# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**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, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/21 "2011-01-29T03:11:37Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > 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. {Gasp!} She gets it from your Mig??? (IIRC, that’s his name.) My friends sometimes tell me I’m another Milton Berle. Best wishes, hh ---
**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 29, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/22 "2011-01-29T05:18:04Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > {Gasp!} She gets it from your Mig??? > > (IIRC, that’s his name.) > > My friends sometimes tell me I’m another Milton Berle. > > Best wishes, > hh It really tickles me when people remember things about me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/23 "2011-01-29T07:43:16Z")
> [@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 Until 2006 they wouldn’t sell the morning after pill except in a couple of states that required them to, but have long sold birth control pills. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/24 "2011-01-29T17:14:29Z")
When I was growing up, back in the 60s, makeup lines for little girls were pretty common. Most of it was poor quality but nontoxic stuff. I remember the nail polish, in particular. We also had dolls that could be made up as well. Makeup for grownups is generally more expensive, and likely to be more irritating if misused. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/25 "2011-01-29T17:30:58Z")
This is an obvious snub to my make-up wearing boys! 🙂 Luckily for me, my (one day soon to be) step- daughter’s mom works for Mary Kay so I never have to deal with it. She shows up fully stocked! ---
**Author:** ![apollonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/26 "2011-01-29T18:13:02Z")
I’d rather little girls be playing with makeup that’s gentle and as non-irritating as possible with relatively low-key colours than the garish toxic-waste-coloured Wet 'n Wild and Bonne Bell crap I was playing with at that age. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/27 "2011-01-29T18:21:10Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > It’s the “anti-aging” part that boggles my mind the most… It’s to keep them from growing up too fast. Every parent’s dream… ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/28 "2011-01-29T19:00:23Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > 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. I’ve actually seen signs advertising morning-after pills in my local Walmart. Usually around prom time. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227/29 "2011-01-29T19:21:04Z")
My sister is 10 and for the longest time would essentially steal my mom’s makeup so she could put it on in secret. I don’t know what for, she’d only wear it in the bathroom then wash it off before coming out. But eventually my mom just bought her some of her own. I don’t really see the big deal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-line-for-8-12-year-old-girls/569227.md?page=1)