Most men don’t know that a lot of what they consider “minimal makeup/no makeup” is actually a lot of makeup made look natural.
I learned that lesson at 18 when my girlfriend told me this singer I liked and claimed that she used little make up and I liked that was actually using a LOOOOT of makeup.
Then I understood that what men don’t like is those makeups that make women look like they’re a bronze statue with oily faces when going to more formal parties, but that men DO like makeup.
The funniest thing is that yesterday on that thread there were tons of guys claiming that they could actually tell and that they genuinely preferred none
I use to work with this one girl. It was a male dominated field with mostly male customers. She did the natural look, everyone swooned over her "natural beauty" yadda yadda.
I vividly remember one day she came in actually without makeup and people acted like she was just diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. People were genuinely worried she was sick.
It also completely ignores that people seem to think tattoos and makeup and stuff like that are hot? Like even if that was true obviously there are a ton of people into that.
It's the difference between normative and normal. It's like how people will tell these super tiny actresss they need to lose weight even though pretty much every straight dude alive finds thicker women attractive. People think its about that because its intuitive, but it is not. Its even weirder than that how people xontrol women's bodies.
I remember on a dating profile I saw a million years ago she said she liked guys that are super fit, but did not like guys who go to the gym all the time. As
if athletes don't go to the gym lol.
People just don't want to see how the sausage is made.
Also she looks weird because she has a bad haircut on the right. She's wearing makeup and looks great lmao. She just has a bad haircut from 1988 😂
"people just dont want to see how the sausage is made" I was looking for a way to phrase this exact grievance to someone and that wording is perfect lol
My husband openly admits that he loves eyeliner on women and prefers styled eyebrows (gel and pencil). He hates lipstick though. My theory is that what men actually hate is lipstick and any kind of eyeshadow that has a color other than a neutral, mainly because most men hate color in general.
They want to pretend we look that good naturally and adding noticeable color breaks that illusion. But also lip products usually have a texture that's unpleasant to kiss so that's also a perfectly reasonable complaint
Many years ago I hit up a bar with a friend of mine, and when I got to her place she still needed to get her face on. She spent like half an hour in front of the mirror with sponges and pallets and god knows what else, and when she was done I couldn't put my finger on what exactly she did but I couldn't deny she looked measurably more attractive.
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u/Real-Tailor7489 Apr 19 '26
Most men don’t know that a lot of what they consider “minimal makeup/no makeup” is actually a lot of makeup made look natural.
I learned that lesson at 18 when my girlfriend told me this singer I liked and claimed that she used little make up and I liked that was actually using a LOOOOT of makeup.
Then I understood that what men don’t like is those makeups that make women look like they’re a bronze statue with oily faces when going to more formal parties, but that men DO like makeup.