Moms Against Makeup

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Why are some mom's so against their teenage daughters wearing makeup of any sort? Personally, I think teaching that beauty is all about personality is beyond ridiculous. If I had a teen daughter I would teach her how to properly wear makeup and tell her that a good personality is important but makeup and appearances also matter.

I didn't wear properly applied makeup until I was in high school by choice. I was advised against bright red lipstick and I knew from the start it would look bad because my skin tone isn't right for it and I prefer neutral pink lip gloss. I was made fun of because I didn't wear makeup so I started wearing it in high school. Even then it wasn't properly applied so I my mom recommended eyeshadow primer. Forbidding teen girls from wearing makeup that doesn't look like a little girl with a my first makeup kit did it and looks properly applied will give bullies a good reason to be cruel and that would ruin their self esteem rather than help it.

Honestly, I think moms who forbid even owning concealer aren't doing one of their many jobs as a mom. It's ridiculous.

I think my mother wished I wore makeup more often because what "normal" teen girls do. I would wear makeup when going somewhere special or on holidays but I couldn't understand wearing every day at school or something else where I thought my appearance was completely unimportant. I hated the textures and colors of some makeup, I couldn't understand why you couldn't just put on some lipstick and blush and that was it, and I didn't want to look older, which made the strangest girl in the world.

I had an even harder time getting used to shaving my legs. I hated getting so many cuts no matter how careful I was and then having to put those little bandages on them. How I missed being a kid when my skin was smooth and hairless, I wasn't covered in acne, and I had not yet been afflicted by the monthly curse. I think any adult who says that the teen years are the best years of your life was never a teen or they were high on drugs the entire time.

But anyway, in the US (maybe slightly less so in Canada), they make a very big deal out of nearly anything sexual, even though their movies and TV shows would make you think it's the total opposite. It's violence that they don't make as big of a deal about. I read somewhere that makeup is supposed to make you look sexually aroused or excited so now it's like don't ever look attractive until you're at least 25 years old because in females all beauty is sexual and very wrong. But it's okay for a guy to look handsome at any age. Give me a break!

From what I saw from my friends' moms who were against makeup, it wasn't so much the personality=beauty thing as much as it was not wanting them to look older than than they were. They didn't want them attracting older male attention and doing things they weren't ready for. They didn't want them nonverbally indicating they were sexually available when they legally weren't. They felt the same way about short skirts, high heels, and push-up bras and such.

My mom, on the other hand, encouraged me to wear those things. I took my friends' moms perspective when I was a teen. I was always very conservative with my use of cosmetics, perfume, and revealing clothing. I think my mom's perspective came from having be more discouraged than even was typical for her time. She'd exit the house wearing one thing, and change when she got to a friend's house. She got caught and she got in trouble, but that didn't stop her.

Makeup isn't allowed in schools where I live.
Anyone coming to school with makeup will be told to remove it .
I think it's a good thing.
Why should you be made fun of because you choose not to wear it?
That's ridiculous.
Another pressure to conform to everyone else.

I think that makeup is a personal thing. If girls want to wear it, they will. There are other girls who don't like makeup for a variety of reasons. I also feel that mothers shouldn't push their daughters to wear makeup, if they don't want to wear it. On the other hand, mothers against makeup can't stop their daughters from wearing it, if they like to do so.

A girl can look beautiful without makeup. And I honestly see no problem with moms forbidding their daughters from wearing it, at least up to a certain age, say 16. As far as I'm concerned, we need more advocates of natural beauty. It's grossly underrated.