Little girls and makeup

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Re: Little girls and makeup

@bisoux

So recently I have been surprised at my little cousins in Pakistan wanting makeup as gifts. These girls are 5 to 8 years old. They want lipsticks, mascaras, eyeshadows, nail polish etc. I don’t know if this is a laughing matter or should it be concerning? I feel like that’s too young to always be talking about makeup. Every time I saw them they said they wanted makeup. Now my mom is going to Pakistan and they gave a list of makeup they want. My mom bought nail polishes for them so far. My question is how much is too much in terms of the fascination with makeup with little girls? I am kind of surprised because when I was around those ages my wish list contained a toy or something of that sort. I can’t remember wanting makeup items. Yes my sister and I had fun when my mom applied a little blush on our cheeks, but that was it.

Not taking sides, just want to know people’s opinion. I feel like my cousins are maturing too fast for their age and I have noticed this in their topic of discussions or questions. What happened to innocent childhood? Lol maybe I’m just too shocked.

I know I used the word makeup too many times back to back. Too tired.

my parents used to buy mini-makeup boxes for my cousins whenever we went to pakistan. as i got older, i found out the moms of my cousins specifically requested makeup boxes instead of other girly stuff. mind you, my cousins were my phupho’s daughters and they were all in the age range of 3 to 20.
when i was young, my dad didn’t like makeup and nail polish. he was like no way. now though, he’s a bit relaxed and my younger sisters gets away with wearing nailpolish except for the black colour, hahaha