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About 16 yrs old, and not  trashy looking, some times little make up is best.

With regard to make-up - natural look best - maybe 17-18years old if you even need it then - but the most important thing is to always use a moisturizer on your face even under makeup right up until you are eighty and beyond. Never go out without it and it works. 

Once the girls hit puberty it is only natural that they will want to experiment with make-up.As long as it is not applied to the extremes i don't have a problem with it.As parents we know damn well they don't need to because they have fresh lovely faces anyway.It is all part of being a female i guess.

If someone is around to give them pointers on what looks good, I would say 15-16. So long it's not applied with a trowel.

Its up to the people that are raising them. I believe that experimenting is fun. It teaches your feminine side. By the age of eighteen you should have some idea of wether makeup is needed or not. The  thing that I try to remember about me is how long can I go without it. When you get older it begins to really make you think about skin and how to take care of it. I hope my opinion helps.

When they leave school.

My daughter is 12 and in the 6th grade. I would be ok with her wearing lip gloss and masscara... SHe however thinks girls that wear makeup look like whores.

It really depends on why the girl wants to wear makeup. She may have some tone or complection issues. In the case I would take her to a makeup artist who could suggest remedies. (creams lotions light makeup.

I had very red and oily skin in middle school. I was picked on. If a light makeup would help a girl not go through that.. I say way not. Not all makeups are think or cakey.

Ducky

Yes Jenn, lightly and with pale colors is the key for sure.

NEVER!!!  Why cover-up one's true beauty?

Ducky

Make up is intended to enhance the best features, not "cover up" anything.

maybe when they start working , give them some responcibility and hopefully they'll act responcible..

maybe when they start working , give them some responcibility and hopefully they'll act responcible..

To all the older girls on this site who wear make up: What, if anything, are you trying to hide? If the answer is “nothing“ then why wear make-up? To me a natural face is far more attractive than one wearing a "mask".

we females in my family play "girls club" we get out the make up and the nail files and polish, and we do hair and all the girl stuff the young ones like. i feel it helps teach them the right way while having fun. you should see some of my hair dos! we took pictures of each other with noxema on our faces and cucumbers on our eyes! we have fun my granddaughters are 13 and 18.