No make-up?

Only been with my man 4 months - but this is unlikely to change:

I never let him see me without make-up!

I never let him see me naked in full day light! (nice bod but cellulite and time are a-creeping up!)

Any of you guys brave enough? I know it's not about looks etc. But I worry that one day my ym will look at me then start looking at younger booty!

Meh, call me vain....

Well, first of all I'm not a guy that likes women that wear a lot of make-up, I never have been. My gf doesn't wear much at all, and I actually LOVE the way she looks first thing in the morning... :)

I really don't see how you could live a life with someone like that, never letting them see you without make-up, or naked in full daylight, I really can't. Doesn't it take a way a lot of spontaneity sometimes?

For the record, there's many things I don't like about myself and my body, things that make me insecure enough to not like being on crowded beaches in the summer... but I have never, ever once felt like that with my gf.

i RARELY wear make-up although i will fight ya over my lip gloss, can't be without it.
i walk around my house nakey almost every day. didn't when i was married tho, didn't want to seem like i was inviting anything, gawd i was miserable.


but, given those two things.....if he doesn't like it, he doesn't and can move on. me is me and that's all i wanna be. :D

I used to be like you. Dont get me wrong. I am still "fixy" at times. But my fella likes less makeup. And the naked in the daylight....used to be that way. But my guy likes to see everything. And you may find out, your guy really might like to see everything too. Believe me, it makes for a lot more fun. I had to be convinced. I was scared and paranoid over being older and that my body wasnt perfect, but I think you will find its not about that at all. Its a great feeling to know you are loved just like you are. Yeah, just let it all hang out......hehe :D

I wear make up but my YM has seen me without makeup ever since the first night we slept together.He likes me with or without makeup.

I do have a problem with him seeing me naked in the daylight.He has seen me (and didn't run haha) but I've never been comfortable with my body.And no one can change that but myself.

And if he wants a younger body,so be it.Just like greeneyedgirl said me is me and that's all I wanna be(what a great quote!!!!).

He on the other hand is more comfortable with me than with me than with his previous girlfriends.

I wear very little make-up, ever. Litical says I look BEST when I first wake up in the morning... a little puffy from sleep. :eek: LOL!

And he can see me nekkie ANY time, morning, noon or night. I've had two kids and have some stretch marks, I don't really work out much, so there is a little cellulite (not much), but I feel GREAT in the body I'm in and even better when I've been workin' out some. HE feels great about my body, too. And he has more stretch marks than me. :p From a major growth spurt as a teener.

~phos

Just like greeneyedgirl said me is me and that's all I wanna be(what a great quote!!!!)


awwww shucks *blushes* ty ty ty. :D

As I've gotten older I've learned that men don't even care about "cellulite" and stretch marks etc. There are some who even like it...it's sexy to them. You know when a guy sees a booty shake in a girls jeans it's the cellulite they're loving! ;) :D
Luckily my dermatologist got me off makeup about 7 years ago and it's such a joy to just look the same 24/7. (Though I agree with greeneyed girl about the lip-gloss!!!) I once read that the test of real beauty is how a woman wears a zit! (I know, gross) And now that I don't wear makeup, when I see it, it seems so obvious, you know? Like the woman wearing it would be so much prettier without it. As for feeling embarrassed in the daylight, it does have to do somewhat with how your man makes you feel...is he in love with your body and beg to see it? If so, let him. I think the things we think are a turn off are a turn on to them. But if he's one of those perfectionist guys forget it...it's no fun being with a tight ***! It doesn't sound like he is though. Try pretty lingerie too or stockings...that may help.

awwww shucks *blushes* ty ty ty. :D

Oooooh that's so sweet!!

I'm probably the only woman here whose skin was preserved by make up. lol

I never wash off my makeup. Never have, can never think of it before I go to bed. My dermitologist says I have the best skin he's seen in years. No wrinkles, no lines, no acne. . .guess I've been lucky.

I'd let my ym see me without makeup, no problem. Would I walk around naked? Probably not for the first six months, after that? Sure, why not?

I'm probably the only woman here whose skin was preserved by make up. lol

I never wash off my makeup. Never have, can never think of it before I go to bed. My dermitologist says I have the best skin he's seen in years. No wrinkles, no lines, no acne. . .guess I've been lucky.

I'd let my ym see me without makeup, no problem. Would I walk around naked? Probably not for the first six months, after that? Sure, why not?
geez molly, i wanna know what kind of make up you use. :confused: :D

Ima get me sum that............ :)

Well ladies...its nice to know that the same insecurities I have now will stick with me as I get older! :D

(That was a joke by the way)

What I really wanted to say was that even though I'm the yw...I still have the same thoughts and feelings as yall.

Although I don't wear makeup...so that ones out. But I don't always like to be seen naked...I have fat where I don't like it and don't really want to draw attention to it. *sigh*

Just wanted to let you lovely ladies know you're not alone. *smile*

But I do think that if your man really loves you...he's gonna love you no matter what.

Nadine.

:D Maybelline Shine Free foundation, Kinda, never leave home without it!! Everything else is mix and match! I did the whole Lancome thing for years until I discovered that most make up is made out of the exact same stuff just with a stiffer price. :D

*vym perspective* i prefer to see just the lip gloss stuff. eyes and lips to me are the sexiest part of the face. when a woman wears too much makeup i think "why...?" oh and just some input by me, just a little perfume is awesome. it gives the scent about a couple second delay so that when you walk by it hits us right in the face and we chase after you ;).

gotta say i feel beautiful around adam, didnt around the ex, we ritually shower every morning together so we see each other naked.... i like dressing up and putting on makeup too. i am not perfect but i really feel loved and i have a heck of a lot more confidence because of it. i am actually more vain now and looking for more ways to look better, younger, prettier because i am honestly admired. funny, i feel more beautiful. however, if life was like it was in the olden days with the ex (shudder the thought) my old behaviors would creep back in and i would be bashful again. i never felt i really was the object of his desire and obviously i wasnt.

my whole attitude is different these days, i certainly am way more sexual and aggressive with adam than i was with the ex also, i fantasize about him quite alot and this is a lovely change also.

