5 minute face every day, 10 minutes if interview\investor meeting\whatever special. 10 minutes on date night.
5 min: Foundation, curl eyelashes (itself a 2 minute endeavor, as mine are thick and gorgeous yet stick-straight), eyeliner, concealer.
10 minute: foundation, curl eyelashes, eyeliner, concealer, tinted lip gloss, mascara, maybe a little blush.
For those who hate the feeling of foundation I heartily recommend L’Oreal True Match foundation. Buy from CVS and return if you don’t like it, no questions asked. Otherwise, try a tinted moisturizer (I’ve never found one dark enough for my very olive skin).
At an internship after college I didn’t wear anything and got asked by my boss and someone else if I was sick :smack:. I NEVER leave the house without at least concealer under my eyes - genetically I have very dark circles.
I only wear it when I’m dressing up and going out and want to look extra special. Or for a job interview.
I hate, hate, hate the idea of waking up every morning with the assumption that something is intrinsically wrong with my face.
On the other hand, that means that when I do wear makeup I’m not very good at it and think that anything that isn’t very subtle is extreme because I’m so used to seeing my face naked.
I only wear make-up for special occasions. I have some features that probably could use some enhancement, and some that don’t need much (when I wear mascara, my lashes get all over my glasses), but I don’t really care all that much. I look the way I look, and if it scares small children, all the better!
You know, I’m only 26 (birthday yesterday, yay!) and I definitely notice the change in how my makeup sets on my face and the newer creases and lines I have. So, I can only imagine how over the years I’ll have to adapt my makeup routine. Definitely though, your skin is different as you age and that has to be taken into account.
If your issue is pores, definitely get a primer. It’ll change your life. The primer will basically cover the pore, so your makeup can lay smoothly over it. There are now primers at every price point, but I still hear the best things about the Make Up Forever kind at Sephora.
I put on eyebrow pencil and lipstick in the morning when I go to work, but don’t renew it during the day. I might do a bit more for a special occasion. The last time I did the whole face powder, eyeliner, shadow, mascara, etc. was for my daughter’s wedding, which was a few years back. Otherwise I cannot be bothered.
I didn’t know how to vote – But basically I just use it sometimes in some places to cover blemishes. Occasionally there is some reason for some powder and blush. Ever more rarely (once or twice a year) there is reason for eyeshadow and maybe lipstick.
Wait, so there’s an all-over primer? As in, you put it on your entire face before putting on foundation? I’ve been using eye primer for awhile now (and I love the shit out of it, can’t wear eye makeup without it), but I’ve never heard of an all-over one.
And would it help prevent the OMGMAKEUP look I tend to get when I wear foundation? When I do, my skintone is nice and even from far away, but when you get up close and personal you can definitely tell I’m wearing it, because my skin looks almost flaky.
I suppose I could have answered that I wear makeup while doing housework, in a sense. I put kohl on my eyes when I’m at home—the real Arab antimony stuff, from Syria. I use it more for ophthalmic than cosmetic purposes. The Arabs believe it’s healthy for the eyes. But it looks cool too.
In India they also believe it protects against the evil eye, according to Asra Nomani in the documentary The Mosque in Morgantown. I wear kohl when I go out, in case I happen to dash out somewhere without having done my makeup. Kohl is my makeup for when I’m not wearing makeup.
I almost never wear makeup, but I went with “for professional reasons” because I do wear lipstick for things like job interviews or important presentations. I regularly wore lipstick to work when I was working in Japan, because most professional women in Japan do full face and I felt like I had to make some sort of effort.
I also once had a job in the US where I cried a lot (it didn’t involve dying orphans or anything, I just had a horrible boss) and took to wearing foundation and powder because my face tends to stay red and blotchy for a long time if I’ve been crying. I am otherwise blessed with a good complexion, and since I wear thick glasses I’ve never seen much point in bothering with eye makeup.
I don’t have a job dealing with the public, or one that depends on tips, so I tend to slack off in the makeup department unless I am dressing up for a special night, or dressing up for work just because I feel like it.
However, it’s not just laziness, though that’s part of it. A number of years ago I reached that magical age at which makeup makes me look OLDER rather than younger; yes, it looks more ‘professional’, but it definitely doesn’t look any ‘better’, so I tend to toss on mascara and leave it at that.
I don’t wear it and never did. When I was in high school my mother made a last-ditch desperate attempt to feminize me by offering to buy me some makeup, so I let her, but I didn’t let her spend much because I knew how it was going to end. And I was right. I don’t know how to apply the stuff, I don’t feel right wearing it, I don’t like having to wash it off at the end of the day, and I wear contacts so I would always be worried I’d poke myself in the eye with an eyeliner brush or something.
