Do you dislike wearing makeup as I do?

I always wear makeup with a sunscreen protector in it. I frighten myself otherwise, too pale. I don’t like sunscreen but this is a way of being protected which you need here. I’ve been using cheap stuff from Aldi lately which seems to be pretty much the same as the expensive ones.

bluebird243

I never wear make up and never have.

I don't like it, don't like seeing it and don't understand it.

Natural faces are beautiful [to me].

You are lucky then being beautiful, me I need the help of makeup

I did not say I was beautiful and I am far from it. At best I can be described as 'average' [and wrinkled]. That's fine, I am 75.
You misread my post.

A lot of people I know, of all ages don't wear make up. They have their character, personality and unique individual features in their natural faces....which personally I find attractive.

The make up I wear doesn’t mask my skin, character or personality. It enhances my eyes, which are my best feature.

I would look very washed out without a little makeup. I am lucky in that my skin is good, so just use a little tinted moisturiser, taupe eyeshadow (which I also use on my very sparse eyebrows), mascara and a bit of lipstick. Certainly less is more as you get older, I hate the "caked on" look.

I use moisturiser and eye cream every morning and evening. Only wear makeup now if going out for dinner/night out

Apart from moisturiser, sunscreen and lip gloss, I wear make-up about three or four times a year. I really don't like the feel of it. I forget I have eye make-up on and always seem to smudge it, so I end up looking like a panda.

I reduced the make up I wear over the years but what I really want to know is what films and TV are you in Yongy? I'd love to spot you and your un made up face.

I’ve only rarely worn make up. None on my wedding day, none ever in the last 40 years. Nor have I ever had my hair washed or blow dried at a hairdresser’s. I just prefer to be natural.

I wear a light foundation on my face every day and I use mascara and lipstick if I'm going someone special, or to a business meeting.

Unfortunately though eye make up makes my eyes stream these days so I've got to be careful not to arrive looking like a panda.

GrannyGravy13

Germanshepherdsmum

I hope everyone wears sunscreen every day.

Absolutely, 52 weeks a year, every day.

I’ve never worn sunscreen.
I don’t lay out trying to get a tan and usually wear threequarter sleeves to walk about in Summer.
We’re short of vitamin D in the UK, I take a tablet most of the time but not in Summer.
I do put moisturiser on every day, a bit of self tan in Summer and lipstick.
Eye make up if going out.

You’re running a big risk Oreo. You don’t have to lie out in the sun to get skin cancer. Just walking outside without protection exposes you to harm, even on a cloudy day. Skin cancer is on the rise in the UK.

Why is it on the rise in the UK, gsm? Is it because people expose more flesh than commonly used to be the case? Or something else?

walking outside without protection exposes you to harm

This strikes me as excessively fearful.

I don’t know why, Baggs, but that was the clear message in the piece I watched on tv the other day. Some of our posters have written of having cancerous or pre-cancerous cells removed and one of my cousins now has colorectal and lung cancer which emanate from a skin cancer on her nose, removed a few years ago. She is definitely not a sun worshipper.

I've recently had my 4th skin cancer removed. And my mother died of melanoma, so I am slightly paranoid about it.
The doctor recently firmly told me never to go outside without factor 50 sun screen, all year round.
I've managed to find plenty of moisturisers, both plain and tinted, with this.

The only ''make up'' I ever use is perfume - Giverny - I have 7 boxes of it in Red Black Blue Gold White Pink and Purple! - and nail varnish but I can't abide actual make up and won't touch it for any reason.

With a mug like mine if I wore make up I'd end up looking like a cross between Eddie Izzard and Barbara Cartland! HA!

watermeadow ... name here! I never wore make up on my wedding day either and I've never had my hair done at a hairdressers! Also never use sunscreen, I hate summer/sun/heat and will try to stay in the shade as much as possible!

I can't abide anything ''stuck'' to my face so any sort of make up is out for me!

Once my hair is washed I comb it out then let it dry naturally, it's lovely when blowing around in the wind self-drying and I can't deal with hair driers! HA!

As an older woman I think you need to choose your make up very carefully as too much ,instead of adding to your looks actually can make you look older. In winter I apply a very thin layer of a very good make and enjoy that it does look good.
In the summer this is not necessary.
But beauty comes from within really and as we age and soften that shines through, so this is only to make myself feel better.

I'm the same, spuddy, except that I also avoid all perfumes, including in soap, shampoo, etc. I only use soda crystals and vinegar in my washing-machine.

I used to cycle to and from work in all weathers and on arrival at work I'd throw water over my usually hot face. I'd hate not being able to do that.

I don't like clutter on my hands either. Not even nail varnish. And when a horse ate my wedding ring I was kinda glad. I don't wear any rings nor a watch.

Nature babe, that's me 🤣

Oh, wait! I do use Tiger Balm on midge, cleg and tick bites. In the case of the last that's after they've been disinfected with gin or surgical spirit. They don't usually itch till the day after the bite.

I use a perfumeless moisturiser.

It has just occurred to me that we don't have those dreadful adverts anymore where an intimidating woman wearing far too much make-up showed her victims in before and after makeovers.
That said, I love make-up; it is how you apply it that counts. I do not agree with the 'their character, personality and unique individual features in their natural faces' hype; make up doesn't disguise characteristics but can enhance them.

I don't mind wearing make up at all. I don't wear much these days, sometimes none at all. For me it's not a case of looking more beautiful, or younger, just looking healthier and more wide awake. Just getting rid of the black shadows under my eyes and filling in my eyebrows makes a heck of a difference. I'm more likely to wear a tinted serum these days rather than a foundation as they aren't so heavy on the skin.

Yongy

I use E45 cream as a moisturiser on my face and the rest of my body after my early morning shower. It seems to work very well, and some people when they ask my age are surprised that I am only 6 years off 80. One kind person said they thought I was in my late 50s!

Thank your genes for that rather than anything you do, or don't, put on your skin.

I have found that putting a very thin line of brown twist up 'pencil' close to the eyelashes really high lights the eye and can use less mascara plus a soft line on the under lid.

I go out walking and cycling along the canal. The sun reflects off the water and increases the damage caused by the sun. Therefore I use sun block a lot, but never make-up. So many people make a mess of it and have a 'tide mark'. It also emphasises wrinkles.