I prefer a woman who can look good without wearing make up.
I hate fake nails and nails painted with polish do nothing for me.
But hell yeah I care about a woman’s shoes. I don’t have I foot fetish (feet are ugly) but shoes can affect the way a woman’s legs look, and if I may use the traditional parlance, I love a great set of gams. Women, here’s some free advice. I know very few men who don’t love knee high boots.
Heels and black nail polish are two of my biggest turn ons so I definitely notice them. Make-up I only notice when it looks like it’s been applied with a caulking gun. I do not like make up, lip stick specially.
I might notice everything about a woman, but nails, shoes, and makeup aren’t at the top of the list. Some stockings are pretty high up though.
I notice French nails. I always associate that with porn stars, whether it is deserved or not. Same with platform heels. Sorry girls.
I could have pretty much written that post. Though I will say that a good nail job can make the whole package look better.
The big thing I find with makeup is that it can decrease attractiveness, either by being absent on someone who needs it, or, more likely, the wrong type of makeup for a face. I know a 19 year old girl who I know is not wearing makeup to make herself look older, but has chosen a type that makes her look almost 30. She’s a kid and should take advantage of her awesome skin, and shouldn’t be trying so hart to cover up her freckles.
I will always ask the consumers. Why would I ask the people that have a reason to think it works? They will convince themselves that it works, whether it does or not. If they didn’t, then all this stuff they spend so much time on is meaningless. If their stuff doesn’t work, then they will be out of a job.
I notice all of the things listed, but that is because I notice and remember details, not because I find such things inherently appealing or attractive, and quite honestly, if it affects my opinion it is in a negative fashion, as in “How fucking long does it take that woman to get ready in the morning?” I have a number of close female friends with whom I’ve travelled and am familiar with the rituals and effort involved in getting made up, and honestly, I sincerely think that most men do have some appreciation for how much effort it takes, but don’t actually give a g.w.f. about the results above and beyond that it makes women feel satisfied to be so engaged.
I’ll admit that I do like what high heels do to enhance the form of the female leg in abstract, but beyond that, I could pretty much care less about hair, makeup, et cetera, and quite frankly find overdone nails (especially french tips) kind of grotesque, as catch-alls for every bit of filth that may get stuck under them. (As a former cook I may be more concerned about the hygiene aspect, but I doubt many guys find painted or artificial nails particularly attractive unless it is an actual fetish.) Honestly, while I find the voluptuous Christina Hendricks archetype delicious to look at, I’d take the befreckled, bob-cut, unadorned “earth mother” in a tank top and hiking boots any day, as she looks like someone who would be more fun to actually do things with, just as I’d rather drive an Audi RS6 than an Aston Martin DBS. I strongly suspect that regardless of rationalizations, women who decorate themselves to the nines are doing so not per se to be attractive to other men, but to compete against (and at the same time, bond with) other women.
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I notice some of them some of the time but voted for never. And it depends on which I notice. Hot red come fuck me shoes - more likely than not I’ll notice but it’s not a given.
Make up - again if applied with a trowel then yes, done very artfully and at a minimum then probably not. Something inbetween depends.
Ditto with the nail polish.
That stuff just isn’t really important to me although sometimes I have a :smack: moment and realize it.
Hence, I found that about 99 times out of 100, you can bluff your way through a “did you notice anything different and/or new” type question with “did you change your hair?” response. So even if they wanted you to notice the new $200 ferragamo shoes, they will at least accept the hair question as an honest try.
Nails? Only if they’re extreme one way or the other; ragged or dirty nails, or highly-decorated talons. If they’re neat and non-obnoxious, I probably wouldn’t notice the difference between short with no polish, and medium to long with neutral or most natural tones. “Do-me red” and similar shades might get my attention, but it wouldn’t be positive attention most of the time.
Shoes? Sometimes. Sexy boots or heels can attract attention. The problem is, you’ve got to A) Know how to walk in them too, B) Have a good body to go along with the footwear, C) Have a good face along with the body, and D) Have a personality, voice, and manner that doesn’t make me cringe.
I’ve seen hot women who don’t know how to walk in heels as high as the stilts they’re perched on. Not attractive. I’ve seen chubby or fat women who seemingly used the shoes as a way to attract attention or detract from their weaknesses. Doesn’t work. I’ve seen women who have a decent package, but not-great legs, and wearing sexy shoes just emphasizes that they don’t have good legs.
The other major problem is that even when the physical is stuff is working very well, women who wear overtly sexy shoes (or makeup, or clothes) are often not the kind of women you actually want to know.
Fuck, yes. Know? Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
All of the things women adorn themselves with are sexual and/or status signals. Quite a lot of it is done more for other women than for men.
Someone earlier said that men must notice, because sexy heels and nails are featured in porn and stuff like Maxim photos. Nope, don’t think so. Ninety percent of the time, we sure as hell aren’t looking at her nails, hair, or shoes. We’re looking at her eyes, lips, tits, ass, legs and crotch.
If you look at any photo magazine, some of the photos will show women in heels, but some of them will show bare feet. Most of them don’t show feet at all. In porn, the shoes are sometimes for the fetish market (which, though it is a minority, has a disproportionate amount of influence on the market; ask GuanoLad or others in the industry) but mostly for practical reasons. The studios aren’t always clean, nor comfortable for bare feet.
In very few of the photos will nails be clearly visible, much less featured. They’re not an area of focus unless you have a hand fetish.
