She probably has a mother who wears a full face of makeup and has taught her that her actual face is hideous and shouldn’t be seen and that she should paint over it to create a much prettier face.

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Anonymous wrote:Some girls are also dying their hair in middle school with the cheap wash away hair dyes which I also don’t understand.

I wore some foundation/concealer in middle school though because I had acne that I wanted to cover up. Once the diet changes and acne medication worked, I stopped wearing it

My 2nd grader has a friend who was allowed to dye her blonde hair pink (just the bottom 6" but still).

Fun

I let my 3rd grade boy dye the bottom 6" of his hair green.

Should I mention that my 3rd grade boy had hair longer than 10"? He couldn't understand why girls were "allowed" to have long hair, but boys weren't ... so we let him grow it out.

Hair is an expression of fashion, just like clothes. I see no harm. My kids (both boys) haven't had any interest in makeup, but if I had a 6th grade girl who was, I'd probably try to show her how to use it correctly ... and then I'd let her have fun with it.

(FWIW, that boy is now in middle school and has cut his hair short - still his choice)

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Anonymous wrote:Some girls are also dying their hair in middle school with the cheap wash away hair dyes which I also don’t understand.

I wore some foundation/concealer in middle school though because I had acne that I wanted to cover up. Once the diet changes and acne medication worked, I stopped wearing it

My 2nd grader has a friend who was allowed to dye her blonde hair pink (just the bottom 6" but still).

Fun

6th is middle school I am fine with blush and lip gloss.

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Anonymous wrote:Some girls are also dying their hair in middle school with the cheap wash away hair dyes which I also don’t understand.

I wore some foundation/concealer in middle school though because I had acne that I wanted to cover up. Once the diet changes and acne medication worked, I stopped wearing it

My 2nd grader has a friend who was allowed to dye her blonde hair pink (just the bottom 6" but still).

Oh the horror.

I allow my 5th grader to wear lip gloss and eye shadow. I won't let her use mascara until she's in high school b/c it will pull out her eye lashes.

Anonymous wrote:Some girls are also dying their hair in middle school with the cheap wash away hair dyes which I also don’t understand.

I wore some foundation/concealer in middle school though because I had acne that I wanted to cover up. Once the diet changes and acne medication worked, I stopped wearing it

My 2nd grader has a friend who was allowed to dye her blonde hair pink (just the bottom 6" but still).

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me the rationale for allowing a 6th grader (an elementary student in FCPS) to wear full on makeup to school? Eyeshadow, mascara, blush and lipstick? It’s creeping me out. It doesn’t look good and it doesn’t seem appropriate at this age.

Because they are applying it themselves after being dropped off at school. It if looks terrible and amateurish, then you can be sure the parents are not allowing it! Parents who allow makeup also show their kids how to apply it correctly so it doesn't look like clown makeup, so it wouldn't be creeping you out. You seem a little dense.

I saw most girls this morning had super short shorts on, a large portion of them wearing the same ones, their hair done flawlessly with makeup. Then you see the boys with their ratty oversized gym shorts, t-shirts jumping all each other laughing still acting like silly kids.

Such a difference

Anonymous wrote:It’s actually kinda good to start learning how to wear makeup when you’re younger. I did all my roommates’ makeup in college because my acne problem gave me a head start on using foundation and concealer (the most difficult makeup products to use).

You don’t need to start in 6th grade to be able to apply make up in college. It’s not rocket science.

Every year I have a few girls in kindergarten in a lot of makeup. It’s a cultural thing.

I am very very very fair. Without a bit of makeup, I look like I've been up all night -- I have what look like dark circles under my eyes, minimal color in my face, invisible eye lashes.

Starting in 6th grade (which was middle school where I grew up and is also middle school where we live now) I wore under eye concealer, light pink powder blush, and mascara everyday. It took my a total of three minutes to apply -- I got the products from the Clinique counter (my mom took me). I was not one of the popular girls and my decidedly uncool mom was definitely not angling for me to be. But she did think a person should be well groomed and present themselves nicely. That's all it was about. As I got older, she took me to fairly nice hair salons too so I could get quality haircuts and learn the right products for my hair.

I still wear under eye concealer, blush, and mascara pretty much every single day.

Too young, no matter the generation you were a kid in. Be a kid and stop trying to grow up so fast.

It’s actually kinda good to start learning how to wear makeup when you’re younger. I did all my roommates’ makeup in college because my acne problem gave me a head start on using foundation and concealer (the most difficult makeup products to use).

Some girls are also dying their hair in middle school with the cheap wash away hair dyes which I also don’t understand.

I wore some foundation/concealer in middle school though because I had acne that I wanted to cover up. Once the diet changes and acne medication worked, I stopped wearing it