Aging and Using Make Up?

I wear make up occassionally and in moderation. I feel a lot of heavy make up or wearing it all the time ages you faster. I have seen the results of people who wear make up daily and they are younger than me. But they look older. I use moisturizer's and a light lipstick that is it. Nothing else. I am 57 and most people who do not know me guess I am 40-42.

No, there is no age limit for wearing make-up. The older you get, the more you need to look after your skin's elasticity. With the new anti-aging products coming out, you need not be putting on so much because these products protects your skin. My mother in law is past 60 but she can pass off as 40 when you look at her. She is very good with her skin care and uses just moisturizer, a light foundation, a concealer, blush and lipstick. There are older women though that thinks a heavy make-up will make them look younger but then it just make a person look closely at their faces and see all the wrinkles in there. Anti-aging products will definitely help.

I totally do not think their is an age limit to wearing makeup! If you think the makeup enhances your beauty, why not wear it? I do agree that some other women wear too much, but I have seen many older women wear it quite tastefully! My 78 year old grandmother still wears makeup!

I think there is a start, but I don't necessarily think there is a stop age. I think young girls, before the age of 13, shouldn't wear make-up. But I think anyone over that age should wear it to their hearts content lol. I think you got to set the example for your grandkids and let them know that no matter how old you are, beauty has no age.

No I dont think there is an age to stop wearing make up. If somebody was trying to help me by telling me that something I was wearing wasnt suiting me or something then I would take that on board. I could understand your grandkids opinion if you were going all out with crazy colors and fake eyelashs that it might be very full on and they may be embaressed or something but if you are just wearing it to make yourself feel good then I dont think there is a problem with that!

First of all knowing you are a grandmother and you still wear make up shows that you are young at heart and that matters a lot. I think it makes one feel better if one looks good and vice a versa. The important thing here is how well you can carry yourself.As far as start age is concerned I personally feel the right age is when a girl is a little independent e.g 20 or above,though it also depends on the social background and lifestyle. For a woman to stop using make up i feel till she is healthy and can look better by putting on make up rather than the other way round. she can happily wear it and dont care what people say.

I think wearing or not wearing make-up is a personal thing and only the person choosing or not choosing to wear make-up knows what to do in this regard.+

Well, I am a little older than you and I would never go anywhere without my make up. I wouldn't even answer the door for the postman if I wasn't wearing my make up. My grandchildren actually tell me how to wear my make up and they often tell me how nice it looks. They don't like me not to wear make up. I think a lot children think grannies should be in a rocking chair in front of the fire with a pair of knitting needles and a ball of yarn.

I don't think so, I think it's all on how you wear it. If like you say one puts on so much or the wrong colors they may look silly, but if done right it can look nice. Age really isn't a factor at all, in my opinion anyway.

Don't be silly you are not too old at all, in fact you are a perfect age. Too much make up on any woman regardless of age makes them look silly. Wear what you want and when you want, and if you can look at yourself in the mirror and smile, but without laughing then you have enough and not too much. I have heard of some people of 90 who won't go anywhere without makeup. I personally don't wear any- as I look fantastic anyway - just look at my photo.

I dont think so. As long as your makeup looks like it enhances your beauty and you aren't wearing colors that were in style 20 years ago. If it has a natural look and it makes you feel better then age should not be a factor.

I think it depends on the individual if you are comfortable wearing makeup and feel it is an enhancement for you then I say go for it. I have seen ladies in their late 60's that wore makeup beautifully and I have seen ladies in the 20's that looked like clowns on their way to the circus. I have never been big on makeup for myself I just always feel uncomfortable in it. So I wear moisturizer a lite base and a little mascara. Takes me all of 5 minutes and I am out the door...lol

I don't think there's a start or stop age to wearing makeup. It all depends on the person and what they want. And while it makes me wince to see 7 year olds wearing overdone fake makeup, they're just playing around. By the time they reach their teen years they'll probably have a grasp of what good makeup looks like and how to apply it properly. For myself however, I've never really worn makeup when I was younger and I've never experimented with it, so I get embarrassed wearing makeup now especially since I don't know how to apply it properly.

To be honnest, I don't think there's an age limit to waering make up, if you want to wear it you should. If it makes you feel better or good, it shouldn't matter what everyone else thinks. Their not the ones wearing it, so why do they care? So, no I don't think there should be a stop age for using make up.

if it makes you feel better, my 94 year-old grandma still uses foundation and pressed powder! even when she was hospitalized just a few years ago, she always had her make-up kit right under her bed so she could retouch her face every now and then.

Make-up is for every age. I have never worn make-up much, but as I get older I do wear some now to cover the wrinkles. I have never thought I looked very good in make-up plus I rub my eyes a lot so it always smeared. LOL but todays make-up can withstand anything. So don;t listen to those kids they know nothing.

It was my grandmother who encouraged me to wear makeup, and do beauty regimens, bless her heart. I have not been taking the time for it very often lately, but did last Sunday, and it did my heart good. I think she got me my first lipstick at about eleven. I do not think there is a stopping age to beauty and skin care and makeup, you just have to be aware of how much, and if it stays where it belongs, and does not settle too much into the laugh lines.

theres not an age limit for wearing make-up,like you i dont wear every much make-up.if i turn 90 than i would stop wearing.if i couldnt put it on myself any more or if i was just plain to old to not even care about make-up at that age.

There is no limit of using make up.Any woman must take care of their image because face is the first thing people will see at every human.

There was a time when I really love experimenting with make-up. I guess I was in my early twenties and I loved it. I felt that it really enhanced my appearance then, but when I reached mid-30's I limited myself to just using pressed powder and a lip balm with a hint of color. My opinion is that, full make up is okay for young women but when u hit late 40s and above u should minimize using it. Less make up is better.