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According to my daughter, who just started middle school, lots of girls are wearing makeup. She is only in 6th grade and is dying to wear makeup to school. Hell to the NO!! Curious what others think.
I didn't have any restrictions on when or where my DD could wear makeup. I'm sure I would've said something had she tried to wear a boatload of it out somewhere but she never did. She is 19 now and doesn't wear much except when she wants to look more mature. She looks very young for her age (most people think she is about 14).
According to my daughter, who just started middle school, lots of girls are wearing makeup. She is only in 6th grade and is dying to wear makeup to school. Hell to the NO!! Curious what others think.
When she got married, I let her start making her own decisions.
When I grew up I wasn't allowed to wear makeup until I was a sophomore in High School. Back in the day (early 70's it went on heavy, lots of shadow and eyeliner) I toned it down as I didn't like all that makeup and used a little eyeshadow, a thin layer of liner, blush, and mascara.
I never put boundaries on my daughter except not in 7th grade. She chose not to wear makeup at all. She's a beautiful woman, was a beautiful girl then who really didn't need makeup, with long black curly hair to her waist and very, very petite.
She didn't date until she was a Junior in High School, a choice of her own. She married young and had children right away. Now at the age of 37 her youngest is now in COLLEGE!!! Boy how time flies.
I wouldn't put any pressure on her just limit the amount of makeup she can wear.
Good luck, I know how difficult teenagers can be. I have one.
When DD was in middle school, we allowed light mascara (she was blonde and fair) and lip gloss. At some point (don't remember when) I took her to the makeup counter for a makeup brand I trusted and knew embraced a very natural look for teens (Bobbi Brown) and had them show her what to apply and how to apply it. It worked well for us.
My daughter started wearing makeup in middle school around 7th grade (age 13). She would put on a very thin line of eyeliner and once in a while eye shadow, and that's about it.
My teenage nieces started at around 13, wearing just tinted lip gloss and clear mascara. I don't remember my sister ever having a problem with it or having to fight about it. Now, the 15 year old still doesn't wear much.
I wouldn't allow my 6th grader to wear much, but maybe some light makeup. To me, that doesn't seem worth battling about...unless of course she's made up like Tammy Faye or trying to look 25 instead of 12. Buy her some lip gloss, mascara, maybe some light eyeshadow, show her how to apply it, and maybe she'll feel adult enough to satisfy herself. As long as she doesn't LOOK adult, she should be okay.
My 9 year-old just loves make-up. She knows she cannot wear it to school, but out of school it's just not on my list of major concerns. She does sometimes look like Tammy Faye, but I don't really care. She doesn't look like a wannabe 16 year-old, she looks like a 9 year-old who has been messing around with make-up.
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