Lingerie and bedroom garb. Does nothing for me. Meh.
On heels, they do make a noticeable difference in the appearance of a woman’s butt and calves. That said, it doesn’t really work on women who have chicken legs or are too fat to show any added definition. Also, the height is a consideration. I’ve known women who were already fairly tall, like in the 5’10+ range who insist on wearing heels for that purpose, but don’t realize that a lot of men are either less attracted to or even intimidated by women that are taller than them. Personally, I’d just rather see a woman wear shoes that are more practical and don’t cause pain and foot injury, that’s more attractive to me, though I don’t think it’s unreasonable for dressing up, definitely not every day.
And, really, makeup in general. I see some women just pack makeup around their eyes or put on so much concealer they look like a clown. Makeup should be like cooking with spics, you put in enough to enhance the flavor, not make the whole dish taste like that spice. That is, the whole point of make up is that it should be subtle and hardly noticeable, to draw a little more attention to her best features and help conceal a few blemishes or whatever. So when I hear about women spending 30 minutes putting on makeup in the morning… yeah.
Breast augmentation… have to agree there too. Unless there’s some sort of deformity or whatever, leave them alone.
For that matter, a lot of the strange clothing choices. For instance, yes, skin will make men think about a woman naked or sex or whatever, but is that how a woman really wants to be seen? It’s not that I don’t like to see skin, but I’ve seen women wear some ill-fitting tanktop where a better fitting shirt that maybe showed a bit less would flat out look better and be attractive on other levels. Same with women squeezing into pants that are two sizes to small with muffin top. I think there’s this idea that smaller sizes and more skin are necessarily more attractive, but men don’t see that number on the tag, they just see the results.
Must I say it? People, I beg of you… for the love of Sanity… * Never* speak in Baby-Talk…
“Diddums like a ickle-bit of oochie-woochie huggams kissums…?”
“Dear Og, Woman! Have you had a* Stroke!?*”
Women who do their look to make a statement with their clothes on generally lose attractiveness with them off. They’re putting a code of “sexiness” ahead of sexuality. The reality is brittle hair, scarred breasts, warped feet, and a nasty shock to whoever wakes up beside them.
It seems that many women choose to put their hair up in a tight bun or some sort of up-do whenever they dress up for a wedding or a formal occasion. I’ve never understood this. I can see if you want to put your hair up if you’re going to be doing some sort of physical labor- working in the garden, or painting a room, or going to the beach. But as a glamorous look? It just doesn’t work. A woman with hair long enough to be put up will always look better if the hair is down and nicely styled.
And I don’t see it too much these days, but a few years ago there was a trend of women to outline their lips with a contrasting, darker line. It looked like clown makeup. If you must outline your lips, at least blend it in with the lipstick. You look ridiculous.
I don’t like high heels full stop, but I think the point you’re referring to is when the woman can no longer walk properly and might as well be wearing stilts!
In the UK, I often see women (more like girls) carrying their shoes around on a night out because they simply can’t wear them! Size queens in the shop, but more realistic after 20 minutes of walking…
Spices?
I’m female, but this is the one that really puzzles me. Yeah, women can overdo it on the makeup and whatever, but that to me is understandable. That fake eyebrow thing, though…nope. Don’t get it. At ALL.
Oh, and I’m one of those women who would benefit from wearing a nice 3-4 inch pair of heels. But…can’t wear them. The walkiing part isn’t so hard, but until they make nice high heels for women with wide, highly-arched feet, forget it. Too painful to even contemplate.
I think it’s telling that we’re contemplating the idea that women do these things for men, or for other women, but not for themselves. (Because women never do things for themselves.) And in fact that it actually causes *puzzlement *that women do things that men turn out not to enjoy.
I know a number of women – certainly not all who do these things – who do them because they enjoy the way it makes them look and/or feel.
That said, I’ve also heard a number of women report that even though, when they wear noticeable makeup, they get, “Why are you wearing so much makeup?”, still when they wear “natural makeup,” they hear, “See? You look so much better with no makeup,” and when they actually wear no makeup, they hear, “Are you sick today?”
Done right it can be really nice. The last girl I dated had eyebrow tattoos. They looked fantastic, natural and not at all “fake.” I didn’t even know until I was caressing her and didn’t find any hair. And let me tell you I had stared soulfully into her eyes many times.
Like a lot of the others things here, if it is done right, you likely won’t even notice.
This. It’s easy to say “Go easy on the makeup!” to someone who’s naturally easy to look at, but most folks need or want some help. And getting older, I suspect some folk think more makeup will cover more flaws, which really isn’t the case.
That’s what plastic surgery is for, right? 
