Make-up and perfume for preteens, suggestions please.

I'm 79 & have never worn make-up. I'm told I look years younger & I'm sure my skin has greatly benefited from just moisturiser & nothing else. I certainly wouldn't encourage anyone so young to use it & I would tell her she doesn't need it - that she looks great without it.

11 far too young! The women in my family tend to wear minimal makeup, my mother myself and my 42 yo DD.

...sad,that young, very young girls think that they need makeup/perfumes etc..something is very wrong here..
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My ginger daughter had very fair eyelashes so a touch of brown mascara was fine. Lip gloss/balm helped her dry skin and she felt better. This was as she went to high school at 12.
If you dig your heels in and make it a huge issue about sexualisation and immorality you're asking for problems.
I'm appalled at grannypauline's OTT comment.
Look hard enough for a problem and you're likely to find one!

My two granddaughters of 7 and 10 perform on stage for their dance school and have to wear make-up and hair tightly packed in a bun for the stage and exams.

*I'm not sure why make up is regarded as sexualising a woman/girl.

When an older woman puts on a bit of make up, is it sex she has in mind?

Surely there is some deeper issue to that kind of thinking?*

Yes the deeper thing is little girls need to learn they can do most of the things boys can do including not spending huge amounts of their precious time think about looking pretty.

My young teen Grandaughters love the natural fruity smells of Boots body sprays, which they use as deodorants for after sports classes at school, as there are no showers available. The Eldest one is 13, and keeping up with the trends in her peer group, she does wear light make up, but not foundation. Her prefared brand is the Boots 17 range, or sometimes Rimmel although she loves the make up colour pallet and gift box l bought her last Christmas from Revlon in Debenhams.

If she is really hell bent on it, Tarte do a range for younger teens called Sugar Rush which is good quality but a little less expensive. Sugar Rush is mostly moisturisers, cleansers, and lip oils/balms with a few lighter make up products and a brush range. At her age a ‘full face’ isn’t great for her skin but the habit of cleansing and moisturising won’t do her skin any harm.

They have some good Christmas offers on right now.

tartecosmetics.com/EU/en_GB/home

A good set of brushes is always appreciated and is a pretty long lasting gift.

I think there is a brand of skincare products for pre teens called Spots and Stripes. It also does bath products.

Who was looking for this thread ?

Joplin, 'I'm told I look years younger' - we all are! Nobody's going to tell us we look years older, are they?

Alexa, 'girls need to learn they can do most of the things boys can do including not spending huge amounts of their precious time think about looking pretty' By far the worst offender around here is my grandson, who spends hours getting his hair just right!

Wow, I hadn't expected to get so many interesting and varied responses! Thank you all for your comments and suggestions of brands, some of which I had never heard of.

My DIL tells me that GD really only wears a smudge of lipgloss and mascara and nail polish when she is chilling out with friends or going to a party. She likes a natural look -"Don't want to look like a painted clown" - her words. So despite her youth I think she is being very sensible about it. She recently started wearing glasses and I suspect it has made her think a little more about her appearance.

I have made her a pretty Toiletries Bag which I'll fill with a good quality cleanser and shampoo (from Bodyshop); a lightly tinted lipgloss; clear gel mascara (no thick dark colour); a light concealer wand; and three Essie nailpolishes (two natural colours and one glittery topcoat); and a bodyspray all from Superdrug. I've been very careful to find products that will be kind to her skin and are also 'cruelty free' as that is important to her.

As I said earlier I very rarely buy or wear makeup myself so it was interesting to look around the beauty counters and online at some of the products mentioned by GNers. I have to say I was quite impressed with the Superdrug ranges and even bought a couple of things for myself.

So thanks once again for your help.

Your homemade pretty toiletries bag sounds lovely. Part of the fun for girls is searching in their make up bag for the product they want ..... that feeling of the bottles and tubes clunking about together. The Lush range is popular with young girls and cruelty free.
I'm not sure why so many people jump to the conclusion that wearing make up is sexualising pre teens. I agree some GNs are quick to look for problems where there are none. And granma47 is right, on stage even the tiniest have to wear full make up under the stage lighting or they would look completely washed out.