Makeup when cycling?

[shootingstar]

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! )

Problem with my collection of lipsticks is that over past decade I'm wearing less and less makeup...so time to clean out it again.

I guess because I did have bad acne as a teenager where I did see a dermatologist at that time and took tetracycline oral medication plus a regime of careful face washes and minimal makeup...now, with that problem cleared ages ago, I find it freeing not to think much about makeup ..at all.

For certain my face would still break out in zits if I wore any foundation/blush while engaging in any exercise.

I figure on the bike..one of the sports that's faster than jogging....whoosh..no one can barely see you well up close. Unless there's a big date at the end of the ride. Even riding with someone else...well you do sorta have to pay attention where you are going while semi-looking at the person.

In personal life, don't need to please anyone: my partner (who cycles heavily) HATES it when I wear makeup. He is literally allergic to the smell of makeup.

But sunblock..yes most definitely!

[KnottedYet]

Nope, don't wear makeup to please anyone. My sweetie doesn't care one way or the other if I wear makeup or not. I wear it to please myself.

And I'm pretty pleased.

[Susan126]

Nope, don't wear makeup to please anyone. My sweetie doesn't care one way or the other if I wear makeup or not. I wear it to please myself.

And I'm pretty pleased.

Here here KY! No makeup for me either. Just sun screen and chapstick.

[Trek420]

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

No you don't. You look like cool chickie with a cycling scar

But you look great in makeup too so wear what you want when you want. And besides, lipstick is waaaaay cheaper than bikes.

[KnottedYet]

I kinda look at makeup as part of my artistic outlet.

I can't sketch or paint, but I can make my eyes look dramatic and smokey, or bright and perky, or strong and capable.

I can't sculpt or weave, but I can make my lips look sultry and delicious, or tender and alluring, or sporty and healthy.

I have fun, and like what I do with my face. It's all good.

(edit: and I do wear makeup on the bike sometimes)

[Trek420]

I can't sketch or paint

Yes you can draw Fashion is art, it's personal expression, whether jeans and t'shirts or dress and high heels.

Have fun with it.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I don't wear much makeup anymore.
Chapstick and sunscreen are important protection for me though.

I figure if you wear enough makeup that it becomes an issue or makes a mess when you're biking, then the solution is obviously to wear less.
Would you wear makeup to go swimming in a pool or at the beach? In a sauna?

[VeloVT]

If I'm going for a run or a ride at the end of the day and I'm wearing makeup, I will actually wash my face before going out. I can't stand exercising in makeup. Yuck . I don't wear it to the gym either (and will wash it off prior to working out if I've come wearing makeup).

[Zen]

I figure that i am 54 years old and I don't have to justify wearing make up to anyone.

Robyn

I think this started out as a question about applying make-up when preparing for a ride, didn't it?
I dunno, let me go look.

[firenze11]

I'm very fair as well. With my blonde eyebrows and lashes I feel I look awful without mascara. So I usually have it on. I also tend to wear foundation whenever I leave the house. If I go to the gym or am going to being seeing people when I workout I'll put foundation and mascara on. If not, then I won't It's more because I think I look better with them on, I'd prefer not to wear them at all when working out. I like to wear make-up day to day, though, just because I like it and I think it makes me look and feel pretty.

I also used to ride horses competitively and would ride in some A circuit shows. I didn't ride with a big huge ribbon-hogging barn and was always envious of the girls who looked so perfectly put together on their horses. Of course they had grooms and Moms who did their hair and makeup. My Mom and I were too busy rushing from class to class trying to get the horse tacked up, spraying him so he looked shiny, blacking his hooves and nose, etc. to get me looking like a model.

Maybe that's why I wear some makeup when working out in public now. . .I was scarred by my no-makeup riding years

[lph]

If I'm going for a run or a ride at the end of the day and I'm wearing makeup, I will actually wash my face before going out. I can't stand exercising in makeup. Yuck . I don't wear it to the gym either (and will wash it off prior to working out if I've come wearing makeup).

Yep, me too. I have nothing against wearing make-up, and will gladly make myself look gorgeous for a special event but I can't stand the feeling of sweating through it. Just freaks me out.

[Aggie_Ama]

Afternoon rides will find me in full makeup. I don't put it on in the morning if I am headed out to ride.

[Starfish]

but I can't stand the feeling of sweating through it. Just freaks me out.

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.

[Crankin]

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...

[Velobambina]

Robin --- I didn't take what you said as offensive, and I agree that the thread has drifted.

I wore eye make up in my 20s but once I got more serious about my athletics, I didn't have the time or inclination to be bothered with it. I could never wear foundation or lipstick due to my sensitive skin.

Each to her own! I can see the appeal of it but if I wore it, I'd forget I had it on and end up smearing it. With age, I've become more of a minimalist---air dry hair style, sunscreen & lip balm only, etc.