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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is fine if she wears one thing (gloss or mascara etc). I am not on board with the cover your face because your natural face can't be seen view of make up that leads to women always wearing make up and not leaving the house without it. I find that very unhealthy to have to hide your own face and so I wouldn't support the full face look but a dab of this or that - fine. [/quote]

And, yet, you're not allowing her body autonomy and shaming women who make different choices.[/quote]
+1000. Just as it was wrong back in the day to look down on girls/women who didn’t wear makeup, this present day attitude toward girls and women who enjoy wearing makeup is also wrong. If wearing makeup is something my tween/teen enjoys, it’s fine with me, and it’s also fine if they choose not to. [/quote]

OP here.  Thanks for all the responses - points for me to think about.  Think some previous posters assumed I was responding above but that wasn't me.  That said, in response to PP, I think there is a big difference between wearing some make up outside of school and wearing it to school.  We are talking about a 13yo, not a 16 or 17yo.  She is a child and school should not be a beauty parade.  Maybe if she was 16, I would still feel the same.  I see 16yo girls at DS16's school wearing shorts that reveal their bums and with lowcut tops and it hardly strikes me that they are striking a blow for bodily autonomy and freedom of expression.  Bit sad to see that in school.

I take the points about girls sneaking off to apply make up in the school bathrooms.  There is a clearly a compromise we need to reach and I recognise I have to give some ground. Seems it is a matter of figuring out where the sensible limits lie.[/quote]

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