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missy said:
Joanne, don’t pay any of those people who are judgy any mind. Some people will always judge. It’s the nature of the beast. Ignore em. They’re small minded and jealous anyway. You’re beautiful inside and out. ❤
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You’re right about judgy people @missy..It just never occurred to me that someone would be very interested in me wearing my makeup...You said something the other day about it‘s none of our business to be concerned what others think of us..or something like that. I really liked that..❤
 
Alex T that is really interesting. I do have sensitive skin so didn't wear makeup. And in the same way I'm mistaken for someone much younger.
I have an antiblemish concealer wand to touch up individual blemishes, tinted lip balm, and also in the last year or so have a eyeliner pen to darken my brows (for special occasions).
However I went to a mardi gras pre party, and I felt naked! It makes me realize I want to wear makeup for mardi gras, fake eyelashes and all. I have no idea where to start and I don't want to look like a clown. I guess I need to find someone who knows how to do makeup or just wing it.
 
My neighbour's daughter is a beautify girl, and she hardly wears make up,except for the eyebrows!

Her mum and I are similar age with a couple of years between us (I am older), also prefer to be fresh-face, and she feels the same about her daughter's eyebrows!

DK :))
 
Do none of y'all remember the 80's....lol Yeah that was some seriously fun(ky) makeup! and what comes around goes around. The thing is, you have a lot of so called Beauty Gurus on youtube that put on makeup for the camera which does not translate well in real life, and so now you've got people that always have a camera in their face, and they look great on camera but a hot mess in real life. Camera makeup isn't something that should be worn all day every day.

That said, I don't contour. I'm over 50. I don't look my age and as of yet, don't have wrinkles thanks to oily skin and that melanin. I also stopped coloring my hair once I hit 30. I see a few greys in there now, no big deal and I don't care. I will go days and weeks without makeup because I can. I worked like crazy to get good skin, spent a ton of money on it. I'm not smothering the crap out of it and covering up all that work on the regular.
 
Alex T said:
Two of my mummy friends at school have the semi-permanent eyebrow tattooing. They are both dark & it lasts for about 6 months, at which point it starts to turn a weird purple colour. I kid you not. Purple. That's when they know it's time to book in for a touch up :shock:
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If the microblading is turning purple, then the aesthetician who did it needs to get better quality pigments. I've had my brows microbladed for about 3 years now, and it does fade after about a year, so you have to get touch ups. The more you're in the sun, the faster it fades. That said, I freaking love the results, and I only wish I'd done it sooner. Dang the '90s for allowing us to pluck all our brows out!! LOL
 
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msop04 said:
If the microblading is turning purple, then the aesthetician who did it needs to get better quality pigments. I've had my brow microbladed for about 3 years now, and it does fade after about a year, so you have to get touch ups. The more you're in the sun, the faster it fades. That said, I freaking love the results, and I only wish I'd done it sooner. Dang the '90s for allowing us to pluck all our brows out!! LOL
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LOL I know right? I used to have the thickest eyebrows and I remember it was so not in style at the time. I didn't really pluck however but still unfortunately age and health issues have destroyed my lovely eyebrows and now they are sad eyebrows. I am using Latisse but it's not really helping my brows. And as you might (or might not) recall I cannot do microblading or even apply makeup on them so I am OOL. But I can enjoy other people's lovely eyebrows at least.
 
Every generation has its styles. Mine was big puffy hair and wet looking lips. And dont get me started on shoulder pads. This generation is about drawn-on eyebrows and contouring streaks. Someday they'll look back in photos (and they'll have soooooo many) and laugh.

@Mamabean I hear you with the sunscreen. I have pale skin and sensitive eyes myself. I have found neutrogena ultra sheer dry touch and La Roche Posey Anhelios is another. But many other sting my skin or irritate my eyes.

I admit to being a skincare weirdo and I have quite a routine. I'm 58 and I've been like this since I was 18. But I rarely wear makeup at all. Mascara tends to bother my eyes.
 
missy said:
LOL I know right? I used to have the thickest eyebrows and I remember it was so not in style at the time. I didn't really pluck however but still unfortunately age and health issues have destroyed my lovely eyebrows and now they are sad eyebrows. I am using Latisse but it's not really helping my brows. And as you might (or might not) recall I cannot do microblading or even apply makeup on them so I am OOL. But I can enjoy other people's lovely eyebrows at least.
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Missy, I did Latisse on my brows too! LOL But it really didn't help me, as most of my eyebrows are light brown or blonde, so you can't see them. I totally get you on the "sad brows"... I am super envious of kids these days with beautiful, perfectly sculpted brows... they never plucked, so they have a lot to work with (shape).
 
