Your daughter and make-up..

I think 13 is reasonable age. I have seen 7 and 8 year olds walking around like mini you know's with how much makeup they put on. I will NOT allow my 2 daughters to wear make up that young or that much. They like to play with it at home and play dress up but nothing major as they are only 3 and 4.

I think 12 or 13 is a good age. I don't remember how old I was when I started to wear makeup. I think I was in 6th grade. Nothing major then though.

Hhmm well I think it depends on a couple of things....for starters the behaviour of the girl...and secondly what and how much make up she's wanting to wear...HOWEVER I think that younger than 13 is too young..

Kids enjoy dress up games, so I suppose it is only natural for a young girl to want to emulate her mother by applying makeup. However, I worry a lot about society overexposing our kids – as it were. In my house, my wife does not wear makeup often. Only on special occasions when going out. Perhaps also when she has some other reason for wanting to be especially nice looking. (I know what your thinking, but I'm thinking – when she's had a bad day, feels blah, and wants to be noticed.) ... "Young children learn best by imitating. When preschoolers and elementary school kids dress up as adults and act out the many roles adults take, they are learning about the world around them and helping form their own identities. Tweens and teens are trying to find their own way in the world. These games allow them to temporarily try on new identities."... 1 Right, see that kind of thinking seems all well and good. But there's the worry about kids, perhaps, taking that 'try on new identities' part a bit too seriously. Specifically, are they trying to attract young men. Ok, good.. we want our daughters to be attractive, attract men, get married, have babies (when they are prepared to do so.) We do not want these things to happen when they are in highschool (or younger.) That's a problem. There is a lot of work that goes into developing makeups. I guess that means there's a big learning curve out there for young girls. And, with that teenage acne thing happening, perhaps some sort of cover-up makeup skills can keep the girl from being teased and all. ... "Formulating cosmetics is a cross between—it sounds nasty—real chemistry and cooking," says Steve Hasher. He works at Estee Lauder, a major makeup company in New York. ... [/i]2 Some people seem to have opinions that might seem very much like my own on first blush. [i]... "By letting a child wear perfume and makeup at young age, what do they have to look forward to in their teen years? What message are you sending them? That they need makeup to be attractive at 8 years old?" - Anastasia Papaioanou BellaOnline's Beauty Basics Editor ... [/i]3 I don't think anyone's going to convince me that an 8 year old needs to wear makeup. But, perhaps (as suggested in the article) some body spray stuff of lip gloss. I'd say 12 would be a find sounding time for a girl to wear light, tasteful makeup and learn about covering up acne. But, I'd really be nervous about my girl using makeup to be all "pretty kitty on the prowl" while they still live in my house. Do I have any real choice about that other than constant, all-day, video monitoring? Probably not. Sigh. I just want my daughter to be happy and enjoy childhood as long as she can until she is forced to grow up by life. No rushes, please dear? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: 1) Website: LoveToKnowKids - ( http://kids.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Makeup_and_Dress_Up_Games ) 2) Science News for Kids: Makeup Science - ( http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20050316/Feature1.asp ) 3) What Age Should Kids Wear Makeup? - ( http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art20310.asp ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm old fashioned I say not until High School.

I would think 12 or 13 was okay to wear a little REAL makeup (like lip gloss, blush etc). It depends on the girl though, doesn't it? I wore some makeup at that age and my dad hated it, but I was definitely innocent, not one of those 'hootchie mama' type girls who were wearing it to get noticed. If you go much younger than this, I am torn because I think of most pre-teens still as 'little girls' and little girls are naturally beautiful, they don't need makeup. In general terms anyway, less is more and it should always enhance you, you shouldn't look *made up*. My four year old loves lip gloss, from the flavored non colored ones to ones with glitter and she has a whole box of them. This gives her something of her own so she doesn't get into mommy's and draw on the wall with lip liner and lip stain... lol!

Ersmommy, I never really liked make up, and a child's skin is so sensitive that you never know what the chemicals in it can do to it. I would try my best to teach my girls that beauty comes from a happy frame of mind and healthy eating and regular exercise, so that they won't attach that much importance to make up. However, if they are that conscious of their looks, I guess that they would have to wait till they are at least fourteen or fifteen. As for me, to date, I don't wear any make up, except a little bit of eye black and just a hint of lipstick.

hi ersmommy! Well i try to experiment myself in wearing make up when i was only five years old. LOL. You know everytime i saw my mother doing something to her face and put colors and likpsticks. I really there and watching her and if she's gone i try to tried it to myself! hehehhe She catched me and said that i am still young to start with it. But then when the right time came..seems like i am not interested to put any make up to myself. I feel uncomfortable and i am not used to it. My mother adviced me then to make my self bloom sometimes...Especially that i am already a lady..So, im starting myself again but i used it every special occassions or other social gatherings.