c.c Last time I touched make-up, I ended up with "indian war paint" and my mother chasing me through the house screaming at me.. ^.^;

my mom started letting me play with her make up that was left over from her collage theater class when i was like 6 ish... (dont worry the make up wasnt to old) but she would wash some off if we put on to much then had to go some where. i went for a few years with just tan eye shodows and light pink or brown lip stick for a few years... now im 16 and though i hate putting on make up when im just staying around the house when i go out i always have on black eye liner and mascara.... (i changed my image a few years ago lolz... some one said im kinda like a goth/ punk rock/ nice girl when it come to clothes) and clear lip gloss because my pale lips go great with the dark eye make up... but i dont go crazy... and i dont use colors that clash... so i guess it really depends on how good you are at putting it on... if you really need it... if you are ok at picking colors that highlight (im like paper white so the black really makes it stand out)... and how old you arre... if you are to young and you wear really dark stuff it might look tacky... so... ya i wrote this whole thing and found out i dont really have an opinion. XD

i say lip glosses and a little bit of eye shadow starting in seventh grade and once in highschool or sixteen you can go all out on it. if they start wearing it too young, they get hooked and obsessed with perfection and looks. by starting later, they're better at accepting their looks.

I say when they hit puberty =P I used makeup since 11 or 12 but mostly just to cover up acne >.<

Im okk with my kids exploring makeup. My nice shes 5 she plays in it but shes not allowed to ware it outside. <br /> <br /> Kids are going to want to do what there moms do. They see there mom dressing up and putting on makeup they will want to as well. Its just kids being kids, so let them be kids.<br /> <br /> As for when they should be allowed to ware makeup outside the home and going to school with it on. I think that depends on the kid in question and there maturity level. If a 16 year old acts like a 5 year old and slaps on as much as possible then no. if a 13 year old understands its not to cover up every detail on her face and is to inhance her natural looks then yes. <br /> <br /> That make sence at all?

I've been wearing makeup since I was 12. My stepmother made me.<br /> <br /> I don't consider lip gloss to be makeup. It's more like better looking/tasting chapstick. <br /> <br /> I think it's important to let your kid explore makeup whenever they take the interest in it. If they're younger, eventually they'll forget about it. If they're older, well, by the time it matters, they'll know how to put it on. <br /> <br /> I've always been different than most other kids though, I only wear little eyeliner and mascara. Used to be a lot of eyeliner and mascara. But I've never had acne or problem skin, so I've never worn foundation or concealer. Most of the girls at my high school would cake it on. Their skin looked fake. But when they took it off, it was scary. <br /> <br /> The point of makeup is to accentuate what you already have, not paint on a new face. In my case, I have dark and long eyelashes, naturally bright lips, big eyes and clear skin. I'm lucky. I can go without makeup if I want to. And not everyone is that fortunate. <br /> <br /> It's important for you to be confident about how you look and love yourself no matter what. Telling a girl (or boy, for that matter) that they can't wear makeup when they want to, especially at an older age, can seriously harm their self esteem. <br /> <br /> Plus, it's so much fun to play with. I can do makeup wilder than Ke$ha's and more natural than Katy Perry's.

I think things like coverup [when they're older] would be fine, but idk about lil kids and makeup :(

Yeah, that's the only real concern I have with that. I really think people need to press natural beauty more than anything. It's hard to do with ads and everything the way they are now. :/

mm yeah but I've seen my lil cousin when she puts on makeup. She says its to "look pretty". I just don't think that makeup = pretty is something I would want instilled into a child.

I should probably point out that when I say they can wear makeup, I don't mean things like <a href="http://www.matthimes.com/images/baby.jpg">this</a>. I mean really? That just isn't safe or cute at all.<br /> <br /> Stuff like <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZpRh1aOH4o4/TNiwKws9dWI/AAAAAAAAADI/Emiezdln308/s1600/DSCN4416.JPG">this</a> doesn't seem like there is anything wrong with it, imo.