Women with "morning hair" and no makeup.......

La vie en rose I seem to recall another makeup thread that you chimed in on, and I recall you making the same kind of egregious comments on that thread as well. (As an example, calling woman without makeup dumpy. Woman without makeup do not look dumpy. What would your reaction be if I said all lwomen with makeup looked like prostitutes?) It seems the topic of makeup is a trigger of some kind for you.

Please tell us why you react so strongly to the topic. Did you grow up in a church with a standard against makeup or a home where your parents loudly and profusely advocated makeup?

i think it's safe to say we each have a preference, but it's important to NOT generalize.

my husband met me with no make up. my thinking was, "i'm presenting the real me." i'm not anti-make up. i'm just lazy about make up lol. but also, i grew up in a home with no make up. my mom doesn't wear it. my sister doesn't wear it. i don't wear it. i'm not sloppy about myself, but i'm not into fashion either.

and my husband is OK with all this because i, melita, am his preference. the only time he has seen me with make up is on our wedding day.

if a woman wants to be all dolled up - go for it.
if a woman doesn't wanna wear make up - go for it.

a godly man is going to love his wife as Christ loves the church. a godly man is going to look for character.

i say preferences are ok, but it shouldn't be a demand/requirement.

But what if I DEMAND that my (hypothetical) wife make up her mind? What if she is stuck trying to decide whether to use makeup or not and I don't really care which she chooses but I DEMAND she make up her mind because we're going to be late for the party?

i don't have an answer for you, lynx. my husband's struggle is, "where do you wanna go eat?" and i answer, "i don't know. as long as it's not taco bell, i'm ok with whatever you choose."

hehe.

no more mask for me, but was there many years ago...

Melita I'm going to start a restaurant named "I don't care."

"Where do you want to go?"
"I don't care."

Problem solved. They'll come to my restaurant and get a good homemade burger (made with real ground beef, NOT premade frozen patties) on a sourdough hamburger bun.

That is why a poor woman need a husband as her head.

I'd go to your restaurant.

Then again, I'd go anywhere; I don't care.

Have you ever seen those artists who draw caricatures of people?

One time my husband and I sat and had someone draw our caricatures. We were in our early 40s. We were talking to the guy as he did his thing and asked if it was easier to draw young people or older people. He said older people because they have more character in their faces.

I looked at my husband and said "did you hear that? we don't have wrinkles. we have character!!!"

And that's what i tell people to this day. i don't have wrinkles ... i have character.

Something else I got from my son --- one day he told me my hair was getting "richer". I said "huh?" He said "yeah, you've got silver in your hair." So much nicer to think of having silver lining my hair than having gray hair. I know, silly. but works for me. And, I earned every strand of silver in my hair raising 3 teenagers!!!

There’s no doubt about it that “made up” people grab your attention. I mean, that’s exactly what make-up, accessories, hair styles, cologne, colorful clothing, etc., are supposed to do, right?

However, compliments about my physical features feed my flesh. And my flesh is never satisfied. Neither is anyone else’s. Whatever we have to do to grab someone’s attention, we’ll have to continue to do to keep their attention, right? The world is a continuous competition, a never-ending game of, "I need to get noticed and fit in." Advertisers bank on those insecurities.

On the other hand, being admired for having Christ-like attributes nurtures my heart & spirit. It nourishes my soul when somebody looks me in the eyes and recognizes genuine love in me. I know it’s God’s love they are seeing. And each time someone tells me I’m kind or compassionate, I rejoice with the Lord knowing full well it’s Him reaching people thru me.

You got a very good man in your husband. He certainly loves you very much, even when you think that you look like a train wreck he says that your beautiful and the thing is that he believes this in his heart.

Maybe he can order a pizza for the two of you, preferably from Papa John's. Better Ingredients - Better Pizza - Papa John's

I concur

I don’t think she responded too strongly

she gave her opinion but she didn’t insist that all women must wear makeup
I don’t believe there is any home that either profusely advocates or refuses makeup. I’m not sure it’s a major topic to most

women who want to wear makeup should be allowed to wear make up
women who don’t want to wear makeup should be allowed not to wear makeup

and I challenge any man to tell her otherwise!


so there!!!

LOL

You wore makeup?
isnt blue writing representative of a male poster?

Boy lynx...what confidence you have in women.
Believe me. We are very much aware of deadlines and aren’t just puttering around caring nothing about watching the time

The thing about this member is that it is actually a husband / wife team although it's usually harder to know which one is responding. In the case of this post I would surmise that his better half responded. Yeah, it gets confusing as they rarely mention whether it's the husband or the wife that is writing the post.

HA HA HA. Thanks for the clarification!!

I don’t wear make up (except for the eye liner and mascara occasionally) but again, that’s my choice. Only time I’ve worn full makeup was when I was a bridesmaid for my cousins wedding.

I don’t have anything against women who wear makeup routinely either.

One thing I do know is that we are fairfully and wonderfully made in God’s image

The age old conversation:

Girl: I like to wear makeup. I think I look better in it.
Guy: You do not look better. I think you look better natural.
Girl: Oh, you just say that.

The age old misunderstanding:

Guys! Unless we're married to you, we're not interested in what you think . WE prefer to wear makeup. WE like the way we look in it.
Girls! A lot of guys really do prefer less/no makeup. Generally, IN THEIR ESTIMATION, women are nicer looking without makeup. But honestly, we don't care what they think!