Girls today are certainly in a rush to grow up, aren't they? I can remember the rites of passage.....getting hose, wearing one inch pumps, choosing a shade of light pink lipstick in 7th grade, shaving my legs, and others. Certain things were written in stone, and you didn't push the time line. If I were raising a daughter now, I would urge her to keep it natural, explaining that makeup is meant to enhance her beauty, not redefine it. Perhaps you could buy her a clear mascara, some light polish. Heck, take her in for a manicure/pedicure, but urge her to use only the slightest peach shade of blush, and maybe one of the sheer lip glosses that are so popular. A tiny touch of mascara, and she should be all set. Fifth grade is just too young for much more than some fun color on her toes! Get in front of a mirror with her. Allow her to use a little gel or hairspray; share some bubble bath or nice lotion and assure her you will provide all the things she needs in the near future. Put your arms around her. Point out her strong points. Tell her how beauiful her eyes are without makeup. Pinch her cheeks and tell her that's all she needs for blush!! Tell her you just want to keep your baby girl a little while longer, and go for some ice cream together or put on a great CD and dance with her all over the kitchen. You could even start a special savings for good skin care and make up when she's in 7th or 8th grade and let her watch it grow! Five daughters! How blessed!At what age do you feel a girl should be allowed to wear light makeup?
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Well I started at age14 but my motherlet me puton some eyeshadow and lip gloss at age 12 so if i were you i wouldnt let her put on much more than that ... im 16 Report Abuse
For me and for my daughter, this was one of the priveledges of turning 13.
I started when I was 11 but that was ages ago. Times have changed. Your girls want to be recognized as almost women. I say let them. My mom actually wanted me to wear light makeup, she was really into avon. I would take her to wallmart and buy her a few things...don't go overbord and let her know she can't share her stuff with others and she cant wear her friends stuff. Get her face powder and maybe some light lipgloss, nothing crazy, and a little mascarra. You can use this against her now. If she is really bad...take her make up away. Let her know that this is the deal, she can only wear it lightly and if shes bad its gone.
Personally, let her wear chapstick, and that's about it. She has no need to wear make-up yet. I think you're right. 17 is a good age to start. Hold off on it.
in 6th and 7th grade i only used lip gloss. im 14 now 8th grade. my mom said if you start using make up at a young age then you'll grow older faster or like you'll have more wrinkles and your skin wont be as smooth and stuff. i usually just use lip gloss, eye shadow, eyeliner(sometimes) and, mascara. tell your daughter she's really pretty it doesnt matter what you look on the outside its what your personality's like. the best thing about being a kid and being in elementary is it doesnt matter what you look like or wear (well at mine it didnt). i would let her use lip gloss or chap stick good luck! =)
I started wearing make up as soon as I started high school. I never really complained about it...my mom kinda forced it on me.
I really don't think girls under 13 should wear make up, period.
i think 12 is an appropriate age to start wearing light make-up, which i consider to be sheer lip gloss and some blush.
a friend of mine was not allowed to wear any make-up til college (age 18)...it was tough for her b/c she felt left out and didn't know how to use make-up when she was allowed to.
girls don't need Makeup... they are beautiful anyway.
I was 13 when I started wearing foundation. My mom started letting me wear eyeliner,mascara, etc when I was 14 BUT she would only let me wear it on weekends. I thought that it was dumb, but her reasoning was that I needed to learn how to put it on properly before I could wear it to school. When I started high school at 15 I could wear makeup whenever I wanted.I'm 21 now and when I look back I'm glad she did that. I would have looked like a clown at school otherwise!!!!!
I never wore make-up and still don't. I guess I'm just not into that kind of stuff. My sister was allowed to wear light makeup at about 12 or 13.
My feeling on all of this is: if it's light makeup then it isn't that big of a deal. As parents we need to pick and choose our battles. We need to give our kids as much independence on the small things [make-up, style choices, and bedroom decor] so that when we have to stand up to BIG things like drugs, sex, or violence our kids don't feel like they are being smothered.
I do know from experience that a lot of girls who weren't allowed to wear make-up in middle/high school would put it on after their parents left then wash their faces before they left school. It's all up to how you feel but I'd say this is just a battle not important enough to fight. Best of Luck!
I started wearing just a bit of mascara when i was 12. Please don't let your daughter become one of those girls you see with tons of makeup on despite the fact that she's still in elementary school.
i started in 6th grade. jus shimmer and glitter
i started wearing mascara and liner in 7th
and so did many other people in my class
by 9th- EVERYONE is wearing it.. even some guys; lol
I was either fifteen or sixteen when I started wearing make-up. Your eleven year old daughter is too young. Just get her some lip gloss with a little color in it. But if you start letting her wear make-up do it in really light colors. You want her to look her age not more than eleven years old.
I was only allowed to wear makeup if I had bought it myself. I was about 15 when I started to buy my own makeup.
My daughter was only allowed to wear makeup if she had a special function to attend e.g wedding. But I would buy it for her, showing her how best to chose lipstick etc for her colouring. I would then show her how to apply it, then we let her experiment at home, so she learnt how to apply it correctly. She is 21 and like myself she rarely wears makeup.
For young girls a starting out, I recommend a tinted moisturiser, neutral blusher, light eye shadows and a lip gloss and maybe a clear eye mascara.
14-15 is a good age to start. Don't let her bend to the peer pressure in school.
There are great lip glosses on the market today. A little blush or bronzer won't hurt at 14. Use the meantime to teach her about the importance of good skin care: Using sunblock year round; washing make up off in the evening; never sharing make up products especially those made for the eyes and lips, etc.
Being a Mom is tough, and girls can be demanding about these issues. Just have a heart to heart talk with your daughter and explain your reasoning.
