I’ve noticed that a lot of men don’t know what “natural” even looks like.

They’ll see a woman with foundation, concealer, highlighter, setting, and mascara on and be like “Wow natural beauty”.

A lot goes into makeup that isn’t just lipstick & eyeliner.

The real takeaway is that whoever says something like that just doesn’t want to be able to see that makeup was applied, not that none was used. Most likely not even knowing that themselves because of their ignorance.

Why the fuck would a woman have to mask herself with makeup, and men not? Is it acceptable for men to not look “perfect”, and for women not? This is complete bullshit. Luckily, my wife doesn’t wear any makeup, and has thus much healthier skin than all the other people who wear makeup, and she is beautiful just like that.

It’s nice to look good. The only reason men don’t wear makeup is because it’s not socially acceptable. However, lifting weights is the most common “beauty adjustment” for men and while it has other benefits than looking better, that’s most of the reason most men do it.

Some beauty standards are cultural, but some are also simply biological, something everyone responds to. Clear skin for example, which makeup provides, is one such example of a natural attractiveness symbol, which is why it’s so universal across almost all cultures.

How much and in which ways one wants to make themselves look better is something everyone needs to figure out for themselves. But wanting to and acting on it is not bad in itself, so I wouldn’t shame anyone for putting on makeup, same as I wouldn’t for someone not using it.

It’s bad enough that you are propagating such ideas, instead of normalizing and making it acceptable for women to live without makeup.