Not big on makeup myself. Especially lipstick, yuck! I am very comfortable around my bf hair done, hair not done, makeup on, makeup off. When we go out though I ALWAYS want to look good. Even when we are just going to visit his family I want to have my hair and makeup done. Around the house, doesn't matter either way.

I never wash off my makeup. Never have, can never think of it before I go to bed. My dermitologist says I have the best skin he's seen in years. No wrinkles, no lines, no acne. . Molly, SAME HERE! I have used Merle Norman since High School.

For me, it is about accepting myself totally AND being comfortable with my partner. My YM always made me feel great, even about my 'not so great' parts.

If I were you, I would talk about this with your boyfriend. See if you two can't work through your fears together with his support... maybe do a little strip show! :)

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For me, it is about accepting myself totally AND being comfortable with my partner. My YM always made me feel great, even about my 'not so great' parts.

That's so beautiful!!! :)

Molly, SAME HERE! I have used Merle Norman since High School.

I knew there was a reason we got along so well!! :D

I love Merle Norman colors but I can't use it. It does the same thing to me that Mary Kay does - swell up like a balloon and itch like crazy!!

I wear very little makeup. Just lipstick and mascara. I've also never had any problems walking around naked even on a public beach(it is not a problem to walk around naked on some public beaches here). But strange thing, my ex-ym didn't want me to see him naked and he didn't want to look at me naked either :eek: He would always turn the lights off and it drove me nuts. He was as handsome as a Greek God, had absolutely no physical faults, I don't have the perfect body that I used to but I don't give a damn and he was the one who had problems. WEIRD :confused:

On a typical day, I don't wear a lot of make-up. Lite foundation, blush (cheeks and eyelids), mascara, maybe some brown eyeliner on the top lid, or maybe not. Oh, and lip gloss. I occasionally wear eyeshadow, and I'll put on more make-up for a night out or a special event. Still, I try to enhance what I have, not look like someone else.

I don't look that much different without make-up, and I think that's the key. I've had many boyfriends in the past tell me this as well - that I don't look like a totally different person after I wash my face.

I intentionally like to have a guy see me without makeup very soon. I want him to know that I'm comfortable with a neked face.

I don't have a problem running around neked. Clothes are highly over-rated!

I hardly ever use make-up, but that is mostly because I'm lazy... it takes to much time o put it on and it takes too much time to take it off :o
But If there is a special occation.. I love to put on some.
When it comes to my body I'm pretty relaxed now.. but I wasn't in the beginning.. that was something I had to work on... Now I have no problem to walk around in the house naked.... or taking showers together with my hubby, or or or ....

I don't look that much different without make-up, and I think that's the key. I've had many boyfriends in the past tell me this as well - that I don't look like a totally different person after I wash my face.


Yup, part of the reason I never wore a lot of make-up. I would never want the first time he sees me without to be a shocker! lol

I wear some blush, eyeliner, mascara and lip gloss. Thats it. No foundations, lipstick, eyeshadows, concealers etc. In my case, I think it has made the "natural" skin I have look healthier too.

My mom wore a lot of foundation growing up and her pores are HUGE now!

Well, it's early in your relationship and I guess you're all on our best behavior, but honestly, pretty much everybody sees me without makeup and naked that I seriously date. We have sex and then we go to sleep and then we wake up and there we are - with no clothes and no makeup. How do you avoid it?

Honestly, I put my farly light makeup on after I shower, and I'm rather fond of running around the house naked or in an amazingly unsexy flannel bathrobe, and
I don't really worry about it much. You can't put on a beauty show 24 hours a day.
As long as he knows that you CAN look pretty good when you want to, the rest is just living :>

I understand the reluctance to be seen without makeup at this point in your relationship. You might be surprized though, at his response if her were to see you without. I like Rob's response because it mirrors my experience with my YM. He is a little overweight and outta shape and I am 23 years his senior, but when we are naked together I feel happier,safer, more at ease than any other place in the world. And believe me, he is looking!! That is what true intimacy is....letting down your guard for that most special person. I had to get over the makeup thing, otherwise how could we take a shower together? ;)

I don't wear that much makeup and usually forget to wash it off before I go to bed (also because I'm lazy). However, I am not uncomfortable to be seen without it, nor am I uncomfortable being seen in the buff. I don't think a man is critiquing a woman he is about to make love with or is in love with. I'm not saying that you should let yourself go..by no means...I'm saying that while I watch what I eat and I do exercise moderately..I'm not a perfectionist ..and well, I guess I'm accepting of myself and my not so perfect parts. Hey...if I can still attract a man 17 years younger than me...Than what is there to worry about....???? LOL!!!!! Dee :cool: :cool:

I don't wear makeup either (but I do use lip stuff) and copius amounts of sunscream because I have to! I get the feeling my wife would'nt want me to wear make up plus I don't know how to put it on so I wouild look like bozo the clown, but hey if other people want to wear it - that's cool. :)

hi :o) great advice here! wash your face and look INTO YOUR EYES in your
mirror this is your TRUE SELF !! all your strengths and weaknesses all of your
"f" ups and coups ..... please accept yourself and please be with someone you can trust enough to accept your foibles as you accept theirs :o) ... putting your "face on" for the "outside" is one thing but one doesn't need to be "on" 24/7 ...... ((((( get off your back)))))) btw my friends used to call me the "maybelline queen" lol