God. Only three years and they have that poor little boy. Give it some elbow grease would you!? Are people even trying?

That skin, that hair, that poise, AND she like's the color purple? Kerry Washington watch out! I might have a new muse!

I came here to mock but that was a pretty solid performance. Terrible name, but good vocals. Should've just gone with Burgundy. Better yet — Oxblood. It's very "of the moment."

Old men hit on me in real life too — doesn't mean I give up on real life.

How many online dates have you actually been on? Just like in real life, you have to kiss some frogs. 70% of the dates I went on were non starters. But those odds were better than real life, where flirtation more often ends in . . .well, more flirtation, maybe a hook up, but rarely anything of substance. Online,…

This is so on point. Give these women all the prizes.

A very reasonable response.

Thank you! This poster clearly isn't aware of her good-skin privilege. There is a difference between purple eye shadow for funsies and concealer for not-looking-like-a-leper-anymore.

I don't know who you are arguing against in this post, but seeing as how I have never said any of the things you are refuting, I don't have much to say in response. I responded more completely to you elsewhere.

Apparently you feel like I've put words in your mouth. I feel the same way. I might have read some things into your comment from others in this thread. For that I apologize. I don't think I insulted you. (Me inferring that you thought people who wear makeup are shallow isn't exactly an insult to you).

Nice judgmental comment. You would like not to feel like a weirdo (which no one here is doing) so you're going to deride the rest of us with reference to "weird powders and stuff"?

Actually, this whole article is doing exactly that. It says you are insecure with low self esteem if you choose to wear make up early in a relationship, rather than drawing the obvious conclusion that yeah, when you don't know someone that well and looks are more central to your attraction, its reasonable to want to…

Agreed. So why all these anti-makeup articles? I don't see the pro-makeup community wringing their hands about the "self esteem" of the barefaced or calling them "insecure" losers.

I know. Besides which, I don't feel like I have to proclaim that "ITS ABOUT ME NOT ABOUT MEN!" Yeah, I would still wear make up if I knew no men were going to be around, because I enjoy being attractive. (No time to unpack that right now). But what is wrong with wanting to look my most attractive to my boyfriend?…

Im sure your face is fine. So is mine. But it looks like the bomb.com when I cover up my acne scars. My boyfriend also thinks I look great without make up. But I look even better with it. The same way people have been dressing up and adorning themselves for thousands of years to look good and express themselves, I…

So you're attracted to everyone huh? And you expect everyone to be attracted to you at your worst? No one is saying that less attractive people don't deserve love and affection, but romantic relationships are premised on physical attraction. Otherwise they would be non-romantic relationships. It is incredibly naive…

Ok. Your name says it all. We just aren't going to agree.

Not Slutty McSlutterson. DoWhatYouWanterson :)

How is that statement (which, by the way, is one of many working definitions of feminism) incompatible with my comment?

Even if I buy that reading, the reason you might not be able to imagine yourself wearing makeup for 4 weeks is because you don't have acne scars or some other severe skin discoloration issue that would be off putting to many men early in a relationship. (Freckles and age spots are normal skin variations as opposed to…