock. If people think I look bad, thats on them, don't care about impressing people that need trickery to be impressed in the first place. Getting on a tangent here maybe, this is all just my personal outlook not trying to preach.
Of course, waste of money is an opinion, and that its mine is all I meant. If somebody enjoys spending money on makeeup as much as I do on video games, more power to them.
If she never wore make up she'd never get those comments. She's attractive without it. If someone uses a bronzer then shows up a lot more pale or with puffier eyes or looking like their eyebrows are five shades lighter in a day, people might think she's sick or looks different. It means she looks different, not ugly.
When I say Im not wearing makeup, I usualy mean cat-eyeliner and EOS lipbalm. I use to have a lot of dark spots, so foundation was a must before. I just dont wear any nowadays because my skin has stopped fucking me around. thanks to these
(lactic acid peels and ra 0.1% applied daily).
Its not I had acne, its just that whatever little irritation would leave those black marks on my face. So makeup was kinda obligatory.
And If not wearing "makeup," Im wearing lipstick and that's it. Especially colors you would not see on a black woman. I just love red lipstick
I just need an explanation on the huge sharpie brows tho
(lactic acid peels and ra 0.1% applied daily).
Its not I had acne, its just that whatever little irritation would leave those black marks on my face. So makeup was kinda obligatory.
And If not wearing "makeup," Im wearing lipstick and that's it. Especially colors you would not see on a black woman. I just love red lipstick
I just need an explanation on the huge sharpie brows tho
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Angelus Errare
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Can we talk about how Lorde gave an answer?
Hari Seldon
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The real answer: Because the fountain of youth was just a fucking myth!
The Librarian
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Yeah. That's a problem with a lot of these makeup comparison images.
Can we talk about how Lorde gave an answer?
She looks really similar to the real Lorde. Didn't catch that when I flipped through the photos myself. Nice find, AE.
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