What age did your teen start wearing make up?

[DisneyMissy318]

Thanks for all of the replies - and to OP for the original post. I'm going to play an outing this weekend with my DD to the make-up counter @ Belk (no Macy's around here!) I too wish my Mom would have done the same - I guess I'm old enough to go myself and really "learn" how to do it! DD is 12 and will be starting 7th grade next week. This, along with a Mani/Pedi sounds like a great way to spend our last weekend of the summer!

 

[Family Fun Mom]

I let my daughter start wearing makeup when she started middle school last year. She was 12. She started with just lip gloss and a touch of eyeliner but now does the whole lipstick, eyeliner, mascera, powder, ect. She isn't into foundation, blush and eyeshadow yet. She doesn't need it. She does a good job and looks like a pretty young lady. Make up is fun, no wonder we girls love it.

 

[Auggietina]

I am a mom to a make up junkie.

My dd is 13 and has been wearing it since she started 6th grade (11)


She follows a couple of make up gurus on youtube and is a pro at applying make up and buys usually what they suggest for the look that she wants.

We just were at Sephora and she bought a Naked Beauty kit. It had everything for a natural look (which is what she wears to school)

 

[Zydebearsmom]

This was a great post, thanks guys. Y0u gave me some really good ideas!

 

[tinkerbelletreasure]

I took DSD to the Mall and got her a facial at Clinque for her 11th bday. Once they showed her how to put it on, she got covergirl makeup and Clinque cleansers. She didn't really start wearing it consistently until she was in 6th grade a year later.

 

[sk!mom]

DD14 started wearing a little when she started Middle School, so 11, which sounds really young when I type it. That is the norm here. She started with very light colors. At Christmas that year (she was 11.5), I took her to Sephora and they tried things with her and she's worn Bare Essentials ever since.

 

[deedeetoo]

My dd12 started wearing it last year. She usually just wears lip gloss, though sometimes she puts on more. And she always has nail polish on. I never thought about telling her that she had to wait until she was older. It isn't even an issue to me.

 

[Jubilee]

Makeup is one thing but beware of eyebrow plucking. You can screw them up for life....

 

[Riverhill]

I took my DD for her 13 birthday to the NARS make-up counter. The ladies there were wonderful and taught her how to put her make-up on and still look natural.

As my mother always said " beauty can't be painted on".

My daughter says that wearing makeup should be like making the sun just a little bit brighter.

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

When DD15 entered MS (6th grade) I took her to the Clinique counter. They did a nice, natural job. She wore it for a while and tired of it. She just started wearing it again this past school year (10th grade) though recently she isn't into the "natural look" on her eyes, she likes a little bit too much black eyeliner. I have told her it looks, well, you know, but I try to pick my battles.

DD11 is more familiar with makeup then her big sis having been in dance and has been wearing it from time to time this school year (she was in 5th grade.) She has a small "not quite" birthmark (it appeared as a baby) on her nose. People often make fun of her saying it looks like she got her nose pierced. She had had 2 rounds of painful and unsuccessful laser surgery and after that my DH said just let her wear makeup. She normally wears Bare Minerals just on her nose to cover it, a little warmth (and I mean little) and lip gloss. Sometimes she will add light eyeshadow. She has access to all make up and knows how to use it from dance, but she hasn't asked. SHe is happy with what she uses.

DD8, also a dancer is a makeup queen. She doesn't wear much, but lip gloss and glitter just about daily but when we got out on occassion and let her have fun, she very much likes eye shadow.

In my experience as a mom and as a kid, if yo udon't make it a big deal, it won't be. I know my friends growing up would couldn't ear it till a certian age (one friend it was 16) as soon as she could she went crazy, looked awful. I was always allowed and always looked natural. Seems to be the same with my DD15's friends. Except for her recent interst in the balck eyeliner, she looks very natural and she only does that when she is going out, not on a day to day basis.

 

[beansmom]

i guess *I* am the odd one here. My DD wasn't allowed to wear makeup (except special occasions like performing) until she was 16. I personally think 11 and 12 is far toooo young for makeup.

JMTCW, you asked and i answered.

