When Did You Start Wearing Makeup?

[StellaMare]

I had more makeup products when I was 12 than I do now! But that was mostly because I loved to play with it at home: on my own and with friends, we weren't allowed to wear any makeup in school.. not even candy flavoured lipbalm

 

[tessa484]

I first started to wear make up when I was about 12 or 13. Then it was only mascara and lipgloss.. I started wearing blush and foundation when I was about 16...

 

[Lamia]

I first started when I wentin High School (14-15) wearing just eyeliner and mascara.
Than I started wearing foundation,blush,lipstick at 16-17.

 

[sophiejade]

When i was about 12 i was obsessed with this iridescent shimmery powder that i always used as eyeshadow or on my cheeks and always wore lipgloss.
I started wearing foundation/mascara/blush when i was 15.

 

[Carly.S]

White eyeshadow lol when I was about 12..foundation etc when I was about 16!!

 

[heaveninhereyes]

I started wearing make up when I was 11. I started secondary school and it was girls only, suddenly we were all obsessed with looking good. Looking back though, we looked rubbish.

 

[Marilyn Monroe]

hmm my mom did not want me in makeup too early so i think started wearing it when i was 15. and boy did i not put it on right. i cant remember if my mom even tried to teach me how to put it on..i would mess up my lipstick..i would not reapply it the right way after a meal lol oh god..it would smear a bit. and dont make me start on the eyeshadow mistakes!! i wish i figured out about concealer then !!

i learned by magazines..books and sadly it took til youtube to figure out more things.

 

[columbine]

I started to wear make-up when I began my college studies, at the age of 19. Before that I wasn't really interested in painting my face. Now three years later I'm such a make-up junkie I don't wear it every day, though, sometimes I like to go without.

 

[ElleLesley]

15, if I can remember correctly. The farthest I'd get to anything makeup related was lip balm and gloss, otherwise I was never really fond of any of it. I'm still a little bit close minded to makeup though - still never wear eyeliner, unless it's for something particularly special

 

[vivalavida]

I started wearing concealer when i was 11 because i got terrible acne.. and i wore those lipglosses you get free with teen mags lol.
Then when i was 14 i started wearing mascara.. then soon after that i started wearing eyeliner.

 

[Milada]

Around when I was 12 or 13 I began experimenting, hitting a horrible face from 13-15 where I went way too wild and then did the opposite for years to make up for it. I actually gave a presentation to my mom about why I should be allowed to wear makeup. I remember it being a huge deal to me.

 

[Darling_Myy]

I was 16 when I wore makeup first time. I had had this fight with one of my friends and I wanted to look better than her next time I saw her. I still don't wear makeup on daily basics, only in special occasions. I just never can make it look the way I want it to look, so I just can't be bothered.
I try to think that strangers don't have time to care how I look, friends know me good enough to know how bad I can look and myself don't care how I look.

 

[nicestthing]

whoa, i was old then. almost 19. 18 and 11 months. haha.

 

[alicia753]

I was around 14

 

[hurricane]

i started using concealer when i was around 13 or 14 because i had (and still have) huuge dark circles under my eyes. when i was 15 i started to wear mascara...

 

[parachute]

i started using makeup in the past year, actually. i'm 19, and i'd never really caught on to the whole makeup business. i was a tomboy, so i didn't play in mummy's makeup or her closet. i can't even put it on properly myself! ..i'm learning, though, slowly but surely.

 

[eidolon]

I never wear makeup, I'm 22. I just can't get into it. If I started I'd probably wear a very natural, light look.

 

[mmBop]

I wear mascara and eyeliner since I was 14 or 15, and that's all of makeup I use

 

[carysss]

i started wearing make-up when i was about 13, the odd bit of eyeliner and concealer, though it wasn't until i was about 14 i properly started having a daily make-up routine. i think this whole thread really raises the issue of whether we should have been this young believing make-up was a necessity - i'm not sure i want to know how young girls are now starting out with make-up considering how quickly society is developing.

 

[SmallTownCityGal]

I didn't wear makeup until I was 21. I kinda wish I never started wearing it at all.