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Hey, I ran into QuikTrip in my wedding gown and veil between the ceremony and reception and grabbed a Gatorade, because I was so parched I wanted to die. But that still doesn't mean I'm gonna make sure I have a full face of makeup on in order to leave my house to check the mail. I just don't agree with some that being groomed and clean, and wearing clean jeans and a t-shirt = "slob."
Same here, we walked in, in our full wedding gear, and got free drinks and ice cream, lol!
But I'm not gunna do it all the time, but every now and then, it is fun to see everyone's faces.
The Italian people have a phrase called "Bella Figura" and the French also have a similar thing where you always make yourself look great (don't have to wear heavy makeup, etc.) before you go out in public. It is not work to them and they actually enjoy all the primping, selecting clothes, etc. before leaving the house. If they feel bad and think they look not their best, they don't want to leave the house unless they have to like for work. I think most Europeans are like that, too.
It is completely subjective and thus pointless to discuss in such broad generalities.
What the OP calls glamorous someone else might just call put together. What someone calls casual, someone else would call slovenly. Put together is in the eye of the beholder.
Indeed. For all we know of the OP's opinion, the woman may be wearing only a brush of makeup that takes her no more than five minutes--many women are that quick and good, but to the OP it's excessive.
Back in Grandma's time, you didn't go anywhere, grocery store, doctor's office or whatever, without your hat and gloves. It was the proper thing to do.
I know the hat-wearing thing went down the tubes when the Bee Hive hairdos became popular. There simply wasn't any hat that would work. That ended hats for church too.
This.
And my mom is still a firm believer and religious practicer of always being put together.
Someone had a blog a few years ago where she took pictures of herself in her old bridesmaids dresses grocery shopping, mowing the lawn, etc, because everyone says you can wear those dresses more than once.
LOL!!!! At least she had a sense of humor and found a use for those hideous things!
To each their own, but I personally feel kinda sad for them! Recently there was a Buzzfeed post called something like "things people say/do when you leave the house without makeup," including stuff like being asked if you're tired/sick... then the comments were even worse, with women talking about spending THREE hours on makeup & hair every day. You also have women chronicling their "makeup-free" days, like it was equivalent to having 3rd-degree burns on your face.
I'm a woman who hardly ever wears makeup, so I do have trouble relating to this mentality. And the reason I said it makes me sad, is because I feel sorry for anyone too insecure (or umm, facially challenged?) to leave the house "bare." I am lucky as a redhead with usually unblemished porcelain & freckled skin, but even someone unlike me shouldn't be afraid to embrace their natural face. A little powder or lipstick, fine, just don't think a 3-hour daily ritual is needed. Men don't really care or notice, in fact most seem to prefer the natural look - and women typically only care if they're jealous.
A little powder or lipstick, fine, just don't think a 3-hour daily ritual is needed. Men don't really care or notice, in fact most seem to prefer the natural look - and women typically only care if they're jealous.
You don't actually know if that's not all the woman of the OP's comment is doing--you don't know that she does a "3-hour daily ritual," and I'd wager he doesn't either.
And as a man, I would not be so general as to say "men don't really care or notice." I'd more generally say a man would like a woman to look like women look who are made up without looking like they are made up. "Sport Illustrated" swimsuit models in the magazine spreads all look natural to most men--and none of them is. But that's how most men would like women to look.
And most women don't look nearly that good bare-faced.
You don't actually know if that's not all the woman of the OP's comment is doing--you don't know that she does a "3-hour daily ritual," and I'd wager he doesn't either.
And as a man, I would not be so general as to say "men don't really care or notice." I'd more generally say a man would like a woman to look like women look who are made up without looking like they are made up. "Sport Illustrated" swimsuit models in the magazine spreads all look natural to most men--and none of them is. But that's how most men would like women to look.
And most women don't look nearly that good bare-faced.
Exactly. I'm one of those who looks completely awful without makeup, it's like night and day. I don't wear a 'full face' every day by any means, no foundation or lipstick or mascara, but I absolutely need some eyeliner and shadow to bring out my eyes and concealer, otherwise I look like I have squinty little piglet eyes and/or like I'm ill. I have very pale skin too and dark eyelids, and dark undereye circles that don't go away with sleep. My sister has a similar issue, so it's not just me being overly self-critical.
That said, I've seen plenty of women who look great without makeup, and if I was lucky enough to be one of them, I might not wear it everyday either. As it is though, I want to look awake and healthy and bright-eyed when I'm out, not tired and sick; call it low self-esteem if you want.
To each their own, but I personally feel kinda sad for them! Recently there was a Buzzfeed post called something like "things people say/do when you leave the house without makeup," including stuff like being asked if you're tired/sick... then the comments were even worse, with women talking about spending THREE hours on makeup & hair every day. You also have women chronicling their "makeup-free" days, like it was equivalent to having 3rd-degree burns on your face.
I'm a woman who hardly ever wears makeup, so I do have trouble relating to this mentality. And the reason I said it makes me sad, is because I feel sorry for anyone too insecure (or umm, facially challenged?) to leave the house "bare." I am lucky as a redhead with usually unblemished porcelain & freckled skin, but even someone unlike me shouldn't be afraid to embrace their natural face. A little powder or lipstick, fine, just don't think a 3-hour daily ritual is needed. Men don't really care or notice, in fact most seem to prefer the natural look - and women typically only care if they're jealous.
Makeup can be fun, and it's fine if someone enjoys using it, but it is sad if someone feels as though they look like an absolute monster without it.
When I was younger, I wouldn't so much as go out to get the mail without makeup on. I was brainwashed into believing that I needed all of those products to look acceptable. Then, when I was 23 or 24, I stopped wearing it. Hey, guys don't wear it, and nobody says anything, right? Part of that was fueled by an attempt to clean my dad's apartment after he had quadruple bypass surgery. At that time, he had a girlfriend that used tons of beauty products. When I went into the bathroom that she used, there was, I kid you not, a three dimensional bathtub ring. I've never seen anything like it. And the color of that bathtub ring was the color of foundation. Disgusting.
And guess what happened when I went out of the house without makeup? Nothing! Nobody puked or died upon seeing my face. Little kids didn't start crying. Guys still approached me (not like my world revolves around what guys think anyway, but still). One guy at work said something about my makeup, and I said "Uhhh...I'm not wearing any." So I fretted and anguished and spent that money and time for nothing!
The only times I wear makeup are if I know that I am going to have my picture taken, or just "if I feel like it", which isn't that often. I think that the extra sleep is a lot better for me anyhow.
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