This is not about guys wearing makeup. Rather, it's about their opinion of makeup.
We all know that one guy can't speak for ten, and ten guys can't speak for them all. But I don't think it's impossible to know a general opinion.

This may be a controversial topic, especially here, where makeup can be a staple in style. This topic isn't to demean makeup. In fact, I love makeup, and I'll wear it regardless of what guys think, because I wear it for myself, not them...usually. Lol

Know that, yes, I am generalizing, for the sake of simplicity, and this not turning out to be a research journal lol.

So here it goes: guys don't like makeup the same way we do. We think we're making ourselves more beautiful, or enhancing our beauty, or enhancing our features (eyes, lips, etc), and I agree with this as well. Guys don't deny that. But they also like to know what you look like without your makeup, and often times, they like you better with less makeup on. The only exception may be mascara, because it can be done very naturally. Although, my older brother (who is brutally honest) has told me he thinks I look pretty with no eyemakeup on at all, too. Guys like a natural look, I think, because it feels more real, possibly.
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My brother had a picture very similar to this on his iPhone with the caption "It's like...Transformers!" under it. Yes, I know, it's not very nice. He didn't make the picture, just to let you guys know. But he showed it to some of our guy friends two nights ago and they didn't say things like "Wow, that's hot" or "pretty" or anything like that. They were shocked at the after picture. "It's kinda creepy," one of them said. They honestly didn't like it. A little makeup, they don't mind, and some eye makeup doesn't bother them. But they don't like when girls change the structure of their face with makeup, and change the size of their eyes so dramatically. One time a guy told me about the kind of girl he wants to marry: "When I wake up the morning after, and my wife's not wearing any makeup, I'd like to be able to recognize her that way."
I find that girls care more about each other's makeup than guys do. That's worded a little funny, but you get the point. When guys come over to my house to hang out with me and my brothers, if I don't have makeup on, I usually don't bother putting any on. Maybe just a few swipes of mascara. The guys seem to not even notice. I know they do, but they just don't care. It's actually a really nice feeling, because I have terrible acne and get red splotches on my face, and I can cover it up with makeup, but they guys don't care even when I don't cover it up. Guys like it, in a way, when you're willing to not wear makeup around them.

And I'm going to stop now before I actually make the beginnings of an essay lol.
Any thoughts on this? Even if they're contrary, I'd like to hear them!

my husband preferred that i wear makeup...he said it made me more pretty and he thought it would make me feel better about myself...which it doesnt bc i am not good at applying it...but i have heard of guys who like girls with little to no makeup at all bc they think girls who wear alot are 'fake' or 'trying too hard'....i would wear it more often if i was better at applying it and i didnt have such bad acne...

Yeah this is controversial. I know some guys who prefer girls to wear makeup. Then I know some who just don't get why we wear it in the first place.

What is comes down to though, if you decide to wear makeup, is that you should be doing it because YOU like the way it looks and not worry about what some guy is going to think. If he's bothered by the idea of you making yourself look a way that you enjoy, he's not worth it anyways.

RozeMaiden wrote: Yeah this is controversial. I know some guys who prefer girls to wear makeup. Then I know some who just don't get why we wear it in the first place. What is comes down to though, if you decide to wear makeup, is that you should be doing it because YOU like the way it looks and not worry about what some guy is going to think. If he's bothered by the idea of you making yourself look a way that you enjoy, he's not worth it anyways.

amen sister!

My hubby doesn't care eaither way. I don't wear make up to work and he likes how I look in my uniform, but he likes it when I get dressed up too.

My father once said that many girls in Japan nowadays, and mind you he's not speaking for the general population, wear so much make-up around the eyes to the point where it drastically changes the look in terms of shape, and size. He wishes that most girls would just accept their natural Japaense beauty. It's really the big eye fad which bothers me the most. Obviously not all Japanese have the same eye shape, but there is a particular, and very unique feature which is attributed to a Japanese person that can be seen by the shape of their eyes. 

