Toddler & Kids Make-up ???

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I VERY RARELY wear make-up (lucky if it's twice a year) but when I do the girls want some (as kids do) so they put on some lip smackers & a bit of eyeshadow.
DD1 has also had a 'makeover' by DP's 10yr old cousin (very cute).

She got some lip smackers and other little kids glosses for x-mas but she's been asking for kiddy make-up to play with, she has the plastic pretend stuff but I saw some cute kids kits in k-mart and thought maybe the Easter bunny could bring her some with her camping slippers & new big girls dressing gown?

So what do you think, is she too young for pretend make-up, it would never be worn in public, only at home??? She's 3 and DD2 is 2?


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I think three is too young. She is at risk of it accidentally ending up everywhere excet where it is supposed to!

I bought DD a wooden cosmetic set for her 3rd birthday... Not sure how I feel about real stuff, my 5 yr old only wears lip gloss

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I think three is too young. She is at risk of it accidentally ending up everywhere excet where it is supposed to!

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:rofl: true but she is surprisingly good at keeping it on her face & not the floor ;)


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The other thing to consider is that some of the cheap stuff is pretty icky. If they are prone to sensitive skin, I'd pass.

Personally I only give eggs at Easter so I definitely wouldn't give makeup. I tend to think three is too young, but that's me.

I think 3 is a bit young but I realise my daughter is 8 months lol. I love makeup and wear it almost every day, so I can't see how DD will not be interested. I'd suggest making your own (to an extent). So homemade lipglosses and eyeshadows. Much better for her delicate skin than those cheap made in china kits from the shops (and if the packaging is a big drawcard, make your own or buy the crappy kits and replace the makeup with your own.

Lipgloss - coconut oil, almond oil, beeswax and a little beetroot juice for colour.

Eyeshadow- cornstarch, a little water, make a paste, add some natural colour, let it set.

My DD just turned 3 this week and she got some kids lipstick from her great-nan. I think she is too young. She loves it though. It's the cheap kids crap and it's a light colour and you can't even see it when she puts it on at least. It came with lipgloss too which I confiscated when she squeezed it into her mouth, lol. But my nan got it because when she visited recently every time she went in to do her make-up DD was after her and asking to have some on too. So it was just a little extra present so she could be like Nan, which was cute. I'm hoping she forgets about it in a couple of weeks though so I can ditch it, mean mummy that I am.

at 3 my kids would wear lip balm but not lip gloss. Now DD is 4 she wears lip gloss and loves it, but I wouldn't let her wear much more than that apart from the occasional make-over at home which is always way OTT and a bit of fun. The boys will wear some too and all end up looking like clowns. But I wouldn't be encouraging them out like that.

a friend had some given to her kids for christmas by her inlaws, at a bbq round their house the girls (and boys) all got into it, covered in the stuff, more like face paint really. it was a bit of fun , all kids aged between 2 and 5. what i didnt like was everyone making a huge fuss about how pretty/beautiful/grown up they were. made dd1 feel like she needs it to be pretty!
DD1 has had lipgloss as gifts before but only 'to make her lips soft' not in a beautification way. and she calls it 'lip blossom' which is too cute!

I hate that too beckoes!! That's everyone's response to just about everything DD wears. Ugh! But no one understands my point about it.

It's definitely not a 'pretty' thing, we tell our girls they are beautiful inside and out but she thinks it's 'pretty' IYKWIM.
It wouldn't be outside the home and I find it no different to her playing dress ups, stealing my heels & giggling while trying to wear my bra.

I'm in 2 minds really, don't want her growing up too quick but don't want to make a big deal out of experimenting with things IYKWIM?


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I don't think so. It's apart of play and imitating the bestest person in their life (mummy!) I have huge issues with things like pageants and stuff... But play and pretending. To me is the same as pretend cooking.. ds has recently taken to covering himself on beads like mummy. He's been wearing a bracelet the last two days. I'm personally flattered XD

Dd2 is3 and she got face paint crayons for her birthday which I think is better at this age than make up, although probably messier.

Dd1 is 6 and wears lip gloss. She did go to a party recently where she had make up up on. I wasn't overly impressed but let it slide.

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Dd2 is3 and she got face paint crayons for her birthday which I think is better at this age than make up, although probably messier. .

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:rofl: I could see them being very messy for my walls and DD2s face, does she use them much?



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I personally think it is too young....
Though I am the mum if young boys!

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It's definitely not a 'pretty' thing, we tell our girls they are beautiful inside and out but she thinks it's 'pretty' IYKWIM.
It wouldn't be outside the home and I find it no different to her playing dress ups, stealing my heels & giggling while trying to wear my bra.

I'm in 2 minds really, don't want her growing up too quick but don't want to make a big deal out of experimenting with things IYKWIM?


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It is what you make it, if its a part of dressing up and its a bit of fun at home and its not turned it to how beautiful make up makes you and you need it to look pretty then fine. if it becomes something they want to do every day i think id have a problem personally. When we stayed in the uk with my mum and sister they wear alot of makeup and i had to kick my sister when DD1 asked why she was putting all this stuff on her face and she said to make her self look pretty and nice....we went with ''cause she has dry skin and it makes her skin feel better'' ( i dont really wear makeup!) :)

Like helle said, its the pageant stuff i have a problem with!

