What Men Truly Think About Women’s Makeup Choices
1. Getting Inside The Mind Of A Man
Others like it natural, others say makeup is a lie, and others are all for it. From all angles please — we’re trying to peek at how the male brain works. So we scoured the internet for all kinds of articles to piece together the whole variety of sentiments, both good and bad.
2. Is Au’ Natural Best?
Leading the way, we dug through the archives, with a get the gloss dated 2015. The idea was to get 15 men to weigh in on how much makeup they’d like to see on a woman. There was a general agreement that less is indeed more, with the majority favouring the approach of the makeup used to accentuate natural features not covering them. The biggest turn-offs for men also appears to be caked-on foundation, fake tan, bright colored eyeshadows and poorly drawn eyebrows.
The idea of au’ natural may include a whole slew of products for a man, of course. We all know that in order to achieve a makeup look that looks like you are almost wearing no makeup, it actually may take a fair bit of product to obtain that glow, right ladies? Most of the articles we found came to similar conclusions, with more than 50 men in several articles preferring natural make up.
3. Makeup No No’s
BEAUTY 12 Beauty Mistakes That Turn Men Off: What Attracts Guys to Girls – Bottoms · You · Allure · Mar 16 2017 Not a whole lot seems to have changed over time, though, as bright colours and too much foundation are reoccurring offenders. Yet the bar for beauty that men appear to expect seems to have skyrocketed, with smoky-eye knock out, sloppy lip gloss, crass lashes and ashy skin also on what sounds like a lengthening list of no-noes. Some of these may be slightly unrealistic due to air brushing, filters and guys asking for a little much in general maybe?
4. Girls Fighting Back
The metro penned an article that took down men who felt entitled to share their two cents on the issue last year. Years later, the debate appears nonexistent as women pedal on to whatever suits themselves best.
5. The Verdict
Most men likely do not grasp the intricacies of le makeup application, the price of Chanel lipstick, or the balance of a perfect no-makeup makeup look, but when it comes to how much women should wear and why? Will you wear makeup in different ways now for the sake of men? We certainly won’t! If you would rather spend an additional 30 minutes in bed than putting on a full face of makeup, do you, boo. If you want to sport a full beat every day, we stan that as well! You do you, girl!