Make up often clogs the pores of girls undergoing hormonal changes. There is a lot of lousy make up manufactured and pitched to young girls. There are subliminal and overt sexual messages aimed at preteens and teens by the advertisers.
You want your daughter to be able to make rational decisions which are not based on fattening some corporate big wig's wallet.
Unfortunately, the majority of advertising dollars target the mall set.
I wore light make up at 15.
My parents were like you. I'll tell you I wore makeup I got from my friends at school, and washed it off before I got home. If you don't want her to possibly look like a clown (to say it nicely) you should be a bit more easy going with it. Set up guides and enforce them. If you have adult friends or her teachers at her school, they can tell you what she's doing.
I'd say teach her the difference styles (nighttime, daytime, etc.) and what's age appropriate.
i believe that you should let her wear makeup unless she puts on too much. i mean, she probably doesnt need makeup at that age. i usually like girls that dont wear makeup but hmm. you might wanna try letting her for a while. a week or so? and see where it goes from there.
Honestly I say when they can buy it. But, I think personally 11 is too young also. I used to always try to wear my sisters lipstick and stuff but it was always around the house. Well, I'm almost 20 and I barely know how to put it on. Try talking to her and find out why. I find beauty in being natural myself but I'm a tomboy so I think makeup makes me girly. I hope this helps.
I have four daughters. I was one of five girls.
My rule is 16. I started then, but only eyeshadow and lipstick. I didn't start full makeup until I was between 19 and 22, but only because I liked my nice smooth complexion and didn't want to ruin it.
My daughters can practice at home, play around, learn how to not overdo it. This also allows them to 'wear' makeup without going out of the house.
My younger daughters have two friends: one who started wearing makeup at her 8th grade graduation, and the other who has been wearing makeup since she was 12. They both can wear anything they want.
I, too feel that 11 is too young. But this is because (as I told my daughters) priveleges come in stages, like growing up.
Ages10-14 was for lipgloss, and I purchased many varieties and types:sticks, pots, tubes, etc.
Now that there are sheer lipsticks out, my 15 year old can apply a lipstick over lipgloss or sheer lipstick for more variety. The lipstick appears very sheer.So she has now added lipstick to her makeup collection.
My 16 year old received makeup for her birthday: powder, mascara...the works. She hasn't worn much since, even though she wanted to wear makeup when she was younger. Only on special occasions.
Hope this helps.
When playing dress up at home, I think it's okay at any age. But for wearing in public, especially to school I think only chapstick/lipgloss would be okay until at least like 6th grade. I started wearing powder in 6th grade. Then in 7th grade I was allowed eye shadow. In 8th grade I was allowed to have blush and lipstick. Then in 9th grade I could have whatever I wanted. But throughout all of this I never really wanted to wear that much anyway. Now at 24 I despise makeup, but still use it! I say if nothing else if it's not being used just to enhance natural beauty, like it's too noticable...then it's not appropriate. Girls are growing up too fast!
i think you should get her chapsticks and let her use mascara and eyeshadows. but also tell her true beauty is in the inside. and that being smart is what make you beautiful. if you say no then she'll probably disobey you anyway so let her and she'll be better off having someone understanding her
Let her wear lite make-up, like flesh colored or something and let her decide if she likes it, i'm 20 and I started at age 12 with lipstick that matched my skin so you could barely tell it was there. I eventually decided on my own that make-up was just not for me and now I barely wear it. Trying to stop her is only going to make her want to do it more, so meet her half way!!!
i am raising a grand daughter ...13..i let her wear make-up..not heavy..she knows how to put it on really good..if you make a big issue it will only cause resentment..let her wear a little ..won't hurt anything..i am 52 and i started wearing it about 13 or 14.. good luck
.My daughters are now 20 and 23. I let them start with lip gloss and mascara in 8th grade. They were in sports and found that more than that was too inconvenient. About tenth grade they started wearing what they wanted but mostly just to parties dances and weddings. They're very level headed. They were also expected to take on more responsiblity as they got more priviledges. All three kids did all their own laundry at 12. They each had their own set of bath towels in a different color. Saved me tons of time and taught them life lessons. Good Luck.
Well, I started wearing light makeup when I was about twelve, then again I was in the seventh grade. I had just turned twelve and I just wore light eyeshadow and a little mascara from time to time. Now, I hardly ever wear ANY! I think that you should let her wear makeup when she gets to seventh grade, younger than that is just gross. Also, teach her how to do her own makeup, use the speech ';The key to wearing makeup is to make it look like you are not wearing any!'; Then, she can wear makeup without looking awful!
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Well, when I was 10 I started wearing sheer lipgloss and by the time I was 13 had moved on to sheer lipgloss or colored lipgloss, mascara, foundation(ocasionaly), and a little bit of eyeliner sometimes
I'm 16 and started when i was around 13, i feel my mom made a good choice at starting me then instead of earlier, but maybe some chap stick. I barely wear make up now too because i don't find the need to rebel so much about this subject. Ask you daughter how she feels about wearing make up. good luck
im in the 7th grade, and i wear mascara, and i just started wearing a lil bit of eye liner. I wear a darker eye shadow and also blush and lip gloss. But i started wearing just lip gloss in the 5th grade. Then in 6th grade i wore lighter eye shadow and blush. Also lip gloss. I think it wud b okay to wear light make up in 5th grade. tho not too much. I dont no y i feel this way, i just dont thnk light make up relli is a big deal. thnx. hope i helped.
I didn't start wearing make-up until i was like 22. Make-up ruins your skin when you cake it on and don't wash it off properly. I would think the average age would be 16/17 years old.
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