If I had a daughter, I’d say 10 is too young for make up but I’ve seen girls younger than 10 with make up. I agree with Elly – prepubescent girls’ natural look negates the need for makeup. Smooth and clear skin. No need to pluck eyebrows or shave unwanted hair. These days, they trim their eyebrows using templates to perfection, balloon up their lips using lip liners, use kohl eyeliner – so much that when they remove their makeup, they are unrecognizable. Liz, you will spend most of your life as an adult so enjoy your brief childhood. That is what I told my children when they were preteens wailing about wanting to be teenagers then as teenagers wailing about wanting to be adults. I said, “Once you’ve reached 18, you’re legally an adult. From there out, you will spend around 60 years as an adult. You have years and years. Why hurry?” I know it is mostly the independence they are longing for – they just don’t realize it comes with a price.
If I had a daughter, I’d say 10 is too young for make up but I’ve seen girls younger than 10 with make up. I agree with Elly – prepubescent girls’ natural look negates the need for makeup. Smooth and clear skin. No need to pluck eyebrows or shave unwanted hair. These days, they trim their eyebrows using templates to perfection, balloon up their lips using lip liners, use kohl eyeliner – so much that when they remove their makeup, they are unrecognizable. Liz, you will spend most of your life as an adult so enjoy your brief childhood. That is what I told my children when they were preteens wailing about wanting to be teenagers then as teenagers wailing about wanting to be adults. I said, “Once you’ve reached 18, you’re legally an adult. From there out, you will spend around 60 years as an adult. You have years and years. Why hurry?” I know it is mostly the independence they are longing for – they just don’t realize it comes with a price.