What’s funny about makeup and me is that when I was younger, I wore it to look older, and it just made me look younger. Now that I’m mid-40’s and wishing it made me look, well, ‘better’, if not younger, about all it does is make me look more professional and less like I just got out of bed. So, basically, I’ve never tried too hard with the makeup, 'cause the harder I try the worse it looks. It just looks like…I have makeup on. That’s not really what I’m going for. These days, I look a lot younger without makeup than with it.
Short women who constantly wear high, high heels.
Tall women who always wear flats.
Blond hair dark roots, or highlights that make your hair look striped.
I, for one, cannot wait for this fad to pass. That’s going to be painful to look back at, in photos, I should think.
Oh, and older women with totally unnatural hair colours. I’m starting to think their eyes are going and they can’t notice how bizarre they look!
I love it all.
About the only thing that bugs me is perfume (or other personal scents like deodorant, body spray, etc.) that smells like baby powder or cotton candy. Ick.
Everything else? If they like it and makes them feel more self-confident, it usually works for me as well. Even glittery makeup, though it tends to make me, my clothing, furniture, and more glittery as well.
This was pretty much what I was getting at, up-thread – if a woman does it right (whatever “it” is,) we will only notice when we see her without whatever it was she did, and compare. Until then, we won’t even notice. The “go with, look without” look is pretty much the Holy Grail of Dressing Up (for men as well as women, BTW!); many seek it and fail. Few achieve it, and then it looks great.
Duckface.
This.
I wear heels because I love shoes. It’s damn near a fetish. Properly designed and well balanced heels can be quite comfortable. I have a few pairs of Steve Maddens that are 3-4" heels and suitable for dancing in all night long. If I have to carry my shoes home, they are poorly designed and/or possibly really cheap.
I’m not a big makeup girl. I wear a little, enough to make my eyes pop. Many, many men I have dated have watched the entire makeup application process and when I was finished, said, “I can’t tell any difference. You look exactly the same.” To which I replied, “Well, it’s a good thing I didn’t do this for you.”
I like nail polish too. I can’t have really long nails because they interfere with typing. I refuse to do fake nails, but I am fortunate enough that my own nails are nice and a quick coat of polish and they look just great.
I feel pretty with heels, a little eyeliner and mascara, and a pretty mani/pedi that matches my shoes or my outfit. I found a nail polish color that matches my car exactly – that one’s fun to wear. Currently, my toes are painted to resemble ladybugs (red base with black dots). It’s adorable. I could give a damn what the guy I’m banging thinks of any of the above; however, he does happen to have a foot/shoe fetish and loves slutty clothes and slut red nail polish. (The ladybugs are a compromise – I get something cute and playful and he gets to see red nails.) I will double down on the slutwear for him, upon request, but if he doesn’t make a request, I’m just as likely to show up in flip flops, no makeup, hair in a ponytail, and some shorts/tank combination, none of which seems to effect his desire. So it’s not really about him or about other women. I wear what I like and what I feel pretty/professional/sexy/demure in. Depends on how I’m feeling that day and what’s appropriate for my schedule.
That some men find heels/makeup/slutwear unattractive is a bit mysterious to me, but hey, everyone is turned on by different things. You don’t like my 4" Steve Maddens or my purple eyeliner (makes my green eyes POP right outta my head) or my red nails? That’s cool, man, we probably aren’t going to be hooking up any time soon, so no skin off my ass.
Also, I can’t be bothered to do things that are supposed to make me more attractive, but require constant maintenance. Examples: short, layered haircuts, hair coloring, eyebrow waxing/threading/tweezing. Anything I have to make an appointment and go back to the salon again in a couple weeks is just a money-sucking scam to me. Where I work has a nail salon inside, so I get an employee discount on mani/pedis. Mostly, I do my own nails, but sometimes I let the salon do it. I draw the line at daily shaving of the girly bits – that’s the only thing I’m willing to do consistently because I find leg & pit hair unattractive and I don’t want the tarantula-crawling-out-of-my underpants look (besides pubic hair can catch on underwear elastic and pull - owie).
Just like some men shave daily and some men keep facial hair. I despise facial hair and find it a total turn off. Some women love it. I tend to date only cleanshaven men, but if one suddenly decides to grow a goatee or something, that’s not a deal breaker. I’ll just complain about the rash. 
Speak for yourself, mate.
Clothes in general aren’t attractive to me, and should be minimized whenever possible.
This, this, a thousand times this. Ladies: I promise, if I’m attracted to you, it has nothing at all to do with your shoes. I haven’t noticed them, honest. Moreover, high heels can make a date a lot less fun. You’ll likely get tired faster, and sometimes walking in them in just plain painful.
I don’t care if we’re just planning to grab dinner and then crash - something fun might come up. Please, please, plese wear comfortable shoes.