 

[StitchBuddy]

My DD (13) is allowed to wear a little brown eyeliner, a little eye shadow and brown mascara. Brown because it doesn't look so harsh. Plus she uses a little cover up if her face breaks out. She is going into 8th grade. Last year only very neutral almost not detectable shadow and lip gloss. But, I have taught middle school and now teach high school and I am amazed at what the the girls wear and that their parents allow it. That being said, many who weren't allowed to wear any in middle school just borrowed friend's make-up and put it on after they got to school. They want to fit in with their peers and usually once school get busy my daughter get much more lacks and decides less is easier. I think the newness wears off and they just like to experiment with it. She is mostly into do her nails now (at home). I refuse to pay big buck for a pedi/mani.

 

[poohfriend]

We went to sephora and bought the sephora brand of shiny lipgloss for my 6th grader. It looks REALLy pink in the tube and barely noticable on. She can pull out her non-bonnie-bell gloss at school if she wants to...but other makeup will need to wait a couple of years!

she was excited because it made her feel special...but she's into sports and not so interested in lots of makeup.

 

[enchantingodin]

Yet another reason I'm SO glad to have boys...

I started light make-up in 7th grade... Eyeshadow, mascara (I'm a natural blonde - so I have blonde lashes. Thus you need mascara to see them.) and lip gloss. And unless it's a special occasion, I'm going out with friends, or on a date with the Hubs that's really all I ever do to this day. All the other stuff feels too heavy for normal wear to me.

 

[pyrxtc]

I let my DD when she turned 13, free reign but she doesn't wear much other than lip gloss. I have been teaching her how to do it and she has been trying things on her own.

 

[stsomewhere]

Okay, I'll be the odd one out.
I've let my daughter wear makeup as she pleases for years. I wanted to get past the neon green eyeshadow when she was still young enough that her foolhardy makeup decisions wouldn't scar her reputation for life!!! I like that it's not a big deal to her now. She goes all out for special occasions(Christmas and a wedding are the last two times I can think of); but she figured out pretty quickly that it's not that fun to use every day, so most of the time it's just tinted lipgloss and a little eyeliner.
Mom's beware though, the first time she came down with all her makeup on for Christmas, she had aged about three years. Dad almost came out of his chair!
We don't spend the "big bucks" on her makeup yet, just your run of the mill brands like Maybeline, but if we run into complexion problems I would absolutely spend more for a better quality product.

My Daughter is 9, almost 10. She is loves makeup. Some days she wears it, most days, no.
She likes to use lip gloss, mascara, and a little eyeshadow.
Once school starts again, she will only be able to wear lip gloss(school rule for elementary). She wears a uniform every day to school, so during off time -I am more lenient.

 

[carone0318]

My dd attended catholic school and they were not allowed to wear make up. I did get her some Clinique make up for Christmas this past yr when she was in 8th grade. She would wear it for special occasions (Confirmation, graduation and a recent sports banquet).

This Fall she will be heading to HS (Catholic too) and she will be allowed to wear make up (in moderation), but I have no idea what she will chose to do. She does gymnastics and practices 4 out of the 5 school days and I have no idea if she will want to wear make up knowing she is going to the gym right after school. Also, she will be getting up fairly early in the morning, does she want to have to get up early enough to put on make up too - I believe sleep will win that battle and make up will not be happening or will not be happening for very long.

When she does wear it, she wears natural colored eye shadows, mascara & lip gloss. I have advised her not to wear eye liner, especially black. She has really big eyes and really doesn't have a need for it.

 

[minnie mouse]

My daughter will be 14 in October and does not wear any. She goes to a catholic school and makeup of any kind can not be worn. I myself didn't wear makeup until I was out of high school. I still only wear very little. She has not yet asked to wear it and when she does I am sure I will let her, (don't know that dad will agree) but until then I am not bringing it up.

 

[LaDonna]

my dd is in 7th grade and I allow light makeup now, eyeshadow, lipgloss, some blush, next year I'll allow mascara etc........

 

[3Minnies2Mickeys]

i guess *I* am the odd one here. My DD wasn't allowed to wear makeup (except special occasions like performing) until she was 16. I personally think 11 and 12 is far toooo young for makeup.

JMTCW, you asked and i answered.

You aren't the only odd one here. I agree.! I have two daughters in college and 16 was plenty old enough for them to learn to wear makeup. In fact, they still don't wear it daily and when they do wear it, it is minimal.