I don’t like makeup, in any form.
The first girl I ever kissed (mamas don’t count!) was wearing makeup. It was still a cool experience, but it was messy. Really messy. It took a lot of the fun out of it.
So, at very least, no lipstick!
ETA: Please. It isn’t like it’s my decision to make!
Married straight man here. I prefer the natural look, or perhaps a little light makeup.
Let’s pretend I had a woman to which this would apply…
I am okay with a little bit of make-up, it can augment in certain situations, such as darkening pale eyelashes, or adding a bit of colour in the lips. But usually I prefer the natural look, however that is achieved.
It depends upon the circumstances, but yes, I really like when my wife gets herself done up for an evening with me. She is a very attractive woman with or without makeup, but on a day to day basis, I’m happy either way.
not a huge fan of makeup. If it’s not real close to skin tone colors than I’m even less of a fan.
Make is a art.
And there are times when dramatic make up is exciting.
As are very red lips.
Mascara and a little eyeliner tend to make most women look nicer. The rest of it I don’t care to see.
I prefer natural in most cases; light make-up for a big evening is great, but on a regular basis, the natural look is just so much more attractive. I think the difference for me is that I mostly see made-up women at a socially polite distance (colleagues, acquaintances), where it looks fine, but close-up, there’s nothing like the look or feel of natural skin.
Less is more. When going to work or going out, a little bit to accentuate the positives is always nice but trying to cover the whole face like a Geisha is not on.
Absolutely nothing wrong with going au naturale but I quite like the extra highlighting as long as it’s subtle.
I like feminine women and usually that involves makeup. So Yes.
Makeup doesn’t seem to me to be feminine, it seems artificial to me and is very off-putting… unless it’s done very, very subtly.
I met my Wife when we were both working as clowns for a local summer festival. It has only been since she turned 45 that she started wearing foundation (she refers to it as “face spackle”) for daily use, and she never uses eye paint.
I do not know how to answer this question.
My partner doesn’t wear make-up. She can’t understand why women “paint themselves up like clowns”. So yours literally did that eh?
You guys have no idea. What you think is “no makeup” is probably makeup made to look natural. I wear a little makeup every day and you probably can’t tell…it smooths out my skin tone and adds a little color to my cheeks. So I know most people don’t think I wear any, until I go without, and then you can tell.
Evening wear makeup is different and usually more flamboyant, but it’s not really appropriate for the cold light of day.
You don’t actually have to be “really, really” good at using makeup to look like you’re not wearing any, you just have to be adequate. I think a lot of people who don’t have experience with wearing makeup find it hard to tell when people are wearing makeup that’s subtly applied, and just think they’re not wearing any. I once had a guy friend praise me for being a girl who never wears makeup…while I was wearing a full face of makeup at the time. He just couldn’t tell, because the tones were natural and suited my natural coloring.
Look at this picture for an example. I would venture to say that most people unfamiliar with wearing makeup, just looking at the picture on the right, would assume she’s not wearing any. But you can see on the left what her face really looks like with no makeup. Here’s a video of the same woman showing how to create that “no makeup makeup” look – it takes 15 minutes and involves a full face of products. You can just watch the first few seconds of the video to see her bare face and then the last few seconds to see the comparison: her skin tone is much more even, her cheeks and lips have more color, her eyes look brighter, etc., and she looks “naturally” prettier in general. I can easily imagine her made-up self getting compliments for not wearing any makeup, because the tones are so natural.
Or here, have a cartoon.
Well done makeup is pretty subtle, and does tend to enhance a woman’s natural looks if done right. It enhances and emphasizes the best parts of a woman’s face, and can downplay the parts that aren’t so great, and tends to even out the complexion, etc…
Problem is, the vast majority of women look like they got shot with Homer Simpson’s makeup gun. Too much eyeliner/eye makeup making them look like raccoons, the wrong color base, etc… weird color choices considering their hair and eyes, and the list goes on and on.
Ditto to Anaamika. Last couple of SOs didn’t think I normally wore any makeup other than a bit of lipgloss. But with fair skin, I always need a touch of blush and concealer under my eyes to look my best ‘makeup-free.’
I do envy the crap out of women who can use cool colors and do amazing things with eye shadow! Agree it takes a certain kind of face and deftness to.pull it off.
It mainly depends on the situation. I have no problem with none to heavy, but in general, my preference is light, since the vast majority of our encounters are casual ones.
More important is that it’s done well. Especially among some of my friends, they take pride in their work and I can tell they are very talented at it, so I take interest in both the effort and outcome. If it looks forced or silly for the situation, that’s when it detracts.
Pretty much, it’s like anything else a person does or doesn’t wear-- it’s not just if they are applying it, it’s how and how suited it is to the situation.
Everyone looks better with a little bit of properly applied makeup, even men. In general, I’ve prefered dating women who are content to wear 5 minutes of makeup or even none. Makeup is like a spice, it should enhance what’s already there, not overpower it. So, sure, I like “my women” to wear makeup, but only a little and only if it’s well done and I don’t think I should expect a woman to put more effort into how she looks than I do.
And, really, it seems quite odd to me when I hear about women who will even wear makeup around the house because they don’t want their boyfriends/husbands seeing them without it, or when I see women at the gym wearing a significant amount of makeup and not just however it was after a day of work. Those sorts of things just seem like a lack of self-confidence, which is as much of a turn off as the trampy clown look.
The question is not whether someone would look better with a little tastefully done makeup. The question is whether men prefer women to wear it. This comment brought the point home to me. As a man, I might indeed “look better” with a little bit of properly applied makeup. It’s not going to happen. There are more important things is life than looking a little better. I guess I feel the same way about women’s makeup.
