Most of the women I see on the street walk around the world with make-up on. Some more, some less. But by the 9th grade at the latest, every girl knows what a concealer is and what you use the highlighter for. And YouTube make-up tutorials are already known in elementary school… not to mention permanent eyeliners.

This raises the following question for me:

When should children be allowed to put on make-up?

The make-up is everywhere!

Make-up is an omnipresent part of the world in today’s world. He is in almost every household and accompanies us every step of the way. We see advertising of make-up on TV, on advertising columns and on the stack of magazines during visits to the doctor. Even when shopping for drugstores, a whole wall full of make-up kills us. Is it even possible to escape make-up?

Social pressure when everyone else is already putting on make-up

I am the absolute late bloomer when it comes to make-up. My parents were against me putting on make-up because they thought it would ruin my natural beauty. I, on the other hand, felt trapped in a quandary.

If everyone does it, you quickly become an outsider if you don’t join. These can be banal things. If all other girls already wear a bra or have a period beforehand, girls often have a feeling of otherness.

With make-up, however, this is such a thing, because you do not have to wait for a physical development. You can make up everything that has a face!

Is there any point in parents forbidding their children to put on make-up?

As I said, my parents weren’t thrilled with the idea that I would put on makeup, even though I was already 14/15. Sometimes I was allowed to – on special occasions such as birthdays or the like. But it was taboo to go to school with make-up on!

Unfortunately, bans rarely bring anything to pubertal teenagers. Of course, I did it anyway. Early in the morning I put on make-up downstairs in the guest toilet and was the first to go to the door so that no one saw me. It wasn’t much, just a little mascara and lipstick. After school, I put on make-up with a few make-up wipes. That’s how I did it – for about half a year.

 

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Is there a “too early” make-up?

It is not uncommon for me to meet 10-year-old girls in my environment who try their hand at lip gloss and blush. The thought “too early” comes up in me instinctively, but is it really? After all, I don’t want them to do the same secrecy as I did back then. Nowadays I have the feeling that “everything” starts much earlier anyway.

Show them how to put on make-up!

What do you think of it when you, the parents, teach the kids how to handle make-up properly? How to use the Eyliner and with what swing to apply the mascara?

Unfortunately, I still have some very embarrassing photos in which I painted my eyes very dark and I had a bit like the guitarist of a punk rock band. I would have liked someone to show me how the rabbit runs!

When should children be allowed to put on make-up?

There is probably no right answer to this. After all, adults also put on make-up. It’s probably best for parents to put themselves in their children’s shoes. The question of “why” usually explains almost everything.

If you are strictly against it for various reasons, then you absolutely have to teach the children in a neutral way. Fobing them off with a “because I say it” probably won’t stop them. I would also suggest that you and you carefully approach the make-up. In this case, the kids can only make up discreetly for the time being, before they later become “more colorful”!