Makeup when cycling?

[shootingstar]

I never do. Closest was when I discovered I forgot my chapstick lip protector or it ran low, for certain times of cracked lips (rare for me), so abit of lipstick was handy...to protect in a jiffy.

And I haven't worn mascara since I was 21 yrs. Just found the stuff made my eyes tired. Don't know why. Mascara is nearly useless on me anyway in terms of effect. I have black natural hair.

Thought to bring up this question: I just bought a cycling jersey..it was XS and so I grabbed it. Then got home and discovered there was a trace or makeup on it.... It irks me to see perfectly good clothing in store ruined by makeup from women who were negligent while trying on clothing.

[KnottedYet]

I've had that happen. Usually a little dish soap and some gentle scrubbing gets it off.

[kelownagirl]

I always wear makeup. I love wearing makeup. I have been going crazy not being able to wear makeup for the past two weeks.

Fwiw, I try not to get makeup on clothes when I try them on. My own pet peeve is people who get white deodorant powder on dark clothes when they try them on.

[smilingcat]

make up?? does chap stick qualify?? or sun screen??

Smears and stains my clothing, gets in my eye. Nope. just my not so pretty face when I ride, ski, or swim.

Nor does my sister. Right now she's training for first marathon of this season. I hate running. She's not too keen on cycling so

I'm just not that girly.

smilingcat

[Andrea]

I hardly wear any to start- some mascara (since I color my hair black and it's naturally orange-red), and a little concealer on the random pimple or red spot. If I am riding first thing in the morning, I'm bare except for sunscreen!

[Zen]

Yuck.
It makes me feel like I'm just putting dirt back on my face.
a smidge of eyeliner usually and mascara very rarely, like for a party or something.

[shootingstar]

Several years ago I learned that one of my sisters wore mascara regularily when jogging. I didn't get that at all..and she's a sis..someone I'm supposed to understand.

[singletrackmind]

Sunscreen & chapstick.

Not much of a makingup kind of a girl anyways.

[horsemom]

LoL! I am NOT a girly girl (honest!!) but I do wear mascara, and have done so every day since I was about 13. 100 Mile endurance horse races, tris, trail running, you name it, I had my mascara on! My older sisters and mom, who are a little more girly than I, have always worn mascara also! I never thought of it as odd until now!!

Laura

[SouthernBelle]

When I get up and go out for a ride, no I don't put on makeup. On the other hand, afternoon ride when I get home from the office, I don't take it off.

I always wear a moisturizer with spf whether riding or otherwise. My poor skin has quite a bit of sun damage from my young and foolish days. BTW, my makeup has sunscreen too.

[Miranda]

LoL! I am NOT a girly girl (honest!!) but I do wear mascara, and have done so every day since I was about 13. 100 Mile endurance horse races, tris, trail running, you name it, I had my mascara on! My older sisters and mom, who are a little more girly than I, have always worn mascara also! I never thought of it as odd until now!!

Laura

omg, you're sig pic cracked me up... I love my coffee.. it reminds me of a sign that is posted near the checkout counter of my fav old school hole in the wall coffeehouse... "Give me coffee, and no one gets hurt!"

[Miranda]

I do wear waterproof mascara. I'm fair skinned, and my lashes are very light... it's the only piece of makeup I feel naked without. Of course for the fairness, I apply the max sunblock, usually Coopertone sport 50spf... and some lip chap stick, sunscreen.

I almost feel like the older I get, less makeup works better... when really my lines probably need some more.

I don't understand the gym rat friends for spinning who come in fully makeup, hair done, and then say they also had a shower before. I know I'm gonna be sweating like a pig, so why take one before if that's your first activity of the day?

Maybe they wish I would take a shower too before.

[btchance]

If I run out the door first thing in the morning to workout, then no, no makeup or at the most concealer to coverup any major zits I have. But if I've already got my makeup on, then why bother to take it off? It never bothers me, but I grew up in the stuff for ballet performances and horse shows in 100+ heat where we had to put our "wh@re makeup" on so we can be seen by the judges and not looked washed out under the lights.

[Crankin]

I like make up, so shoot me...
Seriously, if I am going to ride or do some other activity in the morning, or it's a weekend, I wash my face, put on moisturizer with sunscreen, under eye concealer (you don't want to see me without it), and go. Oh and I do wear lip gloss or lipstick with sunscreen. Then I put on more regular sunscreen.
If I am riding after work and I already have make up on (blush, eye makeup) I don't take it off, just put sunscreen on over it.
I notice most younger women wear chapstick type stuff the way I wear lipstick. I feel naked without it and I like the smooth feeling it gives my lips.
I am not a girly-girl either and don't mind getting dirty, camping, and rolling in mud after a mountain bike fall (which happens a lot since I suck at mountain biking). I can pee in the woods with the best of them. But, I like wearing make up when I'm not exercising, buying nice clothes, and getting pedicures.
This doesn't make me a bad person. I figure that i am 54 years old and I don't have to justify wearing make up to anyone.

Robyn

[KnottedYet]

Lipstick and eyeliner are my friends.

And if I don't use wax pencil to fill in a scar on my brow, I look like Snidley Whiplash.

I have a bazillion lipsticks, and I'm always yearning after more. (kinda like bikes! )