birthday party idea for tween -- makeup? skin care?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tween? So we are talking 10-12? I think this is too young to be pushing and glorifying a bunch of cosmetics and skincare products. You are sending a messaging that they need and should wear makeup if they want to be beautiful. Skincare is slightly different, but for the practical purpose of caring for the skin, they don’t need to be doing anything other than washing, moisturizing (maybe)
And sunscreen

[Anonymous]

This is OP. It would be for a 13th bday

[Anonymous]

And yes my kid is into this already

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tween? So we are talking 10-12? I think this is too young to be pushing and glorifying a bunch of cosmetics and skincare products. You are sending a messaging that they need and should wear makeup if they want to be beautiful. Skincare is slightly different, but for the practical purpose of caring for the skin, they don’t need to be doing anything other than washing, moisturizing (maybe)
And sunscreen

Oh please. It's one birthday party. And no harm in them learning about skin care. DD rarely wears make up but when she does it is applied properly. I think this is a great idea.

My 12 year old would hate this but she's probably not invited.
A lot of her classmates go way overboard in makeup though so maybe learning a lighter touch could be good

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tween? So we are talking 10-12? I think this is too young to be pushing and glorifying a bunch of cosmetics and skincare products. You are sending a messaging that they need and should wear makeup if they want to be beautiful. Skincare is slightly different, but for the practical purpose of caring for the skin, they don’t need to be doing anything other than washing, moisturizing (maybe)
And sunscreen

Oh please. It's one birthday party. And no harm in them learning about skin care. DD rarely wears make up but when she does it is applied properly. I think this is a great idea.

My 12 year old would hate this but she's probably not invited.
A lot of her classmates go way overboard in makeup though so maybe learning a lighter touch could be good

Well you can’t really do a make up party have the tutorial be use this lip gloss and cheek stain. That takes all of 2 minutes. Of course it is going to be some elaborate YouTube like tutorial

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elodie's Naturals would be perfect for you!

Has anyone actually ever done her classes/camps. I see her touting herself on MONA all the time, but don't actually know anything about her other than "ooooh la la, I'm French"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tween? So we are talking 10-12? I think this is too young to be pushing and glorifying a bunch of cosmetics and skincare products. You are sending a messaging that they need and should wear makeup if they want to be beautiful. Skincare is slightly different, but for the practical purpose of caring for the skin, they don’t need to be doing anything other than washing, moisturizing (maybe)
And sunscreen

Oh please. It's one birthday party. And no harm in them learning about skin care. DD rarely wears make up but when she does it is applied properly. I think this is a great idea.

My 12 year old would hate this but she's probably not invited.
A lot of her classmates go way overboard in makeup though so maybe learning a lighter touch could be good

This. Mine is 0% into makeup, etc., but the same is true for all of her friends. I think the girls who care more about fashion, etc. at this age tend to flock together.
Fwiw, my daughter’s group typically does movies & general goofing around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tween? So we are talking 10-12? I think this is too young to be pushing and glorifying a bunch of cosmetics and skincare products. You are sending a messaging that they need and should wear makeup if they want to be beautiful. Skincare is slightly different, but for the practical purpose of caring for the skin, they don’t need to be doing anything other than washing, moisturizing (maybe)
And sunscreen

Oh please. It's one birthday party. And no harm in them learning about skin care. DD rarely wears make up but when she does it is applied properly. I think this is a great idea.

My 12 year old would hate this but she's probably not invited.
A lot of her classmates go way overboard in makeup though so maybe learning a lighter touch could be good

This. Mine is 0% into makeup, etc., but the same is true for all of her friends. I think the girls who care more about fashion, etc. at this age tend to flock together.
Fwiw, my daughter’s group typically does movies & general goofing around.

My friends and I were the same. No interest in makeup at 12 or even 13

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tween? So we are talking 10-12? I think this is too young to be pushing and glorifying a bunch of cosmetics and skincare products. You are sending a messaging that they need and should wear makeup if they want to be beautiful. Skincare is slightly different, but for the practical purpose of caring for the skin, they don’t need to be doing anything other than washing, moisturizing (maybe)
And sunscreen

Oh please. It's one birthday party. And no harm in them learning about skin care. DD rarely wears make up but when she does it is applied properly. I think this is a great idea.

My 12 year old would hate this but she's probably not invited.
A lot of her classmates go way overboard in makeup though so maybe learning a lighter touch could be good

This. Mine is 0% into makeup, etc., but the same is true for all of her friends. I think the girls who care more about fashion, etc. at this age tend to flock together.
Fwiw, my daughter’s group typically does movies & general goofing around.

Yeah, you have to know your audience. My kid and her friends would definitely prefer something active, or just hanging out, to skincare and makeup. But clearly that’s not universal.

[Anonymous]

Why not just have an ear piercing party while you’re at it?!

[Anonymous]

Ears already all pierced. But thanks for your concern.

Elodie's Naturals has a form on the website. But it doesn't seem to be working. Was a nice thought. Next!

[Anonymous]

Why do you want to encourage makeup use for tweens? That’s so unnecessary and it sends the wrong message to kids who should be valued for how they look naturally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did a spa party years ago. We had stations at home. They made their own bath salts, made face pasta and used them. Soaked their feet in tubs and I hired a neighborhood teen to paint toenails. Was pretty fun! I had a quiet room with spa music going where some soaked while others made the bath salts I think. We set it up as rotating stations and then they are and hung out.

What is face pasta and how do you use it?

[Anonymous]

Mark Kay ladies would do this, lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you want to encourage makeup use for tweens? That’s so unnecessary and it sends the wrong message to kids who should be valued for how they look naturally.

Yes, it’s perfectly fine for tween/teen girls to go makeup free, but the shaming of girls who want to wear makeup and enjoy experimenting with it needs to stop.