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However...I am on your side in the meat of the matter. I'm not really sure that this app is really a benefit or a detriment to women. I don't know. As someone who finds makeup to be a complete pain in the rear and refuses to deal with it, I am kind of thinking... "So, women wear this stuff to try and look good, and in this case at least, to look attractive to men, when we're trying to date...and the first thing a dude wants to do is see what it's like we don't. Huh. Like why are we putting in effort, again?"
Except for the fact that on the rare occasion I do put on makeup, the men in my life react with anything from a pause and widening of the eyes, to a "Wow...you look amazing..." so I guess they do like it?
What do men want, even? Ah well, I won't worry about it. According to the guys here, women have nothing to fear from men being too selective, unless they are "Chad" or something. We have ALL the options.
Hold it. Superficial? Who? Women who cake it on to look different, or men who simply want to see the real person? Again, I'm not understanding why you're all getting so wound up. Would you date a guy who doesn't want you anyway because of how you look without make up? Great. That's what the app is for. Saves him time, saves you time.
Why do I suspect that all these guys who have major concerns about make up, haven't ever actually HAD a date?
Hold it. Superficial? Who? Women who cake it on to look different, or men who simply want to see the real person? Again, I'm not understanding why you're all getting so wound up. Would you date a guy who doesn't want you anyway because of how you look without make up? Great. That's what the app is for. Saves him time, saves you time.
It's totally superficial. If a guy is that fixated on appearance I'd move on. I get that appearance plays a part in attraction but he should be able to figure out if he's attracted or not regardless of whether the women has makeup on. What if he doesn't like what the woman looks like in 10 years? I guess he should check an aging app too to see if the woman's appearance as she ages is acceptable to him.
Most women don't look that different without makeup (unless they're wearing a ton of make up which can be ascertained without the benefit of an app). I see zero benefit for women with this app.
Venn diagram: People who are offended that someone would want to see someone without makeup and people who google their dates.
Another Venn diagram: people who are offended that someone would want to see someone without makeup and people who would dump someone because of their clothing.
There's an app that was recently created which allows you to edit a photo to remove all make up. It's still in the early stages but apparently it's very accurate.
Let's say you've been chatting with someone on a dating site, would you want to run their photo through such an app in order to see what they look like without make up before meeting them?
That’s kind of sad but yet funny at the same time. I guess it makes sense in some way because some women are so good with disguising themselves with heavy amounts of makeup like all of that foundation and that countouring stuff now or even fake lashes. I don’t do any of that just some lipstick or chapstick and some eyeshadow is all I need. I tried that foundation stuff for a short time and it felt real heavy on my skin and I broke out in pimples. I prefer for my skin to breathe, I feel more healthy that way and younger. Makeup looks good but not for those who can hide themselves so well behind makeup that they look like someone else. In a way it’s like people are walking like they are a photoshopped person. I know that countouring makes certain features look smaller or even going as far as covering skin tones, acne, scars, birth marks etc. I figure why should someone hide that from the person they are seeing, eventually that persons gonna know how she looks like without all of that.
Men are very visual. That's why make up is so effective. But men are also interested in natural beauty and personality, which is why this app is excellent. It removes all those visual distractions, all those nice colors and textures, and lets him see a woman in her pure state, just as she is. Women often say that they want to be accepted as they are and this app, at least on a visual level, lets men see them as they are.
When a woman has make up on, it feels like a mask to some extent, and when you have a mask on, you tend to act and carry yourself a bit differently. I've been known to wear a bit of make up on occasion and I can relate. Look, make up is nice, but men like to know what's behind it too. I think even less than average looking women still look pretty nice without make up. Make up conceals beauty just as much as it simulates it. There's nothing to be scared of, if you have a nice personality.
When a woman has make up on, it feels like a mask to some extent, and when you have a mask on, you tend to act and carry yourself a bit differently. I've been known to wear a bit of make up on occasion and I can relate. Look, make up is nice, but men like to know what's behind it too. I think even less than average looking women still look pretty nice without make up. Make up conceals beauty just as much as it simulates it. There's nothing to be scared of, if you have a nice personality.
Not for all (and I'd be willing to bet most) women. Not for me and not for any of my friends. I've never known a woman to act differently because she has makeup on. A woman may act differently in different situations and she may have more make up on in some situations than in others (e.g., at a nightclub or bar) but IMO it's the situation, not the makeup, that's driving the behavior change.
I think you're ascribing way too much importance to makeup.
Last edited by Rowan123; 11-16-2017 at 02:16 PM..
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