What in your view are the limits of how much kids should dress up for events. I have seen little girls at desi events who have lipstick, blush, eyeliner and nail polish, and by little i mean 3 -4 year olds.
to me it just looks strange, kinda like those poor girls forced by theri psycho moms to be in beauty pageants, but it seems like it is gainign ground these days.
your thoughts?
what age, how much?
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I hate seeing little girls wearing makeup, maybe the moms think its cute or something...but i think it looks weird. then again those moms usually do the typical desi style makeup (white powder, red lips, black eyebrows/liner).
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I would not alllow make up on 3-4 year olds. I would let a slightly older girl play with nailpolish in fun colors. And perhaps glitter.
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3-4 age is the age of innocence. Make-up shouldnt be applied on them at that age.
Age 17 sounds appropraite to start wearing makeup and offcourse light make up, which looks elegant and natural, unless ur going to a wedding then u could i guess just play around with the eye-shadow.
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Not until 16 
Crazy moms.
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makeup on a girl is a big no-no. I think age 18 (college age) is an appropriate age to wear makeup.
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When I was little, my mom allowed me to wear makeup for special occasions like Eid, birthdays, etc. And having no makeup sense whatsoever, I always went for the darkest lipstick. It was either blook red or bright frosty pink. I know (eeeeew).
Well, you know how kids are so carefree and confident about themselves???? So was I! And I thought I looked like the HOTTEST THING in my boy-cut short hair, my bangs pushed up with a lace covered headband. Seriously, I was so proud of GORGEOUS i thought I looked. And I can't believe that my parents decided to snap photographs of me without thinking anything of it.
Well, as an adult, I look back at those pictures, I find that i look scary. Seriously, a little girl flashing bold red pigmented lips and a smile with two missing front teeth is NOT cute!
It has made me realize that make up looks best on older girls/women. Children look freaky with makeup. And those crazy moms who cake their little daughters with adult-like makeup and enter them into Beauty Contest....the daughters look like little women....that it's frightening.
I have decided than if I have daughters in the future, i will allow them face makeup when they are older and will look more NORMAL in it. Nailpolish on the other hand, I don't have a problem with little girls applying it. But anything on the face.....no!
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thanks, i found it lame and a little strange but was not sure if it was in vogue or something
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No but now that you brought it up, I'm seeing little girls wearing all this fancy stuff very early on. Even things like waxing eyebrows... there's an 11 year old I know who just had it done. She looks so mummyish already.
Gr8 question X2.
Here is my Worthy Post.
No you shouldn't allow little kids to do make up and you don't do makup.
But sometimes kids themselve cry for the make up. I saw this situation so I know.
If parents do themselves that is wrong but if girl herself cry alot for make up then you do a little or one thing whatever she ask and keep telling that you are not allowed to do make up until you become of my age.
Keep doing make up few times and few times ignoring her zid.
Now for the question when they should be allowed.
Her is my knowledge what I learnt. I learnt little bit Pshychiatry of children.
When girls become teenager or at the age of 12 or time e balooghat she herself attracted to make up and tayyar hoing and give importance to herself.
A time comes and it depends on the girls may be between 12 to 16. During that time she starts make up sajna sanwarna. Aeena daikhna aur baar baar daikhna, kapray pahan kar naay ya jo pasand aay unhain daikhna.
Aisay time pay jub larkiaan sajna sanwarna shuru karteen hain to parents usko uski aur bhi batain notice kar saktay hain Wo kaisay?
Wo Aisay:
Jub larki bohat ziada aina daikhay, ziada dair tak khari rahay ainay kay agay, make up tayyar hona aur kapron main dilchaspi lena, bal sanwarna karay to ho sakta hai us waqt wo kisi main interested ho I mean kisi larkay main kisi ko pasand bhi karti ho ya karna shuru kar dia ho.
Bohat ziada sajna sanwarna aur aina daikhnay say andaza lagaya ja sakta hai.
Yayhi wo umr hoti hai jub larkion ko larkon main dilchaspi shuru hoti hai aur pasand karna shuru karteen hain. It's all very natural. Nothing wrong about it. Isi liaay Islam main baligh hotay hi parday ka hukm hai kay masla na ho Ishq o mohabbat ka.
