is make up a mask??

I think what's more important is that girls know that the majority of guys don't care about make-up. We think you look just as good without make-up as you do with it.

I love how everybody is feeding off of Gemma's comment

'enhancing' and 'depends on the person'.

Mask as in how? A big cloak that covers your face to make you pretty?
If it makes a person feel better then why interfere?

Or as in an emotional mask?
How can mascara, blusher, eyeshadow or lipstick in any way effect how your emotions present you?

And if they have something to hide, why is it 'natural' and more 'sexy' for them to show off their flaws?
A skin toner for instance can be covering up your spots.
Yeah, unleashing them can make you a whole ton prettier.

Although I really do find those girls who put on as much foundation as you can get so much it actually makes their face shine,
Or girls who try to make their faces completely white with powder completely hideous.
Plus it makes them look Chinese which isn't attractive :D

You should really ask your friend to elaborate.

I think make up should be used to bring out your features...not to hide your true beauty.

Erm...Hello! make-up can be both! i know lot of people who wear it as a mask but lots that don't! can i just ask who here would actually want to see lots of girls all depressed? wouldn't u much rather have lots of happy people?

Without make-up lots of people feel very insecure!

true point

make up is not a mask. I really don't need to wear it, because i went 15 years without it and no one really noticed or said anything about it. When I started wearing make up though, everyone noticed it. So, I think makeup is a way to accent your best features.

make up is not necessary but is wanted amoung girls (and some boys if thats how they roll) but i think it's okay. i only put on a little bit to enhance my facial features

no man loves a girl so with make up,men love girls with their prettiness(that's what i'm hearing all of my life,isn't it true?)

ummm... I don't get what you mean but anyways...

I wear make-up and I don't see a problem with it. I wear powder, blush, eyeliner, eyeshadow, and mascara, and lipgloss but I don't sit there and cake it on and if my powder matches my skin tone you don't even notice it.

I don't wear make up, unless it's a special occasion, because I honestly don't think I-or anyone else for that matter, needs it. If girls want to wear make up to make themselves feel better, go for it, as long as it is classy. I have a friend that wears so much makeup, it's sickening, you can actually see the powder on her face, and EVERYONE comments on it, and it's sad because she is so beautiful and she's really not doing anything for herself. So, I guess it all depends on how you wear it.

Yes, yes it is indeed.

I wear eyeliner and mascara most every day...I don't think that's really a lot, but I'm not hiding anything...I just like eyeliner. And when I choose to wear foundation which isn't often, its just to hide bad skin...haha.

agreed with bit about skin^ lol even then i usually dont bother, i mean we all get crap skin at times so why bother hiding it. maybe im just lazy because i dont want to take the time to put on full make up but honestly i dont see the point in wearing make up to the mall or places like that. i mean i dont want to try on a top that someone else has lost half their foundation on.
give me blistex any day and ill be happy :)

I don't think it's true at all. . .

How can you interpret products that are sold to young girls for beauty purposes as a metaphor for a mask?

It's just like an accessory. You can coordinate it with clothes or just maybe you feel insecure. It doesn't mean you hide things.

well society pushes us in a way to wear make up to enhance our beauty... its just a thing we learn from our moms when we are little and we thought it was fun to wear make up... its just how we grew up...

girls will be girls.

i think makeup is pointless and some people wear so much they look like a clown. but it doesn't hide anything.

'd agree that make-up is a mask (used by both sexes). However, you're only fooling yourself as you really can't hide ... it is in the eyes ... for all to see!

I Only Do Eye Makeup To Enhance The Beautiful Eyes I Was Already Born With, Anything Other Than That I Cant Relate To Because Makeup For Me Is Not a Mask, Its An Accessory.... Sort Of Like Earrings, You Don't Wear Them All The Time But When You Do, It Complements You =)

xoxo-Nikki-xoxo

I think it is beacuse in a way it hides your natural beauty....but it really depends

NO stop trying to get a deeper meaning out of things that dont mean anything
its like saying clothes are a costume

We are, from the time when we were youngest and most vulnerable to now, told that beauty is exceptionally important, and that beautiful people will lead exceptionally happy lives. The problem is, this is a universal fib we all have accepted. Otherwise, why would there be such pressure on people to be physically attractive?

Society tells us that looking good will make you feel good, and it works.. only because it has been engraved into our minds, and we, being mentally anaware of this fact, involuntarily force ourselves happier when we make ourselves prettier.

So makeup in general is a mask. Whether or not a person takes it too a radical degree is their choice.

My boyfriend thinks make-up is infact an unecessary mask. Of course, he believes sooner or later, everyone has to show their true selves. I think...make up can be a mask for certain people. It depends how you look at it, what's your intentions, and how you use it.

i wear make-up but i get mad when people say im pretty when i have make up on cuz i feel its a mask but i feel prettier wearing make up

Personally, to me. It hides the hidden-deep-down-scars that everyone left me with. Alot of people say they like me with makeup and I'm pretty good at putting it on (don't know why they say that) but yeah. I think it's a mask for my own and everyone else's own good. If everything that happened in my past just poured out I don't think I could handle having everyone knowing what I did and what happened to me and that. I dunno. But keeping it in isn't good etiehr so thats why I write poetry. POETRY ROCKS!

Make up is just the same as dressing like a barbie or putting your feet in excruciating pain in high heels------ It's just one thing that has never gone away, they used to put lead in make-up, so yeah, well I think if a girl feels good about herself then make-up isnt a mask its like chocolate.... dont judge people for how they appear coz thats what gives them the idea to wear the "mask" in the first place.

But when used to impress people well then I spose its a mask hiding your true self.

its a mask if you wear piles and piles of makeup and ur face looks all extra dry and crumbed out,and u looking like a goast

i don't believe so.
most girls wear makeup to cover up unwanted pimples or belmishes, while others wear makeup to bring out their best features, like myself.

A "mask" might be using makeup in a way to hide scars or bruises of your past, if you really consider that a mask.

I'll have to agree with gemma if its done right and it matches ur skin tone then its not a mask.