Do you look different without make up?

retro:electro · 16-04-2015 8:30pm #1

I was always conscious about how different I look when I don't have make up on. An ex boyfriend once asked me when I had no make up on, "what happened to your eyes?", I said "ah..nothing, I just don't have make up on!"

Last night my mams friend and her husband came to visit us and stay for a couple of nights, I met them when I got home from work and chatted for a few minutes. This morning I was making my breakfast and the man I was talking to last night introduced himself to me again! He actually looked shocked when I told him who I was, he thought I was a completely different person! It's crazy really that make up has the power to transform. I should add that I don't even wear that much face make up, some foundation and bronzer, but I think its eye make up that makes the biggest difference to me. Do you guys look that different without make up on?

eternal · 16-04-2015 8:34pm

I look a lot younger without make up.

on_my_oe · 16-04-2015 11:20pm

I look very flushed without makeup. Years ago if I needed a duvet day, I'd go in the day before without foundation, and hello 'you look ill' comments from the boss

dee_mc · 16-04-2015 11:29pm

I think I look quite different without make up, but I'm starting to think it must be mostly a self conscious/psychological thing - lately I've noticed people tell me I look well when I'm not wearing make up, and just yesterday a colleague commented on how natural my foundation always looks... but I wasn't wearing any!
I'm very conscious of redness and blotches but maybe they're not as bad as I think...

Candy_Girl · 16-04-2015 11:33pm

I look younger without makeup but also very pale. I've got lots of comments about my eyes which really stand out if I put the effort into my eye makeup as they look really big, but I don't bother much unless I'm going somewhere worth the effort :pac: Overall I wouldn't say I look very different but I know many that look completely different without it.

Dial Hard · 17-04-2015 9:26am

on_my_oe wrote: »

I look very flushed without makeup. Years ago if I needed a duvet day, I'd go in the day before without foundation, and hello 'you look ill' comments from the boss

I do this too, but the day after :pac:

I don't think I look radically different without make-up on, probably cause I don't wear *that* much on a daily basis and I'm lucky enough to have good, clear skin. As the OP said, it's in my eyes that the difference is most visible - my eyelashes have blonde tips so I look like I've really short eyelashes when I'm not wearing mascara.

I do, however, have one friend who is literally unrecognisable without make-up on; she's really pale, with freckles and fair eyebrows, which you would never guess in a million years if you saw her with make-up on. My dad genuinely didn't recognise her the first time she called into the house bare-faced.

lindtee · 17-04-2015 10:02am

I don't think I look much different , maybe less tired looking. I don't wear a lot, just foundation to even my skintone and minimal eye makeup and lipstick. I'm not able to do all the "fancy smancy" stuff such as conturing/drawing in eyebrows/dramatic eye make up etc that others seem to be able to do (I have tried:( but I end up looking silly) I can't really think of anyone that I know that looks radically different with makeup. Maybe more polished glossy versions of themselves when they are dolled up but that's really it.

Tilly · 17-04-2015 12:04pm

I think i do but i've been told i look the same.

baby and crumble · 17-04-2015 1:29pm

This might be semantics, bu the surely people look different with makeup on rather than looking different without?

Anyway, I never wear makeup. Occasionally I have worn clear mascara but the last time (apart for a reverse n makeup selfie I did!) was about 5 years ago. I will say I can't watch my girlfriend put her full on event makeup on. The various stages scare the crap out of me! The highlighting and everything is terrifying taken in isolation. And tbh I never see her as looking that different. She just looks like a dressed up version of herself. You know?

Frigga_92 · 17-04-2015 1:47pm

I look pretty much the same. I get very slight redness around my nose and on my chin but other than that my skin is okay so make up just evens out my skin tone.

ballinasloex · 17-04-2015 4:32pm

I look younger but pretty much the same I'd say?, except very pale.. My eyes look totally different though!:/

MrWalsh · 17-04-2015 4:37pm

I look much the same, although better with it on I think (I dont wear face make up, just do eyes and lips going out).

But as I dont wear it on a daily basis, anytime Ive make up on Im also dressed up and with my hair done so my entire look is radically different.

Kablamo! · 17-04-2015 4:39pm

I've had my skin tone described as "ham" so yeah, there's a big enough difference when I wear make up. I'm comfortable in myself though so only launch it on for special occasions.