Anyway, real life is not a photo shoot. The things that make good, dramatic, or sexy photos aren’t necessarily things that people focus on in real life. These might be small details that we put together into an overall picture of attractiveness, but great shoes and manicured nails aren’t something that will make a woman seem sexy if she isn’t sexy without those elements of polish. Hot women are hot, whether they’re wearing a stripperiffic outfit and war paint, or sweats and a t-shirt with no makeup and messed up hair.
Anecdote about shoes: I’m part of a dancing scene, and when there’s a ball on generally people dress up pretty swankily. Everything you’d usually expect - girls spend ages on hair and makeup (I hear), there are elegant gowns, guys wearing three-piece suits, etc. Except, the girls generally wear sneakers or some other casual form of flat shoe that they’ve had sueded so they can dance properly - high heels are a bit of a liability in that kind of scenario, as it turns out. I only realised this because one time we had a cross-over ball with another dance scene, and in that scene the girls do tend to wear heels, and I noticed because the other scene was suspiciously taller on average than we were. So while I somewhat agree with the ‘guys notice makeup, they just don’t notice that they notice’ sentiment, I don’t really think that’s true for the shoes, at least.*
*If, according to the taste of the male in question, high heels make a woman’s lower half look fantastic, then I have no trouble believing he’d notice them by proxy in that case. I noticed no such difference between the scenes in the above anecdote, but that might just be because of my taste in lower halves.
Well…I answered the question asked “do you notice”, but caring is a bit different. For instance, I’d notice coloured nails (hence answered yes) and I care…in the sense that it’s more likely to be a turn-off than a turn-on. Similarily, if I can notice the make-up, the lipstick, etc… it’s probably that she’s wearing too much of it for my taste.
So, I’m not sure what you’re asking exactly. If we just notice? If we appreciate?
Regarding shoes, I’m probably too oblivious to notice, generally speaking.
I notice the nail polish and shoes of the woman I am with and the women I know socially and at work.
They are of no interest to me but years ago I discovered that it you compliment/ask a woman about her nails or shoes, she will take it as a compliment.
Since I have no objection to anything that will put a smile on someone else’s face, at no cost to me, I use it often. Just ask a question:
“Are they new shoes? They look expensive.”
“What do they call that color?”
Bags too. Asking about woman’s bag will release a torrent of conversation.
Strangely I know an awful lot about 3 things that I have no interest in.
Shoes: no.
Nails: don’t care.
Makeup: yes, because it has a significant effect on facial appearance. And if done badly, it sucks.
Often the consumers are wrong - you ask them “Will you do ____?” and they’ll say one thing, but design a way to get their actual impressions out of them and the answer is quite different. You’d have to do a study, not just ask.
I am going to disagree on that. I see womens’ bare feet all the time in studio/portrait/art photography. It often seems to be a major element of the composition, actually. Whether the shot is outdoors, inside a home, or pretty much anywhere other than a public gathering, women without shoes is almost a cliche in photography. I guess it’s supposed to look cozy, domestic, and comfortable.
Both husband and I like and notice women…
He likes shoes, clothes, and hair more. I notice faces, hands, and shoes.
I like looking at other people’s nails, because mine are a little weird, so I can’t do interesting paintjobs on them. He doesn’t notice, or really care.
I notice makeup on other people more, but he likes fetish/costume/effect makeup more, and you just don’t see that in the wild around here. It’s not like it’s subtle, so if someone WERE wearing that type of makeup, he’d notice and appreciate.
He REALLY likes shoes. A lot. Like, more than me, because he doesn’t have to wear the bloody things. He drags me shoe shopping every anniversary, and we always end up with at least two pairs of Fuck Me boots. Asking him just now, he doesn’t like heels on “ladies who don’t have good legs - like if they’re too skinny or if they don’t have nice muscles in their ass” but he still likes a good pair of boots or kitten heels (which he didn’t remember the name of - “those little triangle-heeled things”) rather than flats on anyone because it makes them walk “nicer.”
Final verdict:
Makeup - I notice, and usually notice in an appreciative way. He doesn’t care about regular makeup.
Nails - I notice because I can’t do much with my own. Half the time I like what I see, and half the time I’m more WTF? He doesn’t notice or care.
Shoes - I’ll see a nice pair of heels, or cute chunky boot and want it. That’s as far as I care, unless it’s a really smoking hot girl working some boots and tight pants to match. He notices shoes (and their impact on the hotness scale of the wearer) much more than me.
I like faces and hands, so I notice makeup and nails quite a bit. I notice shoes if there is something distinctive about them that makes them stand out.
I “notice” them all. I just dislike them, in most instances.
I prefer short nails (in fact I find long nails to be repulsive).
I prefer little to no make-up.
I prefer casual shoes or sandals (flats).
It’s not that I don’t care, it’s that I have a specific dislike of the most popular way women tend to apply their fashion.
It’s more common now than it used to be. The 80s were all about being glammed up all over, head to toe, so bare feet were rare (except in things like beach shots, though even then I’ve seen high heels. Ridiculous).
However in the last ten years casual has been back in, harking somewhat back to the 60s, so bare feet (and sneakers) are commonly seen again.
I don’t notice consciously. I’ll often be surprised that someone’s looking hotter/less hot than usual and my wife will point out that she’s wearing/not wearing make-up.
I do notice boobs though…