how old to start wearing make-up?

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Anonymous wrote:Before 6th grade: regular lip balm
6th grade: tinted lip balm, clear mascara, concealer if needed
9th grade: everything else

Sorry but concealer in 6th grade????

Yes, for pimples.

Because covering your face with makeup to hide acne, with the end result of making her skin even worse is a winning strategy.

Putting a dot of concealer on a pimple is not "covering your face with makeup". Get a grip.

Someone with acne bad enough that it needs to be concealed is going to need a whole lot of "dots", and if she doesn't want to look crazy she will have to blend it and extend it outside of the "dot"...get real

Yeah, no. You can have a single pimple that you want to conceal, especially at that age. I'm not sure why this is such a difficult concept for you to understand.

I guess I just don't buy into the idea that they will use makeup to cover that one pimple and not apply is elsewhere. Maybe I have read "if you give a mouse a cookie" too often, hehe... we will just have to agree to disagree

Let's do that

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Why the investment in controlling what our kids look like? Assuming it's not a dress code violation, makeup seems harmless to me and that seems like something that should be their choice.

Give advice on what might look most flattering, or how to take care of their skin, sure. But I'm not going to tell them what makeup they can where when, unless there's a compelling outside practical reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would say ok to lip gloss with very light coloring if any, but not anything else, and def. not mascara. It smears during the day and she'll look gawdawful.

Honey, you need better mascara.

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I think it all depends on how much help your daughter needs to look attractive.