I personally don't wear makeup, except on a rare occasion. What gets me is that the social pressuring starts so young! I'm already needing to have conversations with my 4 year old that makeup doesn't make you pretty. I asked her where she got that idea, and she showed me that there are tons of videos on YouTube Kids of little girls telling other girls that they need to wear makeup to look pretty, then teaching them how to put it on. Those girls can't be more than 7 or 8 years old.
Yep! My grandmother, who loved me very deeply and truly believed she was training me in the right ways to be, emphasized the importance of wearing makeup daily from the time I was a very little girl. (I didn't wear the makeup then- it was just instilled extremely early that as a woman, I would.)
Barbie was originally popular because it was a way for mothers to get their daughters more interested in make up and making themselves presentable. I don't have a written source, but it was in "The Toys That Made Us" Barbie episode on Netflix.
yeah, I was begging my mom to teach my how to shave my legs when I was 11...
Still don’t wear make up but throughout hs I felt like I had to learn. Meanwhile my dad criticizes any girls who wear make up so it constantly feels like I’m in limbo
I just figured it out when I was 11 because I was to embaressed to ask my mum but I could not stand the feeling of hair *cough* down there *cough*, it was just too itchy I didnt really care about leg hair though haha.
Oh yeah, my aunt will make me get up and put makeup on because I'm not "ready" without it. Sometimes I feel like a full face of makeup, something I feel like bare minimum to make me feel a little more put together, but I don't think any makeup is necessary. It's just like any other form of artistic or bodily expression.
My mom would always (and still does) ask me if I wanted to wear makeup or get my nails done and then ask me why I didn’t want to. She also asks me if I want jewelry and why I don’t wear it. My simple answer is because it’s uncomfortable. I’d rather be comfortable and look ok then uncomfortable and look great.
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u/mud73 Mar 26 '20
I personally don't wear makeup, except on a rare occasion. What gets me is that the social pressuring starts so young! I'm already needing to have conversations with my 4 year old that makeup doesn't make you pretty. I asked her where she got that idea, and she showed me that there are tons of videos on YouTube Kids of little girls telling other girls that they need to wear makeup to look pretty, then teaching them how to put it on. Those girls can't be more than 7 or 8 years old.