When did you start wearing makeup?
 

Parents Who Don't Remember Sneaking Makeup Into School Horrified At Wal-Mart

First off, I don't think you can say that "Disney Princesses" or "Crayola" is a MAKEUP line. I'm guessing (since I don't do walmart) that it's like the Barbie stuff we used to have - very light cologne, bubble bath and maybe a lip balm. So comparing a line that has mascara and blush and eyeshadow to something like that is just silly.

To answer the title of the thread, I think we were 7 or 8 when we started buying nail polish and 9 or 10 when we got into the Lip Smackers. Plus I also bought the occasional face mask or whatever. But that was it for a LONG time. If I had ever put eye makeup on at age 8, my mother would have had a coronary.

I didn't start until I was 21!

A friend of mine staged an intervention and forced me to go to House of Fraser in Glasgow and get myself done. It was needed! We went to the Benefit counter and I got some nice makeup done.

Frankly, if I had started playing with makeup at 11, I think my mom would have been relieved!

Still don't, because I'm neither very good at it, nor very interested. My big did my makeup for events more because she wanted to than because I wanted to.

But the little kid makeup I remember the most was the Tinkerbell peel off nail polish. I'd put that on and peel it off over and over.

Ugh. My mom had me in poofy ball gowns, makeup and curls since I could walk. She was really into the idea of getting me into pageants. 5 year old me was no longer amused with this, threw a fit and vowed never to wear a dress again. I think she was a little crushed. :(
Then I pretty much only wore makeup for dance class photos and recitals.

I transitioned to day to day makeup when I was in 7th grade, but only a little mascara and blush then, and after that it was probably 9th grade that I started actually doing my makeup every day (mostly).

I would use a light powder or lip gloss when I was 12 or 13 but I didn't start doing the heavier stuff till high school.

I could wear kiddy-nailpolish when I was 10 and started wearing make-up when I was 13.
My mother (and older sister) don't wear any make-up so I learned about that in highschool.

My nieces (2 and 5) are very much into make-up though, especially nailpolish. My sister only lets the 5-year-old wear the kiddy stuff occasionly.

I think the thing I got into first was Lip Smackers (around 4th or 5th grade...so around 9 or 10). I remember this trio I got...one was a white peppermint one, one was a red berry one and the other was a purple grape one.

I was never too into nail polish because I'm a lifetime nail biter. But my friends started getting into it around this time too.

From ages 10-11 my friends and I would give each other "makeovers" and sleep overs, but those were something that would not leave the house. Thank goodness too because that's the time hair mascara was popular at Claire's and the Icing. I specifically remember a picture of my best friend who had a blue streak in her hair with blue eyeshadow, blue lipstick and blue nail polish. Not sure why we thought putting out favorite colors everywhere was a good look.

I think by the time I was 12 I started wanting to wear make up. My parents weren't thrilled by that, so I think we settled on mascara and lipgloss. I think when I turned 13, I think I was allowed to wear a bit more, like eyeshadow too. My parents did put their foot down when I went overboard though. They made me go back to the bathroom and wash my face before going out because I had too much eyeliner on. By the time I got to high school they were fine with my make up.

Throughout high school & college, I was never a huge make up wearer. The only thing I would wear on a daily basis was concealer, if I needed it. I went to an all girls high school so it definitely wasn't needed during the week. I always wore it when I would go out on the weekends though. College was about the same.

I love wearing make up, but I'm usually too lazy for it. Kind of weird I know. I'm trying to get myself in the habit of wearing make up to work now, which is hard because I NEVER did that an any job/internships (I value my sleep in the morning over extra time for make up, lol). But I'm realizing that just a little bit will make me look a little more put together. So now it's usually a light foundation, blush, mascara and lipgloss.

I had lip gloss, loose powder, and a peachy neutral eye shadow in 6th grade, though I wore it occassionally not everyday.

I wore makeup daily at 15. My mother made me an appointment at the local Clinique counter for skincare & makeup how to's (and some nice purchases!).

I started wearing makeup in highschool. I think I was like 15. I didn't wear a lot, just eyeliner, pretty much. I still don't wear much. I don't think I really need to.

I had all the play make up like Lip Smackers and peel off nail polish (and kiddie perfume until I came up allergic to it) when I was a little kid but then began trying to wear this godawful metallic lipstick in about the 6th grade. My mom didn't allow me to wear make up to school (I could play with it at home, but had to wash it off before school or church), so I would sneak it. Then after the 6th grade play when she took me to Clinique with her to get a make over for my stage make up I started trying to wear blush, mascara, and eyeshadow. She eventually gave in on the mascara, but didn't allow me to wear anything else to school until I got into the junior high. I started wearing base make up then because my skin wasn't very good, and then began to wear eyeshadow. I was allowed that much but she wouldn't allow the black raccoon eyeliner all the other girls wore and I pitched fits about it until high school. She said it looked horrible and of course I realized around about 16 she was right (and by then just about every other girl in the class realized how bad it looked, too) and scaled down my make up though I still wore foundation and powder every day because I was self conscious about my skin.

Looking back I realize I probably made my skin worse by wearing all of that make up daily and of course it didn't look good. On the other hand it all had SPF so I guess I was at least inadvertently wearing sunscreen every day. I now wear light mineral make up and mascara every day, and occasionally a sheer shadow...I think my mom was right to put the restrictions on me that she did but I'm glad she let me experiment with it at home when I was a kid. I still like playing with make up, just without blue metallic eyeshadow or spider-lashes ;). I don't see anything wrong with letting kids play around with it. It's like playing dress up.

At 8, my mom would give me all the Avon samples that she got from the Avon lady for me to PLAY with. We played dress up then. We did silly makeovers at sleep overs. It wasn't serious make up wearing and I doubt this would be either. At 12, lip gloss became all the rage (clear gloss...lol) and it was flavored.. Kissables maybe was the name? My mom let me wear it. When I wanted to really wear makeup on a daily basis as I was entering 8th grade, she took me to a Mary Kay party (didn't seem like the devil back then FWIW) where I learned how to apply it, what colors were good for me, etc. I just don't see kids that age wearing it regularly.

Hehehe.

Lip gloss/liner around 12-13 (back when black/dark lipliner was all the rage). Outside of that my mother would not have any of it. But! As long as I had my own money to pay for it, she let me get acrylics at 16. WTF.
I tried eyeshadow around freshman year of college, could get the concept of blending and such.
I also never got into lipstick. Always been a lipgloss type of girl.

I just started getting into makeup within the past couple of years. I won't even lie, it is 100% driven by being in a sorority--doesn't everyone have that one "OMGZ MAC <333" sister? I wouldnt have recognized the dolled-up me if I saw myself before that. Even now, i wear a light powder, eyeshadow, eyeliner (can't get the hand of pencil, sticking to liquid) and lipgloss. Even donned some fake lashes for a party a few weeks back.

It gets really expensive - I try to keep it as basic as possible, though my foundation is Mac.

I was always super-girlie. My mom always let me play with her makeup with I was little, and she got me the silly little girl makeup kits too. I started using real makeup around 5th or 6th grade. I didn't start wearing it on a daily basis until high school. I was never into the gaudy eyeshadow colors or anything like that, I always kept it pretty toned down. My parents never had a problem with it.

I still wear makeup every day, even when I have to wake up early. My 7-minute makeup routine is a daily ritual, I don't feel ready to go without it!

I was 12 and starting 7th grade when I started wearing makeup regularly. My mom took me to the Macy's to get my first items and I really only wore colors that looked natural.

play makeup at 6 and almost daily makeup at 13 (highschool)