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Teens Experimenting with Makeup
Sometimes kids try to grow up more quickly than we’d like. Your daughter wants to wear makeup, what do you do?
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i think when girls reach high school they should be allowed to wear a little make-up if they choose. i wasn't allowed to wear make-up until 16 and even then my mom gave me a hard time. now i realize why she did. looking back at my pictures from then, i looked so much better without make-up than WITH make-up. she always tried to tell me that but i never believed her. she was right the whole time. i love you mom!
Depends on the girl and situation...
My 14-year old daughter only wears lip gloss. Sometimes when she dresses in costume for a convention she will put a little make-up on. It's funny, though...last time one of her friends did her eyes and when she saw it she laughed and washed her face! :-D
WHEN MY DAUGHTER ARE 12 YEARS OLD,SHE LIKED TO TRY PUTTING MAKE UPS.I LET HER CHOOSED WHAT SHADE SHE LIKED FOR FOUNDATION AND POWDER AND BLUSH AND EVEN LIPSTICK.I EVEN GIVE HER MONEY TO SHOP FOR HERSELF.SHE GETS A BAD REACTION ON ALL THE MAKE UP,SHE WAS USING,SHE STOPPED EXPERIMENTING.SHE TOLD ME,SHE IS BEAUTIFUL WITHOUT PUTTING MAKE UP ON HER FACE.EVERTHING I TOLD HER ,SHE DON'T LISTENED,I MAKE HER DISCOVER ON HER OWN,SO IF ANYTHING HAPPENED I WILL NOT BE BLAMED.IT WORKS.LITTLE INDEPENDENCY HELPS. POSTED 07/11.2010
I have a beautiful 14 year old daughter. She doesn't think she is pretty unless she is wearing makeup. I tell her she is pretty without makeup but she doesn't believe me or anyone else. If wearing a little makeup makes her feel pretty, it's okay with me. I love her and want her to be happy.
I would set up a make over for her. Talk to the salesperson first letting them know what kind of make-up is acceptable, keeping it light. If they do a good job, buy the products right there. A special day for my daughter, no fights over the make up, and everybody goes home happy. That is what my mother did for me and it worked great.
Teach them to do's and don'ts of make up and allow them to put it on while I am putting mine on. They know what is too much :)
When we were young teens, our grandpa used to tell me and my little sister " a liitle bit of powder and a little bit of paint, makes a girl look like what she ain't"
I let her do her own thing. It's better than other things out there in the world!!
Young girls and teens have the most beautiful skin, i don't know why girls would want to paint over that. I am very old school when it comes to make up and clothing. However, I do paint my 9 yr old's toes.
I forgot to mention that my daughter has been painting her toes for years. She only occasionally does her fingers because it wears off too quickly. Shes been shaving her legs since she was 9 (I did them for her until age 10) because it made her very selfconcious.
I forgot to mention that my daughter has been painting her toes for years. She only occasionally does her fingers because it wears off too quickly.
I wear light makeup on work days and when I go out - powder foundation, concealer, mascara and lipstick. My 11 year old daughter has watched me apply it for years. She's fascinated by it and always asks questions (how does it feel, is it hard to apply mascara, etc). She's a dancer and has worn makeup for her recitals since she was four. It's always applied heavy because it's stage makeup but she knows it's for recital only. She also knows that when she eventually does start wearing makeup, it should never be applied that heavy.I'll probably start letting her wear clear or pink lipgloss around age 12 or 13 if she asks. I think at that age it's enough to experiment without looking cheap. When I feel she's mature enough to handle a little mascara I'll show her how to use it. I can't say what age that'll be because it'll depend on whether I trust that she'll use it sparingly. I don't think wearing make-up is as big of an issue as dating and keeping tabs on who her friends are. I'm more nervous about dealing with boy issues than I am about her wearing a little bit of makeup. My daughter and I have good communication. When she starts asking about makeup we'll sit down and talk about it. I won't just outright say no without a discussion because that's what causes kids to go behind your back and do it anyway. Right now she knows she can trust me to talk about things and show her what to do.
When my daughter was 13 yrs old, all of her friends were allowed to wear makeup, dress the way they wanted - short skirts/dresses, belly shirts, low slung jeans - and they had boyfriends. All of the things that I did not allow. So, you can guess how happy our house was! I am very old school: No short anything, skin needs to be covered, no makeup, no boyfriends, no dating. There is a time in life for everything & if a child is allowed to experience it all by the time she is 16, what's left to look forward to as she gets older? She wasn't even allowed to watch PG-13 movies until she was 13. Then after I saw one of those movies, she couldn't watch them until I did. These PG-13 movies should have been rated R. I am still appalled at what I saw in those movies! It's no wonder our teens are unable to handle themselves, teens are given too much, see too much, allowed too much and all way too soon! My daughter is 23 now & has thanked me repeatedly for all the times I put my foot down and didn't give in. We can be friends now, but back then, I had to be a parent and putting my foot down was my job.