Interesting thread, I know there is a lot of bad makeup out there (including unblended contouring) but actually I think in general women are wearing LESS makeup now or just getting better at it! I see pictures of the 80's and early 90's and think WHOA that's heavy thick makeup, whereas now foundation textures/technology has vastly improved and you can get very light, skin-like foundation that is barely perceptible. I wear makeup every day - foundation, concealer, blush, brow pencil, mascara & occasionally eyeshadow and honestly it makes me look & feel good! As Kenny says "people vary...."
 
A 19 or 20 year old girl did my foundation at Ulta and I felt terrible that I blurted out that I looked like a dead body waiting for a funeral lol...

She used 5 pumps of foundation where I use one.
 
whitewave said:
A 19 or 20 year old girl did my foundation at Ulta and I felt terrible that I blurted out that I looked like a dead body waiting for a funeral lol...

She used 5 pumps of foundation where I use one.
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:lol:
 
doberman said:
Every generation has its styles. Mine was big puffy hair and wet looking lips. And dont get me started on shoulder pads. This generation is about drawn-on eyebrows and contouring streaks. Someday they'll look back in photos (and they'll have soooooo many) and laugh.

@Mamabean I hear you with the sunscreen. I have pale skin and sensitive eyes myself. I have found neutrogena ultra sheer dry touch and La Roche Posey Anhelios is another. But many other sting my skin or irritate my eyes.

I admit to being a skincare weirdo and I have quite a routine. I'm 58 and I've been like this since I was 18. But I rarely wear makeup at all. Mascara tends to bother my eyes.
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Thank you @doberman..I have tried the Neutrogena one but not the La Roche..I will give it a try!
 
Mamabean said:
Thank you @doberman..I have tried the Neutrogena one but not the La Roche..I will give it a try!
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La Roche Posay Anhelios is actually dermatologist recommended. I got some free samples there - score. Not every store carries it; I got my original bottle in France a few years ago, but I see it in stores more often these days.
 
doberman said:
La Roche Posay Anhelios is actually dermatologist recommended. I got some free samples there - score. Not every store carries it; I got my original bottle in France a few years ago, but I see it in stores more often these days.
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My husband has vitiligo and lichen planus, and the La Roche Posay Anhelios is what his dermatologist has him on. He says it's head and shoulders above the rest.

I also find the heavy-handed Instagram makeup look with all the contouring and artificial-looking eyebrows very unappealing, to say the least. I'm sure so many of these gals would looks so much better going natural or with a lighter hand, with all their youth.

@Mamabean, I hope you don't feel like we're judging you in this thread for regularly wearing some foundation to protect your skin! I think we're all referring to the extra-heavy, overdone look so many young women are doing these days. I certainly think what you've described sounds perfectly reasonable.

I wear a little light foundation or tinted moisturizer often on my nose and across the tops of my cheeks because I've developed some rosacea in my "elder years" here. I've always done some eyeliner, mascara, concealer under eyes for the bad circles I've had all my life, and, if I'm not playing my instruments, some clear lipgloss if I'm going out. The light foundation has been more recent, as well as a tiny little bit of color added to hairs already there on eyebrows, as the color of them seems to be fading a bit with age, too. I don't draw any "additional hairs" on or anything like that - I just use a tiny bit of mascara on the hairs there after doing my lashes. I try to keep the overall look very light and understated. For typical going out days, it only takes 10-15 minutes. On the rare "fancier" outing, like going to a wedding, I might add a touch of eyeshadow and a gloss with a touch of tint for lips.

I refuse to color my hair. I just don't want to bother with it. It's always been a medium brown that I've always loved and never felt the desire to change. Now the gray is starting to really come in around my face, but I'll just deal, and hope that it turns into the absolutely stunning crop of silver that I see in pictures of older female models! I've read horror stories about how women have to color their gray in order to get a good job because of so much ageism - if that's the case, I guess I'm outta luck. @asscherisme, I wonder if that's why some women have characterized you as brave - because they're terrified if they go gray openly they won't be able to get a good job? I hope not.
 
There is a big difference between a natural look with minimal make up and a heavily made up face that does not look out of place in a day time drag queen convention.

Personal preferences and all that.

DK :))
 
I wish young girls would appreciate their beautiful, glowing skin while they have it and not cover it with thick makeup. I really don't like the heavy contouring trend - it can look like dirt smears or a really botched fake tan job. I do think it's another way that society keeps women in check, along with things like the expectation that women will wear high heels for work/events and so have to function all day in less than practical attire. Although thankfully things are changing, albeit slowly. Who was it who said that Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did, plus she had to do it backwards and in high heels? Too true!

I'm definitely wearing less makeup as I get older but years of habit have left me feeling decidedly uneasy if I leave the house without it. I'll do the morning school run make-up free now, which I never would have done until the last year or so, but I do breathe a huge sigh of relief if I manage it without bumping into anyone I know! I generally wear a smidge of foundation mixed in with moisturiser now rather than full foundation, but I absolutely wouldn't leave the house for the day without eye make-up and under eye concealer at a minimum.

