To the men who notice how/what women dress/wear, do you have preferences?

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Reha started a thread earlier about whether guys notice the effort women put in their appearance, but carrying forward on that theme and inspired by a conversation among friends, do guys care:

  1. About the colours women wear?
  2. Whether women have a mashriqi (Eastern) or maghribi (Western) look?
  3. Prefer long hair or short hair?
  4. Care about how fair a girl’s complexion is?
  5. Heavily made-up look or natural look?
  6. Mehndi hands or no mehndi?

Is there anything else guys notice or have an opinion on?

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Re: To the men who notice how/what women dress/wear, do you have preferences?

Depends on the guy but if I can take liberty to answer for my hubby

  1. yes
  2. no
  3. medium
  4. kinda. I know they care about about good clear luminous skin.
  5. in the middle
  6. no mehndi
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  1. About the colours women wear?- yes, but it depends on the individual, complexion, physique, colors combo, type of clothing, etc etc etc
  2. Whether women have a mashriqi (Eastern) or maghribi (Western) look?- depends on the individual
  3. Prefer long hair or short hair?- depends on individual
  4. Care about how fair a girl’s complexion is? no, depends on individual, some are fair and attractive some are dark and attractive
  5. Heavily made-up look or natural look? can’t stand heavily made up look,
  6. Mehndi hands or no mehndi? - mehndi is cool but not on a daily basis
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Rest varies person to person…

  1. natural look all the way…caked up creatures look ugly and resemble ‘‘bleeps’’
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what is the definition of heavily made up though?

mascara, eyeliner, foundation, lip color that doesn’t stand out-------the most i’ve ever worn

is that heavy in a man’s view?

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I can share how my fiance and his friends(guys) feel about these (since I hear them make comments often enough!):

  1. Given a choice, they prefer neutrals. They do like certain bright colors but it depends on how that color is on the outfit and whether or not the girl can carry the color.

  2. If we’re at a desi event, then of course they want to see desi outfits. But otherwise, no. Since they’re all born/raised in the U.S., they think it’s ridiculous for a girl to wear salwar-kameez on a daily basis. They’d have no problem with it if we were “back home”…but not here. (Now keep in mind that the mothers of these men all wear western clothing on a day-to-day basis …as do ALL females in our social group…so their opinion of this is influenced by what they grew up with).

  3. My fiance doesn’t like super long or super short hair. Somewhere in between is preferred by him.

  4. I’ve never heard my fiance or any of his guy friend’s make a comment directly about a girl skin tone. BUT I will note that the girls their gfs/fiance/wives are not “dark”. Not all are “fair”…but none are what we would consider “dark” (think South Indian skin tone).

  5. My fiance and his guy friends HATE heavily made-up makeup look. They hate full coverage foundation, heavy blush/bronzer, heavy/bright eye makeup etc. They understand the need for makeup to “enhance” a girl’s look…but feel it should be kept to a minimum and within neutral colors (fiance hates it when I apply non-neutral eye shadows).

  6. Again at weddings or special occassions…they have no issues with mehendi. But not on a daily basis.

** Generally they prefer girls to “keep up” with their looks. As in keeping eye brows/nails groomed…working out/staying in shape…maintaining hair (blow dry/straight/style it at least now and then), apply minimal makeup when going out etc.

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This is my understand of “natural looking” makeup based on comments I hear from my fiance & his friends:

Foundation/powder: Nothing medium or full coverage. Actually, they’d prefer no foundation. But if you must wear one, wear one that’s really matches your skin color, and leaves a natural matte finish soft finish. Anything that looks cakey or gives off too much sheen is a “no no” to them.

Eye makeup: Neutral colors. No blue, green, silver, gold, red, purple etc. Nothing to shimmery or glittery. Neutral matte or satin colors paired with brown or black liner and little mascars (no spikey/fake lashes).

Blush/bronzer/contour: My fiance really dislikes any of these…lol. No matter how lightly I apply it…he can always “tell” that I have it on and that bothers him. And god forbid I wear anything with even a hint of shimmer…lol. (note: this does NOT prevent me from wearing these!).

Lips: Again, no brights colors. Neutral color gloss on non-cracked lips is all they want to see.

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Well very general and simple make up. Nice clothes be it desi or non-desi with charming personality gets my attention for sure.

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A lot of guys think light natural makeup = no makeup lol..

No makeup can make a lot of us look tired, sick etc. Famous example - Eva Longoria :smiley:

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Re: To the men who notice how/what women dress/wear, do you have preferences?

It depends on men’s age , marital status , degree of perversion.

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Do guys care:

  1. About the colours women wear? **Strangely he likes me in white **
  2. Whether women have a mashriqi (Eastern) or maghribi (Western) look? No idea
  3. Prefer long hair or short hair? Mine prefers long
  4. Care about how fair a girl’s complexion is? He’s not desi but I’ve heard him say he likes anything bar extreme pale or dark
  5. Heavily made-up look or natural look? He likes natural but for a night out he loves bright lips lol..
  6. Mehndi hands or no mehndi? **No mehndi.. he doesn’t like the smell **
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Re: To the men who notice how/what women dress/wear, do you have preferences?

  1. About the colours women wear? Pink
  2. Whether women have a mashriqi (Eastern) or maghribi (Western) look? Western when casual
  3. Prefer long hair or short hair? Hair
  4. Care about how fair a girl’s complexion is?** yeah White as a ghost**
  5. Heavily made-up look or natural look?** Heavy in the evening**
  6. Mehndi hands or no mehndi? what’s Mehndi?

Is there anything else guys notice or have an opinion on? Overall Appearance, timid or bold.

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What about the traditional stereotypical caked up bride look.. Do/did grooms really like this? (I say ‘did’ as it’s becoming a lot less common)..