# Cosmetics and You

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmetics-and-you/609847>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 18, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmetics-and-you/609847 "2012-01-18T00:43:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![PeriDoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@PeriDoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeriDoe)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmetics-and-you/609847/101 "2012-01-30T05:34:28Z")

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I am amused that people think of lip balm as a cosmetic, because for me it is as essential as deoderant. 🙂 It is the only thing I MUST wear on my face daily.

For work I usually use concealer (if my dark circles are especially bad), a bit of powder, plain or tinted lip balm, and sometimes some light eye makeup. On the rare occasions when I go out I like to get a bit more creative with the full face stuff. I wouldn’t want to do it all the time though, because it does seem to make my decent skin worse.

Thanks to the previous poster who mentioned the YouTube tutorials–there are a ton of useful ones. I like [this guy](http://www.youtube.com/user/gossmakeupartist/feed) especially.

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**Author:** ![PeriDoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@PeriDoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeriDoe)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmetics-and-you/609847/102 "2012-01-30T05:58:24Z")

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> [@Wednesday\_Evening](#):
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> I voted “don’t wear it at all.” The last time I wore makeup was to a friend’s wedding almost 3 years ago, so I think that’s close enough! It’s just way too much hassle. Put it on in the morning. Take it off in the evening. Buy more when you run out. Plus I don’t like supporting the cosmetics industry, which I feel tries to brainwash women into feeling they’re not beautiful unless they’re wearing makeup. \<rant\> We don’t need makeup to be beautiful, dammit! \</rant\>

I am conflicted about it. I do agree that the cosmetics industry is so full of brainwashing and ridiculous claims. On the other hand, I am amazed at the artistry that some people put into it, and as a creative type I think it’s fun to play around with (and it does lift my mood sometimes). I’m glad I don’t feel a NEED to wear it though.

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