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maybe a little Occupational Therapist (OT) - how much makeup for 13 yo?
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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 455067" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>OK... Slightly different perspective.</p><p></p><p>Starting in 9th grade - my parents allowed me to have makeup. This was mid-80s. I wore pink, blue, green, yellow - yeah. Not all at once. But I even had colored mascara (in fact, I do again now, and I wear colored eyeshadow to match my clothes...)</p><p></p><p>I never got into the raccoon-thing, because I was HORRIBLE with eyeliner. I could and did use it, but only on the top, because I couldn't get it close enough to my lash line. (Being dang near legally blind didn't help.)</p><p></p><p>So... Bio gave O makeup at age 8. I was thoroughly disgusted, because it wasn't accompanied with any direction or assistance (dark eyeshadow and RED lipstick). So, for O's 10th birthday, husband and I got her our version of makeup - super light blush, pale grey and blue eyeshadow, and clear mascara. And I sat down with her and taught her to apply it properly... We would have preferred to wait a few years, but we had to do damage control... She promptly lost all interest in makeup. But by age 12... Raccoon. And it looked BAD. I figured - and husband agreed - if she wants to look like she's the walking dead, so be it.</p><p></p><p>She's a lot better at applying it nowadays.</p><p></p><p>Oh - I am fair haired and skinned. I cannot wear brown mascara, it looks awful. I prefer black...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 455067, member: 6705"] OK... Slightly different perspective. Starting in 9th grade - my parents allowed me to have makeup. This was mid-80s. I wore pink, blue, green, yellow - yeah. Not all at once. But I even had colored mascara (in fact, I do again now, and I wear colored eyeshadow to match my clothes...) I never got into the raccoon-thing, because I was HORRIBLE with eyeliner. I could and did use it, but only on the top, because I couldn't get it close enough to my lash line. (Being dang near legally blind didn't help.) So... Bio gave O makeup at age 8. I was thoroughly disgusted, because it wasn't accompanied with any direction or assistance (dark eyeshadow and RED lipstick). So, for O's 10th birthday, husband and I got her our version of makeup - super light blush, pale grey and blue eyeshadow, and clear mascara. And I sat down with her and taught her to apply it properly... We would have preferred to wait a few years, but we had to do damage control... She promptly lost all interest in makeup. But by age 12... Raccoon. And it looked BAD. I figured - and husband agreed - if she wants to look like she's the walking dead, so be it. She's a lot better at applying it nowadays. Oh - I am fair haired and skinned. I cannot wear brown mascara, it looks awful. I prefer black... [/QUOTE]
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