I never seem to win with age though - the time I used to spend putting on heavier make-up is now spent fighting the hairs that seem to be trying to colonise my chin...
 
I tend to wear a bit of CC cream/ foundation with an SPF, bit of powder over an oily t-zone and a neutral brown shadow on eyes. I really don't like glittery eyeshadow so finding matte eye shadows in neutral shades can be a bit of a pain.
I have wild eyebrows that have their own unattractive party if don't take tame! :lol-2:
I need to look after my skin as i have a connective tissue disorder which means I heal at a slow rate and my skin gets easily damaged. :confused2:
 
Lipstick. I never wore lipstick until my late 60’s. Then I went to France and routinely saw it on older women and it looked so chic. Now I never leave the house without it. With lipstick you can go to town in your grampa’s pajamas and work boots and still be dressed!

Wait ... what was this thread about?? I need to google contouring and see what everyone’s talking about.

.....edit...ok, did it. It looks a little weird and time consuming.
 
@Jimmianne So funny, I just nearly choked on my coffee! ☕
 
I actually followed a YouTube makeup video once and the end results were absolutely horrifying in person. So much freaking foundation. I felt like I had a full on mask, on my face (and this is coming from someone who NEVER leaves her house bare faced). I had to wash my face immediately! The things they do in these videos (extremely full coverage foundation, wicked contouring, bold brows, intense highlights) are just not transferable to real life. Bold Kim Kardashian style contouring may look amazing in (heavily photoshopped) photos but not so much in person.

The goal (for those unfamiliar with contouring):
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The reality (for most of us): :oops2:
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:lol-2: @elle_71125

Some of the photos I had seen made the person looked like she has had too much winter sun wearing goggles without sun protection!

DK :lol-2:
 
I'm in the "full face" makeup job camp. Where I'm from it would be travesty to be seen in public without your face on. During Hurricane Harvey when we were canoeing around the streets, I still put it on every morning! :lol-2: :P2:wall:I do try to make it look as natural as possible though.
 
Gussie said:
I'm in the "full face" makeup job camp. Where I'm from it would be travesty to be seen in public without your face on. During Hurricane Harvey when we were canoeing around the streets, I still put it on every morning! :lol-2: :P2:wall:I do try to make it look as natural as possible though.
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LOL during Harvey I can't even imagine :lol:

I LOVE how we are all different yet similar too. We all love and have a passion for gems and that brings us together. Vive la difference!
 
I wear foundation probably five times a year - and three of those times are probably end-of-year holiday parties... And my skin punishes me for a full week afterward ;(

So no contouring makeup for me. I do, however, have the typical Indian nose (that's not a good thing!) so I'll put sunscreen on the sides to keep them light and let the top toast. It definitely looks different in photos - probably not so much IRL. The other half tells me I look like a koala after a day at the beach. Which is probably not intended as a compliment :bigsmile:

I watched a couple of contouring how-tos on YT after reading this thread... I have a question: How in the world do these ladies keep their contours from drying before blending? Anything I've got would be absolutely impossible to blend or smudge after five minutes! Unless I cut it with moisturizer or something.
 
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I enjoyed makeup as a kid, and the way it could transform the way I looked, but often would have prefered to be the fresh faced pretty girl who didn't need it in the first place. I wasn't that girl. I wasn't exactly the kind of girl all the boys wanted to be around. I had acne, was sometimes teased about my looks, and did not come by beauty easily. I felt I needed makeup to be pretty and get attention. A LOT of it. Bring on the heavy foundation, countouring because my face was too round and nose too wide, eyeliners to fix my tiny eyes, lipliners to painstaking plump up my tiny mouth, and whatever trick I could use to try to remedy all that I felt was wrong with me. I often felt I couldn't be seen without makeup. Like, the jig is up if I get caught without it. I look back at pictures of what I thought looked good and cringe.

Now I often (if not ususally) go barefaced and don't care that I pretty much look like a slob. However, there are certain places I go where I feel people are used to seeing me with a full face of makeup, and again, I feel kind of like that insecure teenager who can't be seen without it or risk being "found out." Ridiculous, I know. It's just one of those things.

I hope these young girls are doing all the heavy makeup because they enjoy it (makeup really can be fun) and not out of a slavish need to be accepted.

I would like to see more blending of that highlighter though.
 
missy said:
This is me too. (Also in my mid 50s). I don't like coloring my hair and it has nothing to do with bravery per se. LOL. And yeah I figure I am OK the way I am and if someone doesn't like it (and some do comment about the gray) that is too bad. Plus it is none of my business what others think of me.

All I care about is what I (and my dh) think of me.
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Yes, the brave comments crack me up. Lucky for me, my long term boyfriend prefers my hair natural too and he finds my overall less is more beauty philosophy very attractive and tells me constantly how beautiful I am :)
 
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