Ideal Bite

I've always been an anti-makeup girl; still am. If women knew that makeup gives you wrinkles, they wouldn't pile on so much of the gunk. All it does is clog your pores and your skin can't breathe. As for those who like the "natural" look in makeup, well, what's "natural" about wearing makeup, anyway? If you're going to go for the "natural" look, don't wear makeup in the FIRST place! I've never been a makeup wearer, and I've never been a sun worshiper, which is perhaps at least part of the reason why now, in my early 50s, I'm still pretty much wrinkle free.

That's all well and good Linda, but I look like hell with no makeup. I've always kept out of the sun, but I have uneven skin tone with a lot of redness. And there are two things that will survive the apocalypse -- cockroaches and my dark circles. So unless I want to go around looking like a zombie with people asking me if I'm OK, SOME makeup is a must for me. I just try to avoid the usual suspects like parabens, waxes, etc.

I'm kind of in the middle on this subject. I don't wear make up every day, especially not at work. I'm not at work to catch a man, so why bother? Plus, I'm in the military, and honestly, I think it looks silly to wear make up with your uniform (unless you're in your A's, I wear makeup sometimes when I'm in my A's, but never with ACUs). As a matter of fact, I'd prefer not to catch a man at work, so the homelier I can look while there the better! I only wear make up on special occasions. The one product I do use every day is sunscreen. God bless sunscreen. I am very fair skinned and I'd look like a lobster all summer if I didn't use it. Also, the sun will age you just as fast as makeup will. Most of the women I know who cake on the most make up are doing it to try and cover the massive sun damage they've suffered. Stop sun tanning, and you'd save a ton of money and time on make up, geez. Not to mention the inevitable skin cancer. Also, if you're going to wear make up, its of dire importance that you remember to wash it off before you go to bed. Sleeping in make up will ruin your skin in a flash fried buffalo second.

Not to change the subject, but what is up with all the "buy gold" comments?? I have had 15 e-mails with it in them!! Something we don't know.....??

About that cocktail factoid: The hair dryer tag sounds silly, but this is a real danger. A family member died this way.

Kristy, what I'm talking about is wearing makeup just for the sake of wearing makeup, not about wearing makeup for the purpose of concealing skin flaws. Heck, I even use an under-eye concealer stick myself on occasion. :-)

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I agree with Linda, i don't wear make-up, too. I feel my skin can't breathe. fairings

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