Why do women wear lipstick?

My sister used to wear "White Shoulders" and I loved it. But the price was over my budget. I just looked it up and it is amazing what price differences there are!
 
I used to love Avon occur creme perfume...long discontinued now of course..

Does anyone know of a really light floral creme perfume ...I much prefer cremes'' but I an never find a really good one.

Currently I use a spray perfume..''Lovely'' by Sarah Jessica Parker....it's a sily white Amber which I really like..
 
Laurie said:
My wife's very much the traditionalist - Chanel, Tweed, Givenchy and the like. She wears "cooking" perfumes like Letice or Ysatis around the house.
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In my twenties early thirties, I wore Givenchy Ysatis and Narcisse by chloe, Samsarah in my 30's. There was a time in my late teens and early twenties when I sold Avon and Candid was my scent of choice most of the time, I also liked Navy.
 
This was always my favorite

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I need to add a little bit of light color to my lips, which have paled as I've aged. Wouldn't leave the house without at least wearing some mascara and lipstick.
Look your best, do your best, be your best. That's my motto :)
 
"Wouldn't leave the house without at least wearing some mascara and lipstick."

Leave the house?

My wife wouldn't even think of leaving the bedroom without them, any more than I would think of not shaving (with aftershave!).
 
Further to your post Laurie..

I had a Canadian aunt and uncle..they had no children and were completely wrapped up in each other, they were always immaculately dressed and turned out. Never once had we seen my Auntie without make-up, even after they moved from Canada to Fife and we got to see them very regularly..it was only when i was older that I learned that even my uncle had never once seen my aunt without make-up and perfect hair. She would refresh her make-up before going to bed, and re-do it in the morning again..before he was awake.

Not very relaxing IMO..but each to their own.
 
hollydolly said:
Further to your post Laurie..

I had a Canadian aunt and uncle..they had no children and were completely wrapped up in each other, they were always immaculately dressed and turned out. Never once had we seen my Auntie without make-up, even after they moved from Canada to Fife and we got to see them very regularly..it was only when i was older that I learned that even my uncle had never once seen my aunt without make-up and perfect hair. She would refresh her make-up before going to bed, and re-do it in the morning again..before he was awake.

Not very relaxing IMO..but each to their own.
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Years ago,we had a friend the exact same way. She had her hair "done" at the beauty shop three days a week-always in a fancy updo. Always wore full makeup. She had two children and gave birth to them without getting a hair out of place or her makeup smudged. She got up an hour before her hubby every morning to do her makeup and make sure her hair was perfect. Guess it didn`t work out too well for her because they divorced after 15 years of marriage. She was also addicted to tanning beds and sadly,last I heard,she had skin cancer on the soles of her feet. Who has ever even heard of that happening?!?
 
hollydolly said:
Further to your post Laurie..

I had a Canadian aunt and uncle..they had no children and were completely wrapped up in each other, they were always immaculately dressed and turned out. Never once had we seen my Auntie without make-up, even after they moved from Canada to Fife and we got to see them very regularly..it was only when i was older that I learned that even my uncle had never once seen my aunt without make-up and perfect hair. She would refresh her make-up before going to bed, and re-do it in the morning again..before he was awake.

Not very relaxing IMO..but each to their own.
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We're not quite that bad, but when we were courting my wife would no more think of greeting me without make up than I would have thought of spending time with her while unshaven.

Just because we put that courtship on a more permanent basis fifty odd years ago there is no need to change!

I have never broken wind in my wife's presence, the ultimate in disrespect, nor has she ever heard me use foul language (though as a forty year vet I know a bit, in more than one language!), and the only time I have heard her swear was when she dropped a bag of flour on a newly washed floor and she said "Oh s**t"

As a matter of interest, our 17 year old son also heard her on that occasion, and forty years later that expression is still known in the family as "Mum's word"!
 
To each their own. My husband and I are comfortable around each other and I never wore makeup at home unless we had company coming. Oftentimes I stay in my PJ's and housecoat all day long, if I am not planning on leaving the house. But then my husband stays in his work clothes. I love sweat pants and tops. They are good enough to go grocery shopping in and to church on Wed. Nights and to my children's house in the fancy subdivision.
 
Yes, to each his/her own. My husband I are comfortable around each other. If I felt I needed to wear makeup and look nice all the time for him, I wouldn't feel that I could be myself. I like casual, don't wear makeup, swear and we have no problems farting in each others presence, it's natural, not disrespectful.
 
Mrs. Robinson said:
Years ago,we had a friend the exact same way. She had her hair "done" at the beauty shop three days a week-always in a fancy updo. Always wore full makeup. She had two children and gave birth to them without getting a hair out of place or her makeup smudged. She got up an hour before her hubby every morning to do her makeup and make sure her hair was perfect. Guess it didn`t work out too well for her because they divorced after 15 years of marriage. She was also addicted to tanning beds and sadly,last I heard,she had skin cancer on the soles of her feet. Who has ever even heard of that happening?!?
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OH my God, skin cancer on the soles of her feet?..that's a lot of tanning ...:(
 
I didn't even wear make up around my boyfriends all the time and for sure not to bed. They saw me at my best and worse, though, I do prefer being at my best most times for me:D.
 

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