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Teachers' make up

  • 07-07-2015 12:52am
    #1
    goose1
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭


    Hey!
    Right,this is a very trivial question but it's one I've been wondering about. Would've posted in beauty but I would prefer to hear from other teachers. :)

    I'm starting my first real teaching job at the start of the next academic year. When I was doing my training I was lucky to roll out of bed and smarten myself up with what I was wearing but, to be fair, I was travelling over an hour a day.

    Now, I'm looking at working in the same place for a year. I enjoy wearing makeup and feel better for doing so, but obviously it needs to be school-friendly. Any ideas as to appropriate looks for teachers? I don't want to go over board. Are coloured lipsticks okay? How smokey would you go eye wise?

    Again, totally vacuous, I have other things to be concerned with! But would love to know what people think...it'd be helpful :)


Comments

  • #2
    gaiscioch
    Registered Users Posts: 1,528 ✭✭✭gaiscioch


    I wouldn't be the world's greatest authority on makeup but only to say don't plaster yourself with it. There are some fierce shocking yokes going around covered in the stuff, and wearing far, far too much perfume. Just a hint of both is nice.


  • #3
    Windorah
    Registered Users Posts: 210 ✭✭Windorah


    I'd have to agree with the previous poster. Keep it simple and subtle. So maybe ease off on the smoky eye and colored lip:)


  • #4
    mirrorwall14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,751 ✭✭✭mirrorwall14


    Definitely simple and smart. Nothing ott at all. In a lot of schools the kids will be banned from OTT makeup so only fair to not be rubbing it in their faces so to speak :)


  • #5
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    I don't wear make-up so not really in a position to comment, but maybe keep it simple for the first few days, much like you would with dress code and see what the lie of the land is in your staffroom.


  • #6
    Larianne
    Registered Users Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    Wear the same amount of makeup that you would wear to a funeral. (Sounds a bit odd, but not if you think about it!)


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  • #7
    mockingjay
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭mockingjay


    Keep it simple and dress smart, you will be judged on your teaching and communication, not your looks.


  • #8
    Queenalocin
    Registered Users Posts: 175 ✭✭Queenalocin


    mockingjay wrote: »
    Keep it simple and dress smart, you will be judged on your teaching and communication, not your looks.

    I don't know about that, teenage girls can be pretty 'pass remarkable' (dare I say, bitchy) so there will be a fair amount of judging based on your looks. :confused:


  • #9
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Queenalocin wrote: »
    I don't know about that, teenage girls can be pretty 'pass remarkable' (dare I say, bitchy) so there will be a fair amount of judging based on your looks. :confused:

    Why would you care about the opinion of a teenage girl? That and I wouldn't tolerate any comments of a personal nature made by students in my classroom.


  • #10
    katydid
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,351 ✭✭✭katydid


    rainbowtrout wrote: »
    Why would you care about the opinion of a teenage girl? That and I wouldn't tolerate any comments of a personal nature made by students in my classroom.

    Maybe they're jealous because they can't wear make up. :-)


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