Letting your bf see you without make-up...

Reply 80

1

Yeah, my bf prefers me without makeup, but I hate it! I wear makeup daily and he doesnt like it too much, but I am getting better at not wearing so much, so often! Which is good, as it is a bit of an addiction for me!!!

Reply 81

fredscarecrow

18

I hate not wearing makeup. I don't wear that much (I'm not a foundation etc person) but I can't not have my eyeliner. I can't even just sit around my house without makeup on because it makes me feel disgusting. I'm alright letting a boyfriend see me after a while...I'll usually just have a laugh about it with them.

I get a bit disheartened though when I don't wear make up and people ask me if i'm feeling ill *laughs* but that's just because I'm very pale and tired looking.

I once had to go to school without any makeup (teacher was being a bum) and I got so stressed about it, becuase my bf at the time hadn't seen me without makeup. In the end I was so blotchy from crying that he couldn't see what I looked like anyway XD

Reply 82

*Tears and Butterflies*

2

My boyfriend see's me without makeup. I usually just wear some unobvious foundation anyway. It does make me look better, but I don't really look like I'm wearing make up.

He's seen me at my worst anyway lol.....lying on his bed being sick into his bin when I ws ill...he didn't mind one bit, just sat there rubbing my back. Seen me absolutely crying my eye's out....last night was a case of this infact. And I look awful when I cry!!

He also see's me with the frizziest hair ever when I wake up and panda eyes from in the shower...at this point he says I look beautiful...

Hmmm...seen all that and we have only been together 5 months! Haven't scared him off yet!

So no...make up isn't really an issue lol

I guess he is a keeper :p:

Reply 83

prettyblueeyes

13

I don't have a boyfriend, but I wouldn't be comfortable in front of many people with no makeup on! Family and a few friends if it's early in the morning or after a bath etc, but I usually have at least a little makeup on! Personally I'd feel self conscious, because I know I look better with a little makeup. I wouldn't be worried about being 'judged' so much as just feeling more secure in myself.
It makes me laugh when boys say they prefer a girl who doesn't wear makeup, when the reality is that the girls they don't think wear makeup are just usually the ones who apply it well and don't cake it on! Most people I know who look natural aren't bare-faced, they're wearing a little bit of makeup to enhance their best bits. I think a lot of boys would be surprised at the difference between carefully applied subtle makeup and no makeup at all!

Reply 84

BellaNotte

3

prettyblueeyes

It makes me laugh when boys say they prefer a girl who doesn't wear makeup, when the reality is that the girls they don't think wear makeup are just usually the ones who apply it well and don't cake it on! Most people I know who look natural aren't bare-faced, they're wearing a little bit of makeup to enhance their best bits. I think a lot of boys would be surprised at the difference between carefully applied subtle makeup and no makeup at all!

This is very true, i get my friends often saying they're not wearing any makeup, when the truth is they have on some concealer and eyeliner, very subtle make up, so not bare-faced at all. And i doubt very much if guys would be able to tell. I, for example, when bare-faced look quite ill, but just putting a tiny bit of concealer and maybe some eyeliner/mascara look so much better, though its hard to tell im wearing makeup. Thank god i say.

Reply 85

*Joanna*

12

My boyfriend has known me for over two years as a friend and I only wear make-up when I go on a night out or something, so it's not really an issue. I'm too lazy to wear it on a daily basis! Today he thought I had pink lip gloss or something on, and was suprised when I told him I didn't. I don't know if he prefers me with no make-up on, but he's told me I don't need it, so that's good enough for me!

Also, I was very surprised (and a little saddened) by seeing so many girls at Reading festival in so much make-up. It was the last thing on my mind! Though I was there with three boys, so I would have got laughed out of town if I'd started putting make-up on.

Reply 86

blahbloo

15

I don't wear make up at all, my boyfriend prefers me without it I think. I put on some make up on my face couple weeks ago, it did look okay but to his distaste, he didnt like it very much and said I look better with it off.

Reply 87

jenren22

1

Well im the sort of girl who wears the minimum...foundation, blush, mascara and lip gloss. So it doesnt look caked on, nice and natural, but pretty. When i go over to my bfs i stay over and he sees me with without make up in the morning, and he's fine with it. He loves me with make up or without. But i still wear it :smile:

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Reply 88

death.drop

16

jenren22

Well im the sort of girl who wears the minimum...foundation, blush, mascara and lip gloss. So it doesnt look caked on, nice and natural, but pretty. When i go over to my bfs i stay over and he sees me with without make up in the morning, and he's fine with it. He loves me with make up or without. But i still wear it :smile:

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isn't the minimum nothing? :confused:

On the very rare occasion I use makeup it's just eyeliner or eyeliner and eyeshadow. surely if minimum requires some makeup being applied it would just be one thing.

