opinions on makeup

[Rocky]

Depends on the person among other things. Sometimes a person can look better with make up, or maybe without, based on how their hair is, what they're wearing, etc, etc. It's hard to say "make up is good!" or "make up is bad!" if you ask me. Personally, I don't care either way. If a girl chooses to wear make up, that's fine by me... I hope she has taste though, and uses it brings out a "positive" look (more attractive) as opposed to a "negative" one (less attractive). For girls that can look great without it, more power to 'em. The real beauty is the kind that doesn't really need much (if anything) to bring it out, but that kind of beauty is obviously the most rarest. And of course, what's beautiful to one may be hidious (sp?) to another.
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[kagematsuri]

I don't really bother with make up. I stick with good old Chapstick and sometimes eye liner (if I feel like it). I don't really understand why some other girls go to town and cake it all on their faces, but hey, whatever floats your boat. My main reason for not wearing much/any is because I simply don't care. People don't run screaming at the sight of me, so that's good enough.

If guys want to wear make up, then again, whatever floats your boat. I remember when I was in school some of the punk guys would wear eye liner. Looked pretty darn hot.

And animal testing gets a thumbs down from me. Even if it is just lab rats.

[Aurelien]

I personally think that make-up could work both ways for guys and girls. It could make them look billions times better, but it could also backfire and make them look really ugly. It's all a matter of what and how they use make-up, whether the make-up actually complement their look or making it worse and look out of place.

Personally speaking on my female-friends' cases, I prefer them to wear no make up, or at most very minimal make-up. Most of the times, they don't look much better when with make-up making me questioning whether, after all those effort they put, the result actually satisfy them or not. Of course I can't say it out loud that I don't like how they look (not that I like to lie, but I tend to get punched or kicked for saying what I really have in mind).

When it comes to celebrities though, it's a bit unfair IMO to use them as comparisons because they always wear make-up whenever we see them on TV or movies or wherever. We practically never sees them without make up (maybe on tabloids that says "Fat Britney without make up" as headline" or something) to really know how they look like without make up. It's either "pretty with make up" or "ugly without make up" because we don't hang out with them. But I think they still look good even without make up, maybe not as good as with make up, but not butt ugly either.
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[Marshmallow]

I don't support anything whatsoever which has been tested on animals. It's wrong and plain evil too.

As for makeup, I don't really notice if girls are wearing a lot or not, unless it's really obviously caked on, which is gross. If I had a real preference though, it would be no makeup.

Crap like plastic surgery, breast implants and makeup (to a lesser degree), IMO is like lying to people. If one is looking for a suitable mate (and this may sound harsh) people might generally look for "breeding quality", meaning looks and such. Changing your looks won't change your genes, so a couple may end up with an ugly baby if one of the partners had been "enhanced" by plastic surgery, makeup, implants, etc.

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[Arcana]

As has been mentioned in this thread, a lot of plastic surgery is done to make yourself feel better. It's the same with makeup, body mods, tatoos, wearing nice clothes...

All of these things are about "making yourself look better" (or different), but in the end, it really just is about "making yourself feel better". Part of the perception might be "I look better to others and therefore feel better about myself", but a lot of it is simply, "I feel better about myself, so now I can look better to others".

It's a cycle, and there's a couple ways to break out of it. You can stop caring about what other people think about your appearance, and just go as you are, or you can do something to actively change your appearance. One way of change is makeup, or surgery, or exercising a lot, or dressing up nice - all perfectly valid techniques.
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[Sage]

Reconstructive plastic surgery is fine by me. Doing it for your looks or self esteem (ie vanity) is a different story. I tend to think either one of two things: I wish I had that kind of money (not for surgery of course) or it must be nice having that as the biggest worry in your life.

Random quote I just remembered hearing somewhere: Women spend so much time and effort on looking good and then call you a pig for noticing.

Edit: Darwinian thing--I am familiar with evolutionary theory. It was just a sorta trivia thing that even though his theory is summarized as "survival of the fittest" he never actually coined the phrase.
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[sybillious]

there are some who've found that after all the pain and expense of plastic surgery, that it didn't change a thing-their self esteem didn't take the rise they expected to. rather than the change without, you have to start the change within; yes, there are parts that we aren't happy with, but there have to be some that are-rather than focus on what's bad, focus on what's good within/without yourself for that esteem boost.

the most attractive person outside can't begin to compare with the person who's beautiful on the inside...

makeup is meant for enhancement, but some seem to forget that...it's not a mask to hide every imperfection *whether real or imagined* but meant to make what's good more noticable, while making what's not so good less noticeable. whether it's pretty eyes, beautiful lips or striking cheekbones, everyone has something about themselves to love, and it's not just limited to one's facial features.

i agree with reconstructive surgery; it's a way for the individual to start on the road to recovery and regain some of what they have lost on a certain level, but for vanity...*pish* if you're that worried about aging/not being perfect, then you need a check up from the neck up... :x
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[Ranadiel]

This is an interesting topic. I personally don't get the point of makeup. I don't notice when a girl is wearing makeup the majority of the time. And when I do notice it, it is because they are wearing way too much. Of course I'm sort of a social outcast, so it is possible that my opinion is completely different from the norm.

[Cedric]

I wouldn't call girls who wear make up shallow either. In fact, I think it's cute when my best girlfriends (you know what I mean) spiffy themselves up on a random basis. I think it's thoughtful of them to want to dress up and look nice here and there. Honestly though, Most of the time, I like quiet and shy girls, and there's no type of make-up for that. :D

But my take on make-up is simple. It makes you ladies stand out. Whether it looks good or not depends on every person. But everyone will notice. I think it's great when people I know, wear it because it really does make you all look prettier. Less is more for me though, I'd like to have your natural looks do half of the talking. And all guys know that you can't look "amazingly gorgeous" every single day, so don't feel too bad about not making it a habit or missing a day, alright ladies?
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[Vextor]

Sure Ced, I'll try to cut back on my mascara.

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