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My 10 year old daughter has experience with makeup from being in a number of dance recitals. She sometimes sneaks out of the house in the morning wearing some Bonne Bell Dr. Pepper lip gloss (which has a light color, but wears off quickly), a very light amount of pink blush, and tan eye shadow. I guess I should restrict it but actually I have marveled at how nice of a job she does. She doesn't like mascara and was happy to drop out of dance before they started the heavier makeup.
I am curious about one thing, a few posters have mentioned hoping their daughter's don't choose to wear makeup. I don't ever wear makeup, and the few items I owned once upon a time have been commandeered by my daughter. I don't expect my daughter to be a mini-me, so was just wondering why moms thought their daughters should share their dislike of makeup? I honestly don't understand it.
I am curious about one thing, a few posters have mentioned hoping their daughter's don't choose to wear makeup. I don't ever wear makeup, and the few items I owned once upon a time have been commandeered by my daughter. I don't expect my daughter to be a mini-me, so was just wondering why moms thought their daughters should share their dislike of makeup? I honestly don't understand it.
Most of those posters are speaking from INEXPERIENCE. Life always perfectly follows your ideas until it actually happens .
You just never know, especially if someones daughter is a girly girl or has a group of friends who are into it or wants to cover blemishes. I HATE when I see people writing about whatever "rule" they are going to create. Rules should be rare, and reserved for important things in life. Makeup is not one of those things and there is no reason to set yourselves up for fights and failures over something lame.
My D loves makeup and has a ton, but has no problem not wearing it either. She can go out with wet hair, no makeup, and a hoodie and won't feel bad about herself but if she wants to do it up then she does. I don't care.
I appreciate all the responses. Thank you. I have nothing against makeup, I wear it myself. I just want my daughter to take her time and not be in such a rush to grow up. She is a makeup expert, watches Youtube makkeup tutorials and can apply it expertly-better than me and most adults. She is sort of obsessed with it. She owns tons of makup, but my one request is that she not wear it outside. I can't say that is always the case. She will occasionally wear mascara when she goes to her dance class. I think 11.5 yo is too young, but like some of you said I choose my battles. Bottom line, she can't wear makeup to school until 7th grade.
My daughter's middle school only allows make-up to cover blemishes. I like it this way. I have to say I think many of the girls at this age look better in their natural state than when they wear make-up. When I see middle school students from other schools with make-up, I often think they still look like they are playing dress-up or something. We have a 13-year-old neighbor who wears a lot of make-up. When I finally saw her without it, I thought she looked so much prettier. I don't see a need to rush a 12-year-old to look older and to focus too much on appearance. Most of the girls I see who wear make-up at age 12 are much more focused on appearance than those I see without make-up.
Some of this does depend on how the make-up is applied and what kinds are used. My daughter has learned to apply make-up from her involvement in performing arts, so she has the skill. I will likely allow her to start wearing make-up in high school using this skill so she doesn't look like a makeup mess!
I personally don't wear makeup aside from lipstick but my daughter loves it and really got into it at school. I started off her 6th grade year by saying "no" however the girls in her school had their little stashes of makeup in their purses and my daughter would always find a way to get her hands on some makeup. When she did eventually get a makeup kit for a birthday, she would overdo it and I would comment on it and make her take some off (can't send my daughter to school looking like a hooker). We fought some intense battles last year but this year, things have settled down.
Fortunately, this year she is learned the trick of subdued makeup (after explaining that less usually looks better). She now expertly applies makeup and looks very pretty. At times, it is hard to tell that she is even wearing makeup but she is.
I think my daughter (12) learned a lesson when she got her school pictures back last week: her cheeks were so pink from blush that she looked really silly. Thank goodness for re-takes.
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