# Do men like to kiss women who wear lipstick? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 5, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274 "2004-11-05T22:21:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/21 "2004-11-06T02:00:46Z")
Another vote for subtlety and as little as possible. That being said, I’ve seen some women who look fantastic in strong lipstick, but it’s not common. I haven’t kissed any of them, so I don’t know what it would be like. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/22 "2004-11-06T02:25:07Z")
> [@Ghanima](#): > > My ex used to say that women wear makeup to impress other women, that guys either don’t give a shit or prefer au natural. Same goes with clothes. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/23 "2004-11-06T02:28:38Z")
I don’t like lipstick and neither does Ardred. If he wanted a girl who wore makeup, he wouldn’t have chosen me. I will wear some of [this stuff](http://www.tonytina.com/products/lips/mb_lipstick.php#) because it smells and tastes wonderful. It’s also rather dry, so I put chapstick on top and I have no kissing issues, as all he gets is chapstick rather than color. ---
**Author:** ![widdleytinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a4c791/32.png) [@widdleytinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdleytinks)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/24 "2004-11-06T02:30:16Z")
What about flavored lip gloss? Men don’t like that either? widdley ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/25 "2004-11-06T02:47:15Z")
I’ll play the simpleton here. If you’re a woman I’m going to kiss, lipstick is not a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/26 "2004-11-06T03:13:17Z")
IANAM, but I have kissed women. Personally I like the way lipstick looks, but it tastes gross if you kiss someone with it on. I was partial to flavored glosses, but then I kissed a woman who wore a coconut-flavored kind. Yuck! Ptui! ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/27 "2004-11-06T03:25:08Z")
> [@widdleytinks](#): > > What about flavored lip gloss? Men don’t like that either? > > widdley This may just be me, but I have a “thing” about waxy, oily substances on my skin. My “thing” is, I _hate_ it. I have some kind of disease or something. Lotion? Blagh. Sunscreen (even though I need it baaaad)? Bleeagh! Lip goop? Gaagh! I don’t care what flavor it is; it’s gacky. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/28 "2004-11-06T03:35:34Z")
I enjoy any opportunity to kiss a womans lips, and she is welcome to tend to her makeup, too- once we’re done. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/29 "2004-11-06T03:47:35Z")
Don’t like it. And I prefer girls without makeup. Interestingly, my girlfriend doesn’t like me kissing her when she has lipstick on. Because then she has to reapply it. ---
**Author:** ![SusanStoHelit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@SusanStoHelit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SusanStoHelit)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/30 "2004-11-06T03:59:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve tried some of the stain stuff before (maybe not the kind mentioned here) and it felt very sticky all day so you really had to keep putting on the clear gloss all the time. You really do have to let it dry all the way, and take it off with makeup remover if you need to reapply. > [@](#): > > I also prefer less makeup on women. Or maybe I just prefer the more natural-looking makeup that makes it that I can’t even tell. The second is what you like. Really. I used to date a guy who was always nagging me about makeup. The only problem is that I am one small gene away from albino, so if I don’t wear any base people think I’m a battered woman. Is there something else going on? Like it makes you insecure if we look good, or it’s a sign of vulnerability to be barefaced, or what? I think I’ve only dated one guy who ever asked me to get more made up, and his idea of a good time was a Gap clearance sale. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/31 "2004-11-06T04:30:00Z")
Really obvious makeup is often unattractive, and only looks good in nightclubs. A little pink looks nice on my wife’s lips, though. I like kissing her a lot better when she’s not wearing lipstick that comes off on me, but a little gloss or completely set lipstick does no harm. And, of course, lipstick can look great on someone you’ll never get to kiss! ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/32 "2004-11-06T04:36:16Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > I enjoy any opportunity to kiss a womans lips, and she is welcome to tend to her makeup, too- once we’re done. 😛 There’s a way to kiss her lips without messing up her lipstick… ---
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/33 "2004-11-06T04:48:52Z")
> [@Loopydude](#): > > There’s a way to kiss her lips without messing up her lipstick… 😕 :smack: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/34 "2004-11-06T05:23:44Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Same goes with clothes. I’m giving this one the golf clap it deserves :: golf clap :: Yes. Very good indeed. Oh…lipstick? NO No no no… Listen. Clowns wear makeup. I know of exactly 0 men who are not freaked out by clowns. Men are simple creatures. \*\* Ergo: Lipstick = [Pennywise](http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=35045&item=3850670722&rd=1#ebayphotohosting)\*\*. If that’s the impression you’re trying to make, then might I suggest foundation and full on facial makeup (don’t forget the creepy eyeshadow either!). Bleah. You’d get better attraction results by smearing your face in human blood. At least then you’d taste like a steak…er…I mean, so I’ve heard. Count me in as a NO MAKE UP AT ALL guy. Makes me look even harder for the zit you’re trying to hide. Contrary to what Cosmo or Elle may tell you, there is no way to apply makeup without assuming some degree of whoredom. Not that that’s a BAD thing, just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/35 "2004-11-06T08:29:25Z")
Lipstick, like all make up looks good, but doesn’t feel so great. I vastly prefer kissing lips with nothing on them, but any lips are better to none. ---
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/36 "2004-11-06T15:23:11Z")
Ladies, take note. My very unofficial statistical analysis of this thread indicates that the average male prefers to kiss lips without lipstick. There is also a distinct correlation in the data that indicates he will be happy if you just show up. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/37 "2004-11-06T15:35:30Z")
> [@Lillith Fair](#): > > I just find it to be a pain to keep putting it on all day long. And it seems like men wouldn’t like kissing it anyway. Uh… how many men would you say you kiss in an average day? Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/38 "2004-11-06T15:45:23Z")
> [@Lillith Fair](#): > > I’ve tried some of the stain stuff before (maybe not the kind mentioned here) and it felt very sticky all day so you really had to keep putting on the clear gloss all the time. > > There is something in all lipstick that makes the back of my throat get dry, so I know I swallow it to some extent. Also, it makes my lips become like sandpaper unless I put on Vaseline first, which of course makes it come off faster. > > But I do like the way it looks. What about moisturizing lipstick? Those are generally good. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/39 "2004-11-06T22:14:08Z")
My Og, no! It’s the taste. Damn some of that stuff is foul. And if they are not foul tasting, they certainly don’t taste good. Of course, you don’t taste it until afer the kiss, but damn! ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274/40 "2004-11-06T22:45:04Z")
My boyfriend likes the taste of lipstick. So, there’s at least one. Regarding lipstains: Do they really stay on all day, without wiping off on food or napkins or anything? I’d love to find something that I didn’t have to reapply after eating. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-like-to-kiss-women-who-wear-lipstick/273274.md?page=3)