# Makeup line for 8-12 year old girls??? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227 "2011-01-27T20:24:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/1 "2011-01-27T20:24:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Walmart’s ‘anti-aging’ makeup for 8-year-old girls \*\* > > The retail giant is adding a new cosmetics line aimed at the tween market, but commentators are questioning how urgently children need exfoliating cleansers. > [MORE](http://theweek.com/article/index/211492/walmarts-anti-aging-makeup-for-8-year-old-girls) I’m speechless… ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/2 "2011-01-27T20:31:47Z")
I started wearing make up at age 10, around 1968, so I don’t see why they need an exclusive ‘line’, make up works fine on all ages, though no 10 year old needs foundation. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/3 "2011-01-27T20:37:28Z")
> [@BigBertha](#): > > I started wearing make up at age 10, around 1968, so I don’t see why they need an exclusive ‘line’, make up works fine on all ages, though no 10 year old needs foundation. That was pretty precocious for 1968, and I’m guessing, not typical. It’s the “anti-aging” part that boggles my mind the most… ---
**Author:** ![xoferew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@xoferew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xoferew)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/4 "2011-01-27T20:39:38Z")
I’m guessing it’s very sparkly. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/5 "2011-01-27T20:41:09Z")
It’s Michelle Obama’s fault! Check the comments. Personally, I blame gay marriage. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/6 "2011-01-27T20:45:36Z")
Just because it has antioxidants in it, I don’t think it’s fair to call them “anti aging” products for little girls. As far as I’m concerned, it sounds like a nice little line-- natural, gentle things for little girls to play with. What’s the big deal? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/7 "2011-01-27T20:46:34Z")
Another media-hyped non-story befitting the “Downfall of Civilization” narrative. Girls were using Bonnie Bell shit when I was a kid and I can’t remember any associated freakout. From what I can tell, it’s the authors of these hysteric “news” articles who are the ones playing up the “anti-aging” angle, not the product manufacturer. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/8 "2011-01-27T21:04:21Z")
And it’s a line of “ **69** cosmetic products”. Coincidence? I think not! I don’t think little girls wanting to wear makeup is that big a deal, in fact I’d say it’s more the norm. I will say though that I’ve been wearing it regularly (as opposed to when playing dress up)since I was eleven and I don’t recall it being marketed \*specifically \*to my age group, except as was mentioned, Bonnie Bell. Also, wasn’t it WalMart that refused to sell contraceptives? Don’t ask me what I’m getting at; I just have a vaguely “huh?” felling about it. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/9 "2011-01-27T21:21:51Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Also, wasn’t it WalMart that refused to sell contraceptives? Don’t ask me what I’m getting at; I just have a vaguely “huh?” felling about it. I’ve personally gotten Plan B at Walmart, so I’d be shocked if this were true. ---
**Author:** ![xoferew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@xoferew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xoferew)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/10 "2011-01-27T21:28:11Z")
It was at Walmart where I once bought a Jar Jar Binks lollipop thing. You pressed a lever and his candy tongue came out of his mouth and you were supposed to suck on his tongue. [http://www.monzy.com/bad-lollipop-designs/](http://www.monzy.com/bad-lollipop-designs/) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/11 "2011-01-27T21:36:57Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I’ve personally gotten Plan B at Walmart, so I’d be shocked if this were true. I definitely don’t have all my facts straight and there are way too many articles about it to choose which to link to, but a basic search will shine some light on the whole debacle. It better be true; that’s one of the reasons I so self righteously boycott Walmart. Next thing you’re gonna tell me they don’t sell censored versions of CDs either :o ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/12 "2011-01-27T21:38:41Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I definitely don’t have all my facts straight and there are way too many articles about it to choose which to link to, but a basic search will shine some light on the whole debacle. It better be true; that’s one of the reasons I so self righteously boycott Walmart. Next thing you’re gonna tell me they don’t sell censored versions of CDs either :o Ha. Well, I had heard they didn’t sell BC either, but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to call them when I was in need of a little Plan B. Not only did they have it, but it was a solid $15 cheaper than any other pharmacy in town. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/13 "2011-01-27T21:45:54Z")
There was a line of makeup for little girls in the 80s, when I was a kid… I think it was called Sweet Sixteen. It was mostly lip gloss, and “nail polish” that washed off with soap and water. I don’t get the big deal. You’re seriously never too young to start taking care of your skin. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/14 "2011-01-27T21:56:20Z")
To repeat: It’s the anti-aging part that got to me. A lot of little girls already think they’re fat and have started dieting. Are they going to start worrying about wrinkles and face lifts when they’re 8. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/15 "2011-01-27T22:01:14Z")
Isn’t an interest in makeup among children _pro_-aging? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/16 "2011-01-27T22:10:49Z")
They already sell thongs for little girls at Wal-Mart, is this really that surprising? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/17 "2011-01-27T22:12:04Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > To repeat: It’s the anti-aging part that got to me. A lot of little girls already think they’re fat and have started dieting. Are they going to start worrying about wrinkles and face lifts when they’re 8. There’s no antiaging element: it looks like reporters are clinging to the fact that the line sells exfoliators and stuff with antioxidants, things that are generally in antiaging products. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/18 "2011-01-27T22:25:46Z")
Did anyone read the comments? First one cracked me up: this is clearly all Obama’s fault. [QUOTE=bob] Obvious by-product of Mamma Obama’s new partnership with Walmart. Note the claim of natural ingredients. In a pinch at school lunch time the kiddies can spread the cream on an organic whole-grain vegan wafer and they’re all set.It’s made in China, of course, so Dad’s could use left-overs for tint base in paints if it weren’t for the high lead content. [/QUOTE] hahaha ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/19 "2011-01-27T23:18:13Z")
I really don’t see the big deal. Little girls like make-up and it’s not hurting them. Even my six year old likes wearing colored gloss and she doesn’t get it from me because I haven’t worn make-up in 20 years. When I was a kid we all went to the dollar store and bought “Wet and Wild” cheap crappy make-up at that age. The anti-aging thing though is just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/20 "2011-01-29T03:09:17Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > That was pretty precocious for 1968, and I’m guessing, not typical. I don’t think it was terribly precocious. Well, a little, but not much. 12 was the general age for at least 50% of our chicks, ca. the 60s. Best wishes, hh [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227.md?page=2)