I wish that people would accept their natural beauty for what it is. I feel like sometimes that make-up is like a mask. I don't often wear make-up, it's sometimes really troublesome to want to get up early in the morning before class and apply it, haha

lovelycatcafe wrote: My father once said that many girls in Japan nowadays, and mind you he's not speaking for the general population, wear so much make-up around the eyes to the point where it drastically changes the look in terms of shape, and size. He wishes that most girls would just accept their natural Japaense beauty. It's really the big eye fad which bothers me the most. Obviously not all Japanese have the same eye shape, but there is a particular, and very unique apperance which is attributed to a Japanese person that can be seen i the shape of their eyes.  I wish that people would accept their natural beauty for what it is. I feel like sometimes that make-up is like a mask. I don't often wear make-up, it's sometiems really troublesome to want to get up early in the morning before class and apply it, haha

well said! :)

Imo, too much make-up is cheating. I mean, you can cover up a spot, sure, you can put on a little rouge on your cheeks too look healthy, and it's still your own features. But when you do the whole transforming thing, it's not really your own face anymore. It's basically like plastic surgery, but not permanent, but if you do it every day... why not just change your face forever. -_-

Basically, most men want to know what you actually look like. If he's worth your time he'll love you when he knows, but he won't be upset if you wanna put on too much makeup. He might give you his opinion on it though, good or bad.


I hardly ever wear any other makeup than a little rouge. Oh, and I draw on my eyebrows, 'cause I sorta removed them while stressed. But it's not a problem for me if people see me unmaked.
I also love playing with makeup, doing extreme makes like the old visual-kei scene, but that's not something I wear every day..

Oh the MAF community is so cool! If I'd posted this in another forum, I feel like I might've got more negative responses. You girls are great ;)

Personally, I wear makeup everyday. I always wear foundation, because, like I said, I've got red splotches right now and acne. I cover up, and try hard to make it look natural. I do wear blush(rouge, because I'm pale, and it helps give me color and a healthy look (my pale isn't a "glowing" pale, it's more of a dull one). I wear mascara everyday, but I vary in intensity. I don't always wear eyeliner or eyeshadow.

@ Evig: I really like the way you said this: "too much makeup is cheating". Honestly, I think the same way. There's nothing wrong with enhancing your eyes with mascara and such, and there's nothing wrong with using blush to highlight your cheekbones and add a healthy glow. But to change the shape of your nose, eyes, etc...It makes me sad :( Guys don't really think that highly of girls who cake on makeup like that. I know, because I've heard them talk about it. (Again, though, I can only speak for the guys I know. But I know a lot of guys.)

@ lovelycatcafe: I agree! I have a few Korean friends, and so I'm very in to their culture, as well as Japan's. I think girls there (both places) have beautiful eyes! I'm an American, but really, when they do their eyes to be big, they turn out even bigger than mine, or any other person I know! It looks cool most of the time, but it's just not natural, and guys definitely pick up one that. I think the majority of guys like girls to look real. Most of the guys I know actually think Asian girls have "sexy" eyes lol!

I should add that most guys I know like it when girls dress up and do more dramatic makeup for them, on a date or something. It makes them feel special, cause she's dressing up for them ;) My friend Yun-Su (a guy, lol) compliments me a lot on my eyes, when I've got dramatic eyemakeup, and when I've only got on mascara, too.

And yes, agreeing with you girls, don't wear makeup just to please a guy! There's nothing wrong with, say, wearing pink eyeshadow when you're meeting a guy who's told you he likes that color on you. I often wear darker eyemakeup when I hang out with one of my guy friends, because he's told me he likes that look. But, if I just don't feel like wearing darker eyemakeup, or I want to wear another color, I do.

When you're only wearing makeup to make a guy interested in you, that's not good. Wear it for yourself! If a guy doesn't like you because your face isn't unearthly gorgeous, he's really shallow, and he'll probably hit a mid-life crisis the moment he gets one gray hair lol. Guys who like you for YOU won't care if your face has flaws. They don't love you for your face, they love you for YOU. Guys who aren't shallow are usually really accepting of people's appearance.

Amen, sister!

 This is a wonderful topic c: I could just repeat everything you girls said but I don't see a need. I'd just like to say that I agree that it really just depends on the person. In my opionion, everyone is beautiful with or without makeup. Makeup is meant to bring your features forward; although, many people put on a mask that just blurs their natural face.

 I usually only put makeup on when I actually leave the house or if my boyfriend comes over.(Sometimes I skip out on putting some on when we hang out) He always says I look better without it and that he'd actually prefer me not to wear any.

 I usually just even out my skin and conceal the redness on my face along with a little eye make-up, nothing too exaggerated. I do like to play in my makeup when I'm really bored and make crazy eye shadow and liner. :>