I always thought foundation was something people only did when they were really going for it, or when they have particularly bad skin. :s-smilie:

I think maybe I just don't know enough girls.

Reply 89

Logan

4

i always wait to see the woman without her make up before i decide how beautiful she is... women with make up are the most misleading things my eyes ever sees :biggrin:

altho im not against em using make-up but it would be great to see them without one which i think is something a lot of women here would give me a good slap

Reply 90

silverbolt

19

persoanlly think its quite sad that youl let him see you naked but not without makeup

tok about mixed up priorties

Reply 91

ImperceptibleNinja

13

I challenge any regular make-up wearers to go for a week without make-up, and see how it goes. I used to wear eyeliner every day, and when I stopped, I thought my face looked empty and weird. Once I got accustomed to what I looked like without it, I realised that the absence of eyeliner didn't make my face look bad, it just made it look different.

Reply 92

iced_dragon_agility

9

My bf called me saying he was popping over for a bit to see me and I didn't have any makeup on, I just thought 'gah, leave it' and he saw me without it on. I didn't particularly mind tbh.

He did notice that my eyes looked different, and he said, when I did tell him that I wasn't wearing any makeup, that he thought that was what was different. He said I looked lovely though *beams* :biggrin:

Reply 93

fake plastic love

11

Oh my god I find this thread so depressing.

Reply 94

end_it_on_this

i wear make up daily the first time i let my bf see me without i was in the process of putting it on, i pointed out i wasnt wearing any and he said my eyes looked timy without make up, :frown:

i found it offensive, i think he prefers me with make up, i always make sure im wearing it, though now and again he will see me without

Reply 95

Ilora-Danon

3

A lot of men prefer their girls without makeup for one reason; competition.

Not meaning to generalise the whole male species, but it's a well known fact that men are often intimidated by other male predators and so the best way to control their relationship is to make sure their partners aren't looking too attractive to other men. They can't deal with the competition and with her being found attractive by others in case she's strays... it's a control thing.

Reply 96

Dionysus

15

Oh got this thread is silly. Do you really think we're so fickle that a girl without makeup is offensive to our eyes??? And why do you care even if it is? Suffragettes and all that... Besides, most girls look better without makeup - ironically considering the amount of time you all spend putting it on.

Reply 97

ony

Dionysus

Oh got this thread is silly. Do you really think we're so fickle that a girl without makeup is offensive to our eyes??? And why do you care even if it is? Suffragettes and all that... Besides, most girls look better without makeup - ironically considering the amount of time you all spend putting it on.

Thats all a matter of opinion. If we all thought we looked better without it then of course no one would bother.

Reply 98

amy.dd

11

*Joanna*

My boyfriend has known me for over two years as a friend and I only wear make-up when I go on a night out or something, so it's not really an issue. I'm too lazy to wear it on a daily basis! Today he thought I had pink lip gloss or something on, and was suprised when I told him I didn't. I don't know if he prefers me with no make-up on, but he's told me I don't need it, so that's good enough for me!

Also, I was very surprised (and a little saddened) by seeing so many girls at Reading festival in so much make-up. It was the last thing on my mind! Though I was there with three boys, so I would have got laughed out of town if I'd started putting make-up on.

Sadly reading festival is a bit of a fashion parade half the time. Some of the people I camped with bought special outfits for it and spent ages making their hair and make up look good in the morning.

However as someone who burns I was more interested in just not trying to look greased up from sunblock, let alone piling the make up on. (remember by the end of the night they look stupid cos its half way down their faces)

Reply 99

la fille danse

17

Ilora-Danon

A lot of men prefer their girls without makeup for one reason; competition.

Not meaning to generalise the whole male species, but it's a well known fact that men are often intimidated by other male predators and so the best way to control their relationship is to make sure their partners aren't looking too attractive to other men. They can't deal with the competition and with her being found attractive by others in case she's strays... it's a control thing.

The major flaw in your argument is that not everyone needs makeup to be attractive...

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