Do men really prefer women without makeup? (young, looking, different)

[mariagostrey]

celebs with and without make up

[Doctor Blues]

I will re-iterate that I hate the obviously overly-made up look. Unless she has really great skin (without need of makeup whatsoever), if it is really made up to look not made up, that is the ideal.

[JordanJP]

Wow, Kim is the best-looking without makeup. Hmm.

[laorbust61]

Originally Posted by fleetiebelle

Yep. Looking natural and actually being natural (i.e., no makeup, no hair styling, no waxing/plucking/tweezing, etc.) are two different animals.

Men do prefer women who look and act natural, but too many women take that literally. It's not that a woman who doesn't wear makeup is ugly; it just kind of indicates attracting male attention wasn't on the agenda that particular day, or maybe any day. I do know that men appreciate women who make an effort, as long as they don't overdo. If what you have on is being noticed instead of the overall image, you've overdone it!



Savvy women know how much work and time it takes to achieve looking natural. Most women I know need moisturizer/sunscreen, tinted lipgloss subtle blush and a comb at a bare minimum when they leave the house.



And the guys who say they like a girl who "acts like she's one of the guys"? They don't really mean that, if you really think about some of what is typically known as "GUY-TYPE BEHAVIOR"

[max's mama]

From my observation men do not like when a woman piles so much make-up on that when they wake up next to her the "morning after" their reaction is "Is this the person I just had sex with?"

I think most men prefer when a make-up is done tastefully or minimum make-up.

[Sonata36]

Do men really prefer women without makeup?

Yes!!! Always. But I can only speak for myself.

[HurricaneDC]

Originally Posted by mariagostrey

thats what almost every guy i have come across seems to convey, at least. they keep saying how much they hate girls who look cake faced and made-up but don't look twice at a girl who doesn't have any makeup on. i think the problem here is that they can't usually tell if a girl has makeup on or not. if a girl applies her makeup really well, the foundation she uses to even out her skin tone, eyeliner to enhance her eyes, blush to redden her cheeks and lip color to make them stand out, unless she applies her makeup really obviously like say kim kardashian or something- guys can't tell she has anything on her face. also there's the matter of styling her hair. all the girls i know do not leave their house without straightening or curling their hair into the glossy locks boys seem to think is natural.

on the other hand if a girl leaves the house without using make up to even out her skin tone and hide her blemishes, or color in her eyebrows to make them even and full or not highlight her eyes with eyeliner and mascara, leave her hair in its natural wavy/bushy state...the guys wouldn't look twice at her and think of her as ugly.

so what im getting at is...guys SAY they want their girls natural- but they actually prefer glossed up girls who artfully conceal their imperfections as opposed to those who dare to go barefaced and natural.

is this true?

I like girls without makeup, assuming they have a nice face in the first place. Obviously well-applied makeup won't really be noticeable, so I guess I like that as well. But if a girl's face looks lovely when she's just waking up or just out of the shower, well, you know she's good looking

[miyu]

I'm not sure. At some point in a relationship I think the guy doesn't care that much anymore. But in the initial stages of the relationship they do expect the girl to look much more polished.

[lionking]

It is shocking when you see a woman without when you are so use to seeing her with it, celebrities being a perfect example.

[sweetdreamerx0]

Originally Posted by mariagostrey

well, this is my usual look. can you tell if i have makeup on?

Yep, I see eyeliner