StripedBoxers · 17-04-2015 10:42pm

I look much the same. Without make up I look about 15/16 so I like to wear it because I feel more confident when I look better, and I also like to look my age.

Roselm · 17-04-2015 10:48pm

Kablamo! wrote: »

I've had my skin tone described as "ham"

Oh dear!!! Who said that to you?!

fussyonion · 17-04-2015 11:13pm

I have blonde eyelashes and brows so when I take my "eyes" off, it's very noticeable.
I look younger but with my eyes, I definitely need mascara and my eyebrows tinted regularly.

Otherwise, I'd resemble Tilda Swinton and that, in my book, is NOT a good thing.

My other half says I look beautiful either way, but he does compliment me on my eyeshadow and he loves the eye-liner cat-eye flick thing.

Makes me feel good when he says it 'cos he's a bloke and knows nothing about make-up...so to say that...well I MUST look half decent

17-04-2015 11:15pm

I don't look very different. I don't really use much that would affect my features, like defining eye make-up, eyebrow shapers or contouring. I usually just use a light, BB cream-like foundation, mascara, eyebrow pencil (just enough to darken what's already there) and concealer.

People I work with (where I'd wear make up every day) would comment that I look ill or hungover when I'm not wearing it, and friends (who would rarely see me with it) would comment that I'm looking very healthy when I'm wearing it.

Alibear · 18-04-2015 2:00pm

I look much younger, but fortunately I have great skin and a glow so I'm not too self-conscious without it on!

bb1234567 · 19-04-2015 11:27am

Theres a girl in one of my college lectures who I had spoken to for the first time a few weeks ago and we were chatting for quite a while, I didn't realise she had much makeup on cause it looked quite natural. Anyway I saw her again at a lecture a few weeks later without makeup on and I didn't recognise her at first, then I looked more closely and I still couldn't tell. She was sitting a bit away from me and couldn't see me from her angle but I had to take a few double takes to make sure but I still wasn't sure hahah only her voice really confirmed it was her to me!
Makeup is a powerful thing!!

Lia_lia · 19-04-2015 11:00pm

I look pretty much the same. I don't wear very heavy make-up anyway. My brows and eyelashes would be the main thing because they are so fair.

Ilyana 2.0 · 22-04-2015 12:11pm

I find that make-up tends to 'lift' my features and I like to define my eyes, so when I go barefaced I look pretty drab, not to mention having my spots and scars on show. I get bad shadows under my eyes, which look horrendous without concealer.

When I don't wear make-up, people ask me if I'm tired or unwell because they're so used to seeing me made up. I wish I could get away without it some days, but the reactions I've gotten in the past to my bare face tell me other wise

dee_mc · 22-04-2015 12:50pm

Ilyana 2.0 wrote: »

I find that make-up tends to 'lift' my features and I like to define my eyes, so when I go barefaced I look pretty drab, not to mention having my spots and scars on show. I get bad shadows under my eyes, which look horrendous without concealer.

When I don't wear make-up, people ask me if I'm tired or unwell because they're so used to seeing me made up. I wish I could get away without it some days, but the reactions I've gotten in the past to my bare face tell me other wise

Oh you sound just like me, I always say I'll slap a bit on to avoid scaring the children

Wobbly_Legs · 22-04-2015 1:31pm

I believe I do look different with make up on.
I always put some mascara and eye liner on my lower line every day. Otherwise I think I my eyes look lost on my face... I love having dramatic sharp eyes.
Being a blondie my eye lashes are non-existent without some mascara on. :pac:
I've only recently gained the confidence to go out and about without foundation / concealer and I have become used to how my natural skin tone is. When I first started going without, I did have a few comments from people who know me well saying I look pale and asking if I was feeling alright.:( That has stopped now though.

Saralee4 · 23-04-2015 2:44pm

It's weird but I didn't start wearing mascara until I was 25. I just preferred not to wear it. I occasionally wore a bit of eyeliner. When I started wearing mascara, I got used to the look and now I think it looks strange when I don't wear it but I think it's just what I'm used to. I'd say if I stopped wearing it, I wouldn't notice after a while.

23-04-2015 6:16pm

I wear mascara daily and add some blush, foundation and gloss if I'm going out. I look much younger without makeup than with. I think I look 'harder' if I wear more than the minimum.

Do you look different without make up?

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