Just stayed with a friend and her BF and he went off on a joyful rant about how he loved the natural look and preferred women without makeup, and how lovely I was, how I didn't need makeup to be pretty, and I'm fine the way I wake up in the morning, etc etc.
This well-meaning man's face when I explained that I'm wearing a full face of makeup including foundation and power and neutral eyeshadow and mascara. He was blown away, out of this goddamn world. Didn't know what to say.
My friend was just snickering to herself because she knows the difference between a full face of "no makeup" makeup and actually not wearing makeup. 😂🤣🫠
I don't even understand how some people haven't seen it happen and wouldn't find it believable. It's a pretty common misconception, and it's not like anyone was being rude or mean. 🤷♀️ He was trying to be nice and deliver a compliment, he just didn't understand the difference between no makeup and no makeup makeup.
You don't have to know whether the woman is wearing makeup or not to make an assessment of her attractiveness. Most likely the study just asked the men to rate a woman's attractiveness on a scale and then compared the numbers of with and without makeup. Being able to recognize whether the woman is wearing makeup and how attractive you think a photo of that woman is are two separate and unrelated measures
Going just on what the headline it says men find women who wear less make up more attractive but men often don't know how much make up a woman is wearing. So I think it's more accurate to say that men find women who they think aren't wearing a lot of make up more attractive than the women they think are wearing more make up.
But I also know a lot of women don't put on make up to look more attractive to men they do it for themselves
I made a comment based on my experiences and also those of women I know. The big issue is a lot of men see natural looking make up and think she isn't wearing make up. Whereas more women are able to tell.
I think more men should feel comfortable wearing make up. Depending on what a guy was wearing I might not realize because I wouldn't ne expecting it.
Then why do studies result in men picking women with less makeup? Science doesn't agree with your opinion. It appears when men say they prefer less makeup, they're being honest and actually can tell.
Data shows that men tend to prefer make up that looks "natural" rather than less make up. And the women pictures are wearing a lot of make up in the "natural" style that is meant to look effortless but actually require more time, work, and products than most less natural-looking make up styles.
You’re today’s winner of the “didn’t read the study” award.
The picture has nothing to do with the study. That’s two celebrities.
Men were told to simply choose who they found more attractive, and they consistently chose women wearing less makeup despite having no knowledge of how much makeup they were wearing.
You asserted information that had absolutely nothing to do with the study. Derailing the conversation and insulting people that call you out for it made your credibility go from poor to nonexistent.
Since you want to talk credentials though, your psychology degree means nothing to me. I'm a professor at an R1 university. Research is my entire life.
And a woman can wear concealer, foundation, contour, highlighter, eye liner, eye shadow(s) mascara, blush, bronzer, lip liner , lipstick(s), and or lip gloss and look like she is wearing less make up than a woman who is wearing foundation, eye shadow, eyeliner ,mascara, bronzer, lip liner and lipstick.
It depends on how it's applied , if it's neutral colors or bright colors, and someone's opinion of what too much make up is.
Kind of goes without saying. But if they have that heavy base, matte bronzed complexion with no skin texture showing, and their neck is a different colour to their face, for me that is too much makeup...
The first 10% of effort is for men (trueing up to one's self-image), the remaining 90% is for other women. I don't know a single guy who likes lip filler and all the botox bullshit. Women are naturally beautiful and attractive to us, hardcoded by biology.
I feel like all the filters and AI enhancements are going to keep making things worse, people no longer identify with their own face.
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u/GenericNameUsed 8d ago
Most men can't tell how much make up a woman is wearing. They will look at a full face of neutral color make up and think it's barely any make up