I TOOK MY DAUGHTER (AGE13) TO THE CONSULTANT AT BELKS, THEY CHOSE THE COLORS AND DID THE MAKE-OVER THING AND SHE LOVED IT. IT WAS A VERY NATURAL LOOK.
i hope that my girls will soon settle for light make-up... my 6 year old can't leave the house without lip gloss!!!
I don't wear any makeup. But I let my girls play makeup / dressup once and awhile, just not out of the house.. And very modest amounts when in late teens if they insist ... But I still discourage it... Try to teach them they are beautiful the way they are and if someone dosn't like the way they look then too bad for them. they can just look/walk the other way...
I think young girls who want to start wearing make-up, should first learn about good skin care. Because before you start using make-up you should start with a clean canvas. just like preparing to paint a picture you must start with a clean canvas.
My niece is 8 1/2. She used to play with play makeup and my sister & I would supervise all the time. Since that time she has only wanted to put on nail polish (from a children's gift set) once. Some of the play makeup out there aren't nice at all, no wonder the kids want the grown up stuff. I mean you think they could make stuff look more neutral/appropriate than shocking blues,purples and some of those nail polish colors are atrocious.
I think that teenagers are beautiful without makeup, but I know that they want to imitate their friends, so I think it is Ok for them to start wearing makeup at 16-18.
My daughter is 11 and over the summer she tried using my mascara (she lied as she was wiping the black from her eyelashes, that she didn't have it on). I was upset by 3 thing here, first the use of my stuff without asking, second she wore the mascara outside our home & third the lie that went with it. I didn't have anything nice to say to her for a few hours spent in silence. Finally she admitted to lying about it. I had one question for her, why? Why did she choose to use the mascara? She said she wanted to know how it felt. I asked her how it felt. She said she didn't like it. She has always been allowed to have "play makeup", that bright & pastel colored stuff in the toy aisle, at home only. I use moisturizer, eyeliner, eyeshadow & chapstick when I go to work. The fancy stuff, is for when I dress up, weddings, parties,etc. On weekends it's eyeliner & chapstick. After we had our conversation, I explained to her that she could wear makeup when she could afford to buy it on her own. She was agreeable to this.I had a few months to let this situation digest...and thought that if I discourage her wearing makeup she will continue to sneak it, but if I provide her with acceptable tools, then she can choose to wear it or not and it would be appropriate. I did some research on tween makeup and found light eyeshadows and lipgloss are appropriate for her age. She knows I love Sephora and so I bought her neutral colored eyeshadow & light pink & light blue lipglosses for Christmas! She loved it & I showed her how to apply the eyeshadow lightly. She said she looked different. That was the point, I wanted her to understand and it go through. We'll see how this progresses...she turns 12 in 2 months!
If a mother has no clue how to begin her daughter on "make-up" (which sounds like it means "glamor") products, may I suggest that you invite a beauty consultant to show the girls proper skin care and introduce the merest color artistry? Some offer it cost free, part of "Cleaning up America".
We let our girls start wearing makeup at age 15, although lightly. Now my daughter is 16 and wears it only some of the time. Usually it is just a little foundation, very light eyeshadow, and mascara. We told both our girls that when they were allowed to wear it, we would tell if her we thought it was too much and she was expected to cheerfully abide by that! She was so happy to be able to wear it, it was not a problem. I think the main important thing it to teach them to wear it properly to enhance their looks, not cover them with gaudy makeup!
Don't sweat the small stuf!!! Keep baby wipes in your car so you can wipe it off her, or lighten it anyway. Keep telling her how beautiful she is and don't forbid her to wear it.Girls like to experiment with female things and makeup isn't the worst thing in the world! Maybe you could have a little bonding time with it, encourage instead of critisize.
My daughter started @ 12 or 13, she would wear a little eyeliner and mostly lip gloss.Now she is 16 and practically wears nothing, I think that, you can either take them to the store so you can help her pick her makeup and you can help her make the right decisions, or you can pick up some items yourself and you can pick maybe some clear/glittery nail polish and some lip gloss something that is not too much, some natural looking products and come home and say look what I bought you, and she might just be happy with that. Sometimes when you don't allow them to do things that they want, they will still do it behind your back and that means sharing with others. You don't want them sharing and that way you have some kind of control over what they are wearing.
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