Is doran parents ko khaas tor say maan ko larki ko apni dost banana chahyay. Larki is umr main larkon ki batain karna bhi pasand karteen hain so agar wo karay to aap bhi us kay saath karain. Wo apni doston ya classmates ka zikr karain gi kon kis ko pasand karta hai aur kia karta hai. Aap baton baton main tareeqay say us say pooch bhi saktay hain kay tum to kisi ko naheen pasand karti? agar karti ho to bata do? ya jub bhi karo to bata dena.
That is another topic just wanted to give info to the parents of girls.
Now to the topic.
Baaz larkiaan makeup and sari cheezon ki buchpun say shauqeen hoteen hain ya thoray baray ho kar ho jateen hain kisi ko daikh kar inspire ho kar.
Meri bahan ki beti hai wo aaay din dulhan bani hoti hai. You guys don't believe wo dulhan banay aur teeka bhi laga kar school chali jati. Zara naheen sharmati. Koi kuch mazaq ura lay kuch kar lay. Wo abhi say kapray khoob pahan kar aina daikhti hai aur tayyar hoti hai.
Meri bahan ka rule hai buchchay jo kartay hain karnay do. As mys sister got lots of tough time after marriage didn't get anything. I also told her let her do everything NA JANAY SUSRAL MAIN JA KAR KIA SULOOK HO" kum uz kum parents kay ghar main sara shauq to poora kar lay.
Aik dafa saray shauq pooray ho jain kisi insaan kay kisi bhi cheez kay liaay to uskay dil main kisi qism ki hasrat naheen rehti.
I told my sister that let the kids do what they do. Let them eat what they eat no matter what and how much. Keep providing kay koi hasrat na rahay kisi qism ki if Allah gave you money to fulfil those. My sister listen to me and. My parents and brothers and sister complain to her why you waisting so much money on khilonaays and everything. She become behri. lol
So let the kids do what they like let them be happy. Don't stop from anything. Just keep in some control if it affects their health in any way.
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I dont think wearing makeup at a young age is a good idea.
Makeup damages your skin a tiny bit everytime you wear it. Its something we do, but its not exactly healthy for us. If a child starts wearing makeup at the age of 8, imagine what she will look like when she is 25 or 30?
Children are naturally beautiful, they just want to imitate their elders thats all.
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When I was growing up, I got to wear make-up for my annual dance recitals which I did from age 3 till age 22 and it was just the biggest thrill of the year. Most schools of dance actually request that you put makeup on the little ones because the stage lights wash out the face. So scarlet colored lipstick looks glaring in daylight but it looks like regular lips under stage lights.
My mom also let my sister and I play make-up - just a handful of times on a rainy day - when we were kids and that too was just the biggest treat. We were not to leave the house with it on though.
I think girls these days are way too into the whole brittney spears/hannah montana/makeup thing. I saw a girl in the elementary school - 5th grader...with dark blue eyeshadow, black eyeliner and bright pink lipstick going to class one day. I was horrified.
I dont have a daughter sadly. But if I had been so blessed, I'd do about the same as my own mom did.
Ive seen that!!! very disturbing!
I know these girls who wore make up since they were 12...plucked eyebrows and all. They always looked as if they were 16-18 yrs old.
Girls lose their innocence when they wear makeup and start plucking at such an early age.
To top it all off as PSquared mentioned.....when they do get older their skin looks awful.
No but now that you brought it up, I'm seeing little girls wearing all this fancy stuff very early on. Even things like waxing eyebrows... there's an 11 year old I know who just had it done. She looks so mummyish already.
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U should come to our mall sometimes, there r 11 - 12 year olds, plucked eyebrows, every bit of make-up u can imagine, and a few years ago, low slung tight hipsters with the top half of their thongs showing.
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I am pretty strict about this - no makeup, no nail polish, no ears pierced until 16.
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^ You sound like my mama.
I find children beautiful. My niece is such a pretty baby, Mashallah. I dont want her to wear makeup and not look like herself.
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^ :)
I also want my girls to value that what matters the most is what they are on the inside.
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beautiful kids turned creepy :no:
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Frankly I'd be more concerned about the clothes they waer and the fashions than just makeup. You'll see some parents allow certain things but not other things (like I got my ears pierced but definitely no tight/revealing stuff)..
Which givser me an idea
How important is it to parents to have their daughters dress "properly"... i think this is one of the hardest things about having girls...they wanna follow fashion but some things even some liberal paernts wudn't allow... Or at what age do you make them "cover up". i dunno how lil girls dress these days but i've heard fo thongs for 8 year olds..yikes!
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no thongs ever! that's also a rule :)