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It is what you make it, if its a part of dressing up and its a bit of fun at home and its not turned it to how beautiful make up makes you and you need it to look pretty then fine. if it becomes something they want to do every day i think id have a problem personally. When we stayed in the uk with my mum and sister they wear alot of makeup and i had to kick my sister when DD1 asked why she was putting all this stuff on her face and she said to make her self look pretty and nice....we went with ''cause she has dry skin and it makes her skin feel better'' ( i dont really wear makeup!) :)

Like helle said, its the pageant stuff i have a problem with!

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Hehe i don't really where it either, when DD1 asked why i said "for something different" :rofl:

Personally I think its too young but I'm not a big makeup wearer myself so that possibly affects my opinion. My concern is mainly based on what others have raised - that you need make up, beautiful clothes etc to be beautiful yourself.

The girls have little lipbalms that they can wear and they sometimes wear my "special" lipstick, which is pawpaw balm. Otherwise, we all have very sensitive skin and so I can only wear a couple of brands of makeup, which happen to be really expensive ones so I'm not too keen on the girls playing with it, and I don't want them using gross kiddy stuff with their skin. Mum put lipstick on the both once and they both had a huge reaction.

Zf, the face paints are kept n a special spot to be used under supervision! I don't trust her to just paint faces at this stge :lol:

ZF - not a big fan here, but I will say that its probably because an IVF Buddy of mine has a 4 yo who is into calisthenics and dancing and is often made up like a grown woman with eyeliner, full foundation, lipstick etc and frankly it makes me feel a little sick. Her daughter who is very pretty naturally but is obsessed with looking 'beautiful' - I see a life of low self esteem ahead for her as she is already obsessed with making her self beautiful with makefup. It really frightens me should this next baby be a girl that I'd have things like this to worry about.

I'm a bit old fashioned though - I want to keep my kids as kids as long as possible - they have time for all that adult stuff later! I don't mind pretend play but I wouldn't actually purchase makeup at this age.

To me play makeup is no different to dolls, playing house or any of the other things. It's a form of mimicking. DD had play makeup as a kid, she also had plastic makeup and she loved it. Now at 10 she doesn't wear makeup, she's not obsessed by it or anything like that. She loves perfume more than she does makeup.

I never purchased it for her, it was always presents from other people. And like someone else mentioned I was a little funny about some of the cheap and nasty stuff due to chemicals etc.

She never wore it out. Just as she never wore her play high heels etc. And just like she doesn't ask for high heels now, she has "tween" makeup lip gloss etc and she doesn't wear it.

To me it was all part of the pretend play phase. It wasn't sexualising her no more than pretending to clean the house, or playing mums & dads.

My DD likes to put on eyeshadow and lipstick when I am putting make up on. She has her own lipsmackers lip balm & that was b/c she was helping herself to my makeup! I don't have a problem with putting on that sort of make up but I wouldn't allow her until she was in her teens if she was going to wear more of it & only for special occassions.

I have NO issue with it for play time (which is what you are suggesting). It's just another part of the dress up box right? No different to getting dressed up as a Lion and having your face painted for that.

My DD (5) is right into playing hairdressers and beautician and so a make up kit fits in with that for her. And that's all she is interested in it for. She loves to put on lip balm when she is out and about or some pretty gloss (purple mind you!) when she's going out - but that is more a reflection of me doing that (I swear I should get shares in the stuff!). I'm sure if I wore more make up she would mimic more of the make up process.

But like another PP, I don't like the cheap make up kits aimed at kids. They are usually full of nasty stuff and I figure if I wouldn't wear it - why should DD? A part of that also stems from DD having sensitive skin and me not wanting to aggravate it.

DD does dance and last year I bought her a full make up kit from the Body Shop which I let her play with components of (the rest I either use for work or have put aside for the concert this year). Mostly DD likes to put the make up on me - she has no burning desire to make herself up all the time. She usually likes to inflict her beautician skills (and hairdressing) on Mummy :rofl:

Girls have make up here. Not sure when it started. I used to rarely wear make-up, but now I do every work day. They always want some on as well (even when I wore it rarely), so they get a pat of translucent powder and some neutral lip gloss.

They have nail polish, lip gloss and some sparkly stuff that I think is meant to be blush. My main rule is not outside the house (except for the neutral stuff, that you cannot even tell they are wearing).

Sometimes they do pretend makeup with a paint brush, DD2 loves to do my face.

To be honest, I am choosing my battles these days with the girls and this is one battle I am not having ,except for the not outside the house rule. It is minor compared to the other things I am going through with them.

I used to have some of my mums old makeup to play with when doing dress ups :) I think she used it as an excuse to get new stuff for herself :) I had blush, green and blue eyeshadow and lipsticks. It hasn't scarred me for life or affected my self esteem ;) I say go for it!