Eye make up and cycling

[soprano]

I commute and if I'm wearing makeup that day, I put it on before leaving the house. If I'm headed out for a purely recreational ride or run, I skip it. My commute is 3.5 miles each way and I almost always wear makeup if it is below 70 degrees. If I need to look really nice I'll pack along some powder for a touch-up.

For keeping eye makeup fresh through light exercise, Urban Decay makes an eye makeup primer that is amazing. They sell it at Sephora. I use it both on my eyelids and under my eye where I put concealer, then add shadow and concealer. Sweat won't touch it. Eye makeup remover is necessary to take it off. Also check out tubing mascaras. Sephora has one by Blinc ($$$!) or for a drugstore brand try L'Oreal Double Extend.

Re: why women do or don't wear makeup: I have fair skin and a dark smudge under one of my eyes that is totally natural. I wear concealer to cover, otherwise I sometimes have concerned friends inquiring about my marriage I also am cursed with stubborn adult acne. I was able to skip makeup for most of this summer but right now my acne is flaring up. It's not a matter of looking pretty or professional or like a bimbo. It's about fitting in and not wanting peoples' pity.

[kajero]

I went to a family thing this afternoon. I put on blush and lipstick. I also put on eyeliner and mascara. The blush and lipstick were gone by the end of the party. Then I went on a 32 mile bike ride. LOL . . . I am sitting here with raccoon eyes and no eye make up remaining on my eyes. Normally, I would not even bother with make up at all but it was a family thing.

I think I will have to try some of the suggestions in this thread. Or maybe I should have gone bike riding first, taken a shower, put on eye makeup, and then attended the family thing. (Except I have such a habit of getting lost -- I can't follow a map or Garmin -- that I probably never would have gotten home in time to get ready for the party.