Moms and make-up - How often do you put on your face?
Categories: Just for moms, Life & style
Those first few weeks at home with a newborn baby, applying makeup is pretty much an exercise in futility. Nothing is going to cover under-eye circles of that magnitude and even the strongest lipstick will just end up on your itty bitty baby from the thousands of kisses you'll be giving.
Mothers who return to work have a reason to try to look good when they head out in the morning but for the stay-at-home mom, it's easy to fall out of your former daily beauty routine. When the only adult interact you have to look forward to is the Wiggles and perhaps, the mailman, you might as well conserve that concealer.
For years after staying home with my babies, I was mostly bare-faced. I didn't really know what to do with the makeup brushes, felt too busy to bother with it, didn't want to invest much money in something that seemed so frivolous, and had the power of youthful good skin on my side.
Then I got older and went with girlfriends for a professional makeover and discovered the power of eyeliner and a good lipstick. Now I put a little color and concealer on my face every day, even if I'm just working around the house. I don't wear a lot and can do my entire routine in 6 minutes but it really make me feel better and more professional, even if I'm just folding laundry and scrubbing out the bathtub. There's also the added bonus of not looking quite as frumpy if someone drops by unexpectedly.
Inquiring minds want to know, what has motherhood done to your makeup routine?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
the goddess anna 8-25-2008 @ 10:14AM
If I'm going out of the house, I wear mascara, a little eyeliner (champagne colored), and my Burt's Bees pomengranite lip balm (it has just enough color). If I'm massaging, I wear nothing, because I get hot and sometimes sweaty. I've never been a make-up person, unless it was a special event. I like the way my skin looks: I only wear stuff around the eyes to divert attention to my face from my chest. : )
One thing I've never given up, after three kids: I treat my feet to pedicures (at home mostly). A nice foot soak, some lotion, and a splash of color on my toes does wonders! Bonus - keeps me off my feet for at least 30 minutes!
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isisaquaria 8-25-2008 @ 10:52AM
Daily, but not to the same to degree---basic daily is an ehancement of natural attributes. I use Bare Minerals--LOVE IT! It is light and quick---I literally have a five minute face routine....if I am stepping out to a crowd for socializing my routine varies by level of formality.
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the goddess anna 8-25-2008 @ 10:55AM
Wow, another old name showing back up! It's nice to see you back.
isisaquaria 8-25-2008 @ 12:08PM
Thanks--I thought I would see how things were going
Joy 8-25-2008 @ 11:53AM
I can't even tell you the last time I wore make up.
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Heather 8-25-2008 @ 4:52PM
I have never been one to wear makeup. It looks fake, smudges off, dries out my face and causes pimples. I MIGHT wear makeup to get pictures done, because if I don't I look pasty. I have better things to do with my time than to look good for someone who really dosent care. (BTW I work in a factory so it is pointless to wear it to work.)
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Rosslynn Carpenter 8-25-2008 @ 5:41PM
I personally only wear make-up if I am going out of the house for more than 30 mins. But I have tried to do so more regularly since I have a teenage daughter (step) who I take numerous places with her friends, and I don't want to embaras (can't spell 2day) her......now her mom on the other hand is the women who puts her whole face on fountain, eyeline, eyeshadow, blush, mascarra, lipstick first thing in the morning and does her hair everyday.....because apparantly on REAL women take the time to make themselves beautiful for their husbands, and beautiful women only have long hair.
So I must be the haggard old sea witch who lures men to their death.
Oh how fragile some peoples self esteem is.
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c_rousseau05 8-25-2008 @ 7:50PM
I always try to look good no matter if i'm just staying home or if i'm out because I want to look pretty for my husband and I want to just look nice for myself too . I don't wear a lot of makeup, just basic 5 minute routine of some powdered foundation, mascara and eyeliner, lip gloss and a bit of blush. My hair is always cut in a way that takes very little time to fix up or down and so it's fairly easy to not "let myself go" like so many moms do. I don't believe that anyone can possibly be too busy to not take ten minutes in the bathroom to get yourself looking nice, even if you have to get up well before your babies do. It's really not hard at all.
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Tamyu 8-25-2008 @ 8:25PM
I`ve never worn makeup, and my skin seriously thanks me for it.
If I do wear make up, everyone guesses my age correctly or higher - no makeup and I still get "around 20?" if I don`t have my so with me. That`s something I definitely consider in favor of not bothering with it.
My mother was one of those leap from the bed to the mirror - what if someone sees me without my makeup! types. And then redo the makeup should we really go out where someone could see her. So she was never available for anything spontaneous, and always took an eternity to get ready. It seems like such a waste.
It`s not impossible to look nice or "pretty" without resorting to makeup. I`d rather be pretty with a freshly washed face than one that comes off if it gets wet.
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isisaquaria 8-26-2008 @ 12:52AM
RC
It may not about being a "sea witch" --or lack of self esteem....
I think for most women, married or not, mothers or not---it is about five minutes or so to yourself.
For me personally, I do not like short hair so mine is long-my huisband also prefers such. For all he does for me, keeping my hair long and a fresh face is the least I can do.
When called upon to stand at his side as his wife, a little glamour never hurts. I get to see him in his dress blues and out of them(; so why not give myself more.
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Rosslynn Carpenter 8-26-2008 @ 3:18PM
I have no problem with taking the time to do a quick makeup session, but if I am only dropping my kids off in the car pool line and then coming home to clean house, I will not take the time to do my makeup. When I go out with my family, I do take a few moments to put makeup on, and if my husband and I go out together I do take a while longer to do my makeup. But we were talking about everyday when your not going somewhere special. I would rather take that time and hang out with my kids singing songs, dancing or looking at their newest webkinz........
As for short hair vs long hair it is a personal preference but when people or put down for their choices and told they are ugly that just shows a lack of self esteem in the other person. My step daughter cut her hair and her mom and stepdad told her she looks ugly and only real bueautiful girls have long hair.......I mean come on.
One of the other women here said that she looks younger without makeup because she has chosen not to wear makeup on a daily basis and her skin is better for it.....she's right.....makeup everyday is not good for your skin and makes you look older than you really are. My skin is great with no blemishes or large pores or wrinkles. What I do splurge on is 2x's a year I go and get a light acid peel with vermabrasion done (to even out skin tone and slough of dead cells) which leaves my skin nice enough not to need makeup daily.
There are other ways to make your self beautiful and attractive daily without needing to add all the stuff to your face.
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