Anonymous
Post 02/28/2014 10:18     Subject: Do you wear lipstick at work?
I do. I look better with it on and it's fun to wear.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2014 10:17     Subject: Do you wear lipstick at work?
I do wear it in the winter, the rest of my makeup is really neutral, so I sometimes wear red lipstick or fudge or wine colors. In summer I wear sheer ones. I'm 41 and work in a business casual environment.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2014 10:11     Subject: Do you wear lipstick at work?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I always wear lipstick, but that said, it also fades pretty quickly.

I am very pale and tend to have dark circles under my eyes, so I do not look finished or presentable unless I at least cover my undereye circles and even out my skin tone . . .and run some color over my lips.

If I don't do that, I look sickly and haggard. People start to ask me, "Are you ok? You look so tired!" which I always take as, "Oh no, I have to get some color on my face. . .STAT!"


ha ha! I am the same way. I like to wear a really light amount of make up, really subtle to hide that haggard look, and i'll get a lot of comments that I look nice today because they can't see the make up. Even from total strangers, "You have great skin." (No I don't but thank you....)


That's hilarious! I get that too! "You have such nice skin!" Umm, no, really, I do not, but thanks!! I'll take it!"

On another note, my sisters and I have all said: we HATE it when people say, "Ohhh, you look sooo tired. . ." b/c we really interpret that as an insult. Like, "you look like sh!t. Get some make-up on." LOL....
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2014 10:09     Subject: Do you wear lipstick at work?
No
I wear make up but i pretty much never wear lipstick
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2014 10:08     Subject: Do you wear lipstick at work?
I wear lipstick. I didn't when I was younger, but I am not 51 and people expect me to look at least a little polished. Anyway, I'm pretty ugly at this age, and it helps to avoid looking both ugly and unpolished. Right now I'm wearing L'Oreal "sugar plum". it is almost a non-color.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2014 10:07     Subject: Do you wear lipstick at work?
Anonymous wrote:I always wear lipstick, but that said, it also fades pretty quickly.

I am very pale and tend to have dark circles under my eyes, so I do not look finished or presentable unless I at least cover my undereye circles and even out my skin tone . . .and run some color over my lips.

If I don't do that, I look sickly and haggard. People start to ask me, "Are you ok? You look so tired!" which I always take as, "Oh no, I have to get some color on my face. . .STAT!"


ha ha! I am the same way. I like to wear a really light amount of make up, really subtle to hide that haggard look, and i'll get a lot of comments that I look nice today because they can't see the make up. Even from total strangers, "You have great skin." (No I don't but thank you....)
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2014 10:03     Subject: Do you wear lipstick at work?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People, swipe on some mascara and powder before you go to work. It doesn't matter how beautiful you are and how perfect your skin is. Would you go to work with a run in your tights or greasy, matted hair?

Bare faced=unpolished.



+100

And unless you are below the age of 25--none of you can get away with it. You really can't.


They all look 17 or 70 without it. You can't talk about make-up in DC. They assume you mean stripper make-up and fake lashes, not a bit of concealer. Just like heels = trashy and Dankos = smart.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2014 10:02     Subject: Do you wear lipstick at work?
I always wear lipstick, but that said, it also fades pretty quickly.

I am very pale and tend to have dark circles under my eyes, so I do not look finished or presentable unless I at least cover my undereye circles and even out my skin tone . . .and run some color over my lips.

If I don't do that, I look sickly and haggard. People start to ask me, "Are you ok? You look so tired!" which I always take as, "Oh no, I have to get some color on my face. . .STAT!"
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2014 10:01     Subject: Do you wear lipstick at work?
Anonymous wrote:People, swipe on some mascara and powder before you go to work. It doesn't matter how beautiful you are and how perfect your skin is. Would you go to work with a run in your tights or greasy, matted hair?

Bare faced=unpolished.



Oh well. I'm unpolished. There are worse things.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2014 10:01     Subject: Do you wear lipstick at work?
Anonymous wrote:People, swipe on some mascara and powder before you go to work. It doesn't matter how beautiful you are and how perfect your skin is. Would you go to work with a run in your tights or greasy, matted hair?

Bare faced=unpolished.



+100

And unless you are below the age of 25--none of you can get away with it. You really can't.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2014 10:01     Subject: Do you wear lipstick at work?
I never wore any make up. I worked in a male dominated field. If you want to be taken seriously in my field you can't wear make up or look like you spend a lot of time on shallow things.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2014 09:59     Subject: Do you wear lipstick at work?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People, swipe on some mascara and powder before you go to work. It doesn't matter how beautiful you are and how perfect your skin is. Would you go to work with a run in your tights or greasy, matted hair?

Bare faced=unpolished.


This has to be one of the more stupid things I have seen on this forum.


Oh please, you must have seen that post coming.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2014 09:58     Subject: Do you wear lipstick at work?
Anonymous wrote:People, swipe on some mascara and powder before you go to work. It doesn't matter how beautiful you are and how perfect your skin is. Would you go to work with a run in your tights or greasy, matted hair?

Bare faced=unpolished.


This has to be one of the more stupid things I have seen on this forum.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2014 09:57     Subject: Re:Do you wear lipstick at work?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I do not, but I don't wear lipstick.

I know my mom became obsessed with lipstick as she got older, thought it brought her color out, so maybe at some point I will dive into lipstick.

As for the poster that says it brings it all together, that is interesting. I find it pulls away. My best feature is my eyes. Also, I fully admit to not understanding lipstick. Its seems to just come off on everything - too high maintenance for me. But maybe I am missing something (or thinking back to the 80s when is probably the last time I tried it).


I wear tinted lipgloss to make my lips a more pink and even color. It is not shiny or sticky and very subtle. I think lipstick is aging. I rarely see women under 45 with lipstick.


Bright lipstick with minimal make-up (or the no-makeup-makeup look) has been a beauty trend for the past few years. I see it on young women all.the.time.

http://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/2013/02/pop-lips-spring-summer-2013-beauty-trend-matte-lipstick

Anonymous
Post 02/28/2014 09:57     Subject: Re:Do you wear lipstick at work?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I do not, but I don't wear lipstick.

I know my mom became obsessed with lipstick as she got older, thought it brought her color out, so maybe at some point I will dive into lipstick.

As for the poster that says it brings it all together, that is interesting. I find it pulls away. My best feature is my eyes. Also, I fully admit to not understanding lipstick. Its seems to just come off on everything - too high maintenance for me. But maybe I am missing something (or thinking back to the 80s when is probably the last time I tried it).


I wear tinted lipgloss to make my lips a more pink and even color. It is not shiny or sticky and very subtle. I think lipstick is aging. I rarely see women under 45 with lipstick.


I could see wearing that. When I hear the word lipstick, I think of my mom's big thick stick of very colorful lipstick (which looks fine on her, but then there is this trail of lipstick marks on everything).