Another teen inspired question

[tiff211]

What age did you/will you let your teen dd wear make-up and/or perfume?

 

[LBAK]

Middle school lip gloss and mascara, then in high school she progressed to the rest of it.

 

[Tracey1974]

I was allowed to wear eyeshadow when I was 13 and they could only be light colors. It was the late 80's so it was pink, green and blue. Perfume I wore when I was little but only the girls stuff from Tinkerbell that didn't smell heavy but I wasn't very into it.

If/when I have a daughter it will probably be middle school age like I was.

 

[golfgal]

Yes, when she is in high school, but only after she has gone somewhere and gotten make-up that looks good on her. Fortunately it seems that around her the girls aren't really into make-up. The 7th and 9th graders don't wear any with the exception of a couple girls and they look HORRIBLE, the heavy dark eyeliner, colors that don't go with their skin tones, etc. I started wearing blush in 7th or 8th grade and each year started adding other things. I still don't wear that much. DD won't need much, she has a nice complexion and dark eyelashes already.

 

[Megster]

I started wearing mascara and blush in middle school. Once I got to high school I could pretty much do what I wanted. I look back at pictures now of me in 9th grade and laugh. My make-up was so dark, an evening look I would call it, just to wear to school. I asked my mom why she let me out of the house like that and she says it was a battle she just didn't want to fight.

 

[DVCLiz]

DD11 is in the sixth grade. She wears lip gloss, mascara and some eyeshadow, but I won't allow heavy eyeshadow. I told her when she could put on makeup that made her look pretty, but didn't look like she was playing "dress up", she could wear what she wanted. I don't mind makeup on younger girls as long as it's clear they have outgrown the bright red lipstick drawn on crookedly phase. DD11 wears it sometimes, and other times she's in a hurry and doesn't bother.

I think she wore a little last year, too, mostly to social events like birthday parties or a "dance." She probably started a year or so ahead of her older sister, because she's watched DD17 buy makeup for so many years!!!!

 

[N.Bailey]

I let my daughter have lip gloss in elementary school. She started wanting to wear more last year, so 12-13. She also really got into perfumes/lotions and such in 7th grade too. Her friends all use it all and I just think forcing her to be different (by not allowing it) does more harm; psychologically, than wearing make up/perfumes does.

I allowed her to shave early too because she had long hair under her arms and was starting to have issues with not wanting to wear shorts or take gym because she had to change. I just bought her Nair and showed her how to use it.

I just see no need to make her feel embarrassed about who she is for the sake of some opinions that she's too young. I'll save those battles for when it's something more serious.

 

[nsyncraider17]

I started getting interested in makeup type things in 5th and 6th grade, but I was content with all the glitter lotion and stuff that Bath and Body Works had out then. When I started junior high (7th grade) my mom let me buy some powder, eye shadow and lip gloss, and let me experiment with it... which meant me wearing way too much bright blue eyeshadow for a while. By high school I was pretty much allowed to wear whatever makeup I wanted, although I don't wear much at all.

As for perfume, I still don't use "real" perfume, just body splash from Bath and Body Works, which I probably also started using in junior high.