so true

If you wash it off nightly, your skin will be fine, especially if you use natural cosmetics. It can also be applied in ways that don't look caked on and horrible. And if you're not putting it on with a spatula, it actually only takes 5 minutes. And not everyone has one inch eyelashes - some people need mascara. Not to mention the fact that a lot of the "natural" girls a guy wants are actually wearing make-up - they just applied it the right way so you can't really tell. As far as her dad's comment, maybe he's just referring to the fact that she uses cover-up and is less pretty with her zits showing, or maybe he just wanted to put the kibosh on anyone at work thinking his daughter is hot. I don't know about any of you, but it always creeped me out when my dad's middle-aged co-workers hit on me. Maybe he was trying to stop that.

to your #3, NO ONE buys soo much makeup that they go into debt and borrrow money to pay for it! get real. for cigs it makes sense because people develop addictions but no one is addicted to makeup and also, theres a thing called foundation thats the right color for your skin, thats not too pale OR to orange! i know shocking right?

Thank you #51! I love you! I'm almost 23 and I've been wearing make-up ever since I was 14 (granted, back then it just started out with a tad of face powder*lol*) and my skin doesn't look horrible at all, I look perfectly fine without make-up and my husband actually thinks I look prettier without it. But I just have fun using make-up and I like trying different eyeshadows and such. Some people on here would be surprised how much make-up you can wear while still looking natural. Looking natural does NOT equal not wearing make-up.

Mauskau, you're THIRTEEN. What do you think you know about make-up? Your friends probably look "pale" or "orange" because they're also THIRTEEN, and have no idea what they're doing. WIth time, you get better at it, and it actually can improve your appearance without making you look like some kind of clown. Geeze, people. Everything in moderation. Something tells me that a bit of mineral powder and some mascara isn't going to cause me to fall into debt, destroy my skin, ruin my chances of ever finding love.

1. If you knew ANYTHING about cosmetics, you would know that 99.9% of beauty suppliers make makeup that doesn't harm your skin. Many brands now are even GOOD for your skin! Mineral makeup not only protects your skin with natural SPF, but it has natural minerals that nourish your skin. Even if you are wearing normal makeup, it won't damage your skin if you wash your face, like #51 said. Do some research before you make general statements like that. 2. How does it make you look horrendously fake if you do it right? more people than you know wear makeup. What does this have to do with getting a date? Are you seriously saying that you wouldn't put on makeup before a date?! 3. If you are borrowing money from people to buy MAKEUP, you have bigger problems than liking makeup. That's called a disorder. 4. I have never heard of ANYONE spending 6 hours to put on makeup. 1/2 an hour for special occasions? yes. but seriously, what could possibly take 2 hours to put on? and then 2 hours to adjust later?! That makes no sense. 5. not all foundation turns you ghost white or orange. ¬¬ 6. um, I think I will.

The only reason make-up ruins skin is because people scrub at their face trying to take it off. I only wear mascara, but I let it wash off in the shower so I don't have to tear at my eyes trying to get it all off. I don't wear foundation. I've never been tan in my life. The rest of the comment was too long so I didn't read it. That was the only part I caught.