Makeup when cycling?

[makbike]

I don't wear makeup at all. I did as a kid for I have a large birthmark over my left eye. My mom taught me to apply it and I started every day off in the bathroom putting it on to cover my birthmark. I hated it! When I was in the 5th grade I tossed it all in the garbage can and proclaimed myself to be makeup free. My mom was afraid kids would tease me but supported my decision. I told her in a very mature voice that if they teased me they were not my friends to begin with and I did not want them as my friends. I've not worn any make up since that day. I simply want people to accept me for who I am not how I look.

[shootingstar]

I don't wear makeup at all. I did as a kid for I have a large birthmark over my left eye. My mom taught me to apply it and I started every day off in the bathroom putting it on to cover my birthmark. I hated it! When I was in the 5th grade I tossed it all in the garbage can and proclaimed myself to be makeup free. My mom was afraid kids would tease me but supported my decision. I told her in a very mature voice that if they teased me they were not my friends to begin with and I did not want them as my friends. I've not worn any make up since that day. I simply want people to accept me for who I am not how I look.

Wow makbike. Bet you climbed some 'mountains' well by now.
My decision going makeup free ..even off bike, is very much driven by wanting my skin to breathe at this stage in life. When work commuting, I did put on some makeup when changing into work clothes ..but only for certain meetings. But then I would wash it off before cycling homeward. By end of day, my face skin feels tired from wearing a layer of makeup.

Am more driven by carrying the least of amount things to remember and to repack. I still have my foundation bottle in my work desk..and haven't opened it for past few months.

I have no problems with living in chick world...after all, I grew up with 4 sisters.

And forgot about how some sports do require makeup in competition...ice skating, synchronized swimming, gymnastics, ballet, dance and even circus gymnastics.. (wow, Cirque de Soleil gals are something else in their athleticism).

[Blueberry]

I very rarely wear makeup. Once in a while, for a very significant client meeting, interview, or hearing. Would also wear it for a jury trial. Usually, though - nothing at all. Just moisturizer, sunblock and chapstick.

CA

[Grog]

I just wear moisturizer and some lip gloss or something similar. I will wear some very light foundation (Clinique's Almost-Makeup) now and then if I have an event and my rosacea is flaring up. I apply eye shadow or mascara about once a year, and always regret it as it messes up my contact lenses somehow.

Maybe I would do it more for "important meetings," especially mascara, but for lack of practice it takes me forever to put it on, and the potential for disaster is pretty high. I am fair-skinned and just live with it.

I could not imagine wearing makeup for sports though. But I don't mind others doing it. I am more concerned with women (and men) who wear earrings on the bike. It's their problem, but I can't bear the thought of a crash where the helmet straps would somehow pull the earring away, or any other circumstance where the earring would become stuck to something and tear through the earlobe. I was traumatized by a freak accident in elementary school when a boy sectioned his finger because he was wearing a ring during PE class, so all combinations of sports + jewelry scare me now!

[limewave]

I have friends here! I thought I was strange because I wear hardly any make up while most of my friend's pile it on. As a kid/teenager, I was just never in to getting dressed up and wearing make-up. As I became a young adult I was more interested in it, but didn't have a clue where to start or what to do. I'm in awe of the makeover shows and my friends, putting on make up is a true art form for those who know what they are doing.

I wear some mascara and tinted lip gloss. That's about it. I use a daily moisturizer with SPF. For very special occasions I might try some light foundation and eye shadow.

However, I don't wear any make up when I work out. Sometimes I forget to take off my mascara and I end up with raccoon eyes.

There is one lady that I see at a lot who has permanent makeup. I just think it's the most bizarre thing. She always looks like she's on her way to a formal evening party--even after finishing a half marathon! It's crazy. No one should look that good after running that far.

[RolliePollie]

I wish I felt comfortable going out in public without makeup! But my skin is a mess and I scare myself without makeup.

I have melasma (blotchy brown patches) from BCPs which darkens up from sun exposure even if I have SPF 50 sunscreen on. I can't really live without the BCPs because I have had acne since I was 12 and nothing else helps (I've literally tried everything!). So my choice is brown blotches over a face full of pimples. I also have dark cirlces which never go away. So, even for a bike ride, there is always at least some makeup involved. I don't cake it on though. I want a natural look but I just have to do something to try and even out my skin tone.

[Blueberry]

I have dark circles, but not even makeup helps them So I just scare people

CA

[invsblwmn]

Makeup? What's that? I don't wear it cause I'm lazy. Not a political cause, not a statement at all. Much the same about why I cycle, when physically able. I am cheap, got tired of paying high prices for gas so I started commuting. Became a vegetarian cause I felt too guilty to eat meat after I accidently hit a cat that dashed in front of my truck. Simple motivaters in my life. People think I am a feminist, animal activist, and healthnut. They got it all wrong, I am just lazy, cheap and guilt driven.

[RolliePollie]

I have dark circles, but not even makeup helps them So I just scare people

CA

Makeup doesn't really help mine either but I like to pretend it does! lol !!!

I got whacked in the face by a tree branch a few weeks ago and got a nice shiner. My other eye looked so wonderful in comparison that I forgot all about the dark circle issue. No makeup could've covered my huge black eye.

[sundial]

Exercising when I already have makeup on for one reason or another is no longer a problem for me since I started using mineral powder makeup. Really is different than sweating through liquid or other traditional foundation.

If I had to wear make-up before my workout, this would be my choice too. I learned that my red face, smeared mascara, and smudgy eyeliner bought me a ticket to the vampire convention.

[OakLeaf]

For a few years there I wore a little makeup on "special" occasions, but I kind of forgot how to put it on, and now when I try it's such a disaster that I stopped bothering.

There were years when I liked to tell myself it was a political statement... these days I'm more likely to say it's laziness... but the truth is that I had active discouragement from my family when I was a teenager, and never had the social support to learn how to put my face on. It's just another of the social skills I don't have , and one that wasn't covered in group therapy, either

[sundial]

For a few years there I wore a little makeup on "special" occasions, but I kind of forgot how to put it on, and now when I try it's such a disaster that I stopped bothering.

Sounds like it's time you treat yourself to a makeover at the Bobbi Brown make-up counter.

[lauraelmore1033]

Yes, this started out as a question. But I notice that some (not necessarily on this list) people think that wearing or not wearing make up makes some kind of political statement. I think most people here understand what I mean.
For example, quite a few years ago, I met someone in a social situation where we were introduced by a mutual acquaintance, someone I worked with. This person said to me,"You work? You always look so put together with make up and everything." I don't know, it seemed as if she were implying that I must be some pampered woman who did nothing all day but sit around and put my make up on. That comment stuck with me.
I did not mean to be offensive...

Now, I would have taken that "you work?" comment to mean that you looked very professional all the time.

I don't like to wear makeup myself, and I am rather innept at applying it, so I wouldn't say the choice not to bother was political. I sweat like you wouldn't believe, so the thought of riding or exercising in it is horrific. I usually feel defensive about the choice not to wear makeup--since I perceive myself to be in the minority. (well, that and the fact that my mother attacks me relentlessly when I don't....)

[Starfish]

People think I am a feminist, animal activist, and healthnut. They got it all wrong, I am just lazy, cheap and guilt driven.

Literally LOL !

[gnat23]

I've actually been curious about the mineral makeup vs. exercise. Doesn't it dough-up or streak in a sweaty situation?

-- gnat! (current sports makeup: Neutrogena tinted moisturizer with sunscreen, red-tinted chapstick, and sport-optics large enough to hide the fact that I'm not wearing eye makeup)