I like the look of a particular type of makeup (the very stylized, “powerful” looking makeup worn by some female performers (see Annie Lennox in the “Sweet Dreams are Made of This” video, and similar) but that’s not really a look for everyday wear.
If I ever went out to a goth/industrial club (which I don’t these days, partly due to spousal disinterest and partly due to the fact that there aren’t really any around here) I might pay somebody to “do me up” in that style just for something different. But it’s not likely that will happen.
Never. The last time I wore makeup was my wedding day, December 13, 1997: and that’s only because I was ambushed by a Mary Kay Commando. I personally hate the stuff.
I wear lipstick and under-eye cover-up any day that people other than my daughter and the people at the local shop are going to see me. I look kinda ill without them.
I never wear liquid foundation, but those combi ones - you know, it looks like a powder foundation because it comes in a case but has a pad, but the stuff is a lot creamier than solid foundations - are really good for evening out skin tone.
Eye make-up is only for nights out or when I was want to look really good. Then it’s usually just mascara, because for years eyeshadow would flake into my contact lenses and end up leaving me red and blotchy and far worse-looking. Cream eyeshadows help a lot, and I think daily contact lenses do too - perhaps because there’s never any residue on them.
I voted “sometimes”, but the last time was about a year ago last summer, so really, never. I used to wear ti when i went clubbing, but usually just lipstick and eyeliner. Now, too much bother, I still look pretty good most of the time (I think) and my husband hates makeup.
Last year, just before summer, I switched to wearing all skirts/dresses when I was going through a confidence crisis about looking like a SAHM slob in jeans, and realised that skirts are no more problem, and I felt prettier in them. So no makeup but always dresses.
It was a great blessing when I got pregnant, because I have never found a pair of maternity pants that will stay up, in three pregnancies. I hate them. Better not to agonise and just wear dresses.
I wear makeup to work for a few different reasons: 1) I’m close enough in age to the students that I occasionally get confused for being one, 2) I feel more “professional” looking, 3) I’m starting to get more uneven skin tone than when I was younger and I feel more “grown up” looking with the foundation/powder/mascara routine than without these days. I’ve got a cosmetics bag that lives in my work bag with my foundation, powder, mascara, lip balm, lipstick and related tools, and I am more likely than not to be seen applying makeup at stoplights on the way to work. The foundation takes little to no effort (smear it all over face with brush, then blend with another brush), and the powder acts to “set” it and further blend. I add in mascara to mostly complete the effect and will sometimes wear lipstick, as I have really pale lips.
Outside of work, I don’t wear makeup often. Running errands? No makeup unless I’m doing it after work. Going out? Sometimes I’ll put on makeup; most of my “going out” buddies have seen me sans makeup and wearing junky clothes while socializing, and nobody really dresses up in my social circle. I do, however, love playing with makeup, so I’ll use any excuse at times to put on some wilder eyeshadow or lipstick.
I only wear it as part of a costume. I think I’ve actually worn facepaint (of the ‘turn a small child into a tiger’ kind) more times than official make-up, and that’s not very often.
I’ve got some somewhere around, for costume parties, but I can’t really see the point. I was brought up in a house where no-one wore it (I don’t think my mother even wore it for her wedding; if she did, it wasn’t much). It’d probably make my eczema flare up, but even if I didn’t have that, I doubt I’d bother.
Most days I’ll throw on at least some lippy for work. Usually that’s with a tinted & SPF rated moisturiser (as another antipodean mentioned, the sun here requires it) and mascara.
I’m lucky enough to be in a role that means if (like today) I don’t have any make up on, it’s no big deal. I can chuck on the basic lipstick if I get an unscheduled interviewee turn up.
Going out, I’ll put on make up. Running to the shops, as long as my hair’s brushed, that’ll do.
I usually wear makeup if I’m leaving the house, or entertaining guests. However, I find that a little goes a long way on me. For some reason, even a little makeup makes a big difference in how I look, so it’s worth it for me. My usual routine involves some sort of concealer and foundation, (liquid or powder, depending on how my skin looks), eyeliner, a little eyeshadow, mascara, and lip balm or gloss. This takes 4 minutes or so. If I have more time, I will usually add blush and a little more eye makeup.
Of course, there are days when I barely have time to make sure my shoes match, let alone mess around with cosmetics!
