It could be a gesture of acceptance (he likes you for you), or it could be that he doesn't want you to attract other men. The two are very different things.
For example, if a woman in a relationship becomes insecure in her appearance compared to the man, she might buy him boring clothes and say they look good on him, or bake him cookies and encourage him to order dessert at a restaurant.
Sometimes these are very subconscious behaviors, not intentionally malicious, but still manipulative. Or again, he could just be giving you a compliment. Don't feed your fear, just talk and listen to him the best you can.
Who cares what a man likes? There is a time and place for everything.. yes, light makeup is normal for a day to day basis but if you're feeling like going all out then go all out! U going out with your friends n you want to do a smokey eye and a great lipstick? Do it! Ugh I'm so over this whole, men don't like makeup shit.. when they very well go for women who wear it ALL the time... in fact, everyone I've dated has said they like yhe fact that I put in effort to my appearance... daily workout routine, wear heels and makeup daily, get my hair and nails done. This is the joy of being a woman... we get to get dazzled up daily and there isn't a question about why.. bc we are women and we are beautiful... as for women who do none of the above.. most of time it's bc they don't know how or they are too lazy to care about their appearance
It's not about NO makeup, it's about natural makeup. Don't overdo it. Guys don't like high-maintenance girls. Or the money spent/wasted on it. Or the insecurity/vanity issues. Subtle/light makeup is always fine/good.
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Just some very light eye makeup is good. Makeup to slightly enhance the features you already have, but when all the makeup covers all of your facial skin, so you can't even see all the little details anymore, that kind of ruins it for me. A personal preference is also natural colors. Bright colors near the eyes, or bright lips are a no for me. Though a lot of others might think different.
Then lastly on a personal/emotional level, I just sort of don't want them to put daily effort/time into their looks when they already look fine without. It's as if they're not enough already when they clearly are
Great words so far.
To me a pretty person is who tries to be pretty. Taking care of your apprearance in general is enough, there's no certain and only way of being pretty or beautiful. I also loved my girl so much without makeup than with. And when she does she makes it light and I won't mind. As she already takes care of herself, so why the fuss and additional work if you're good enough already.
And yes I second:
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The problem with makeup is, if done "right"
(Aka how whoever is viewing it likes it) ot does make a person look better.
It is however fake, so I am not a fan.
Therefor if I said to my girlfriend (if I had one) that I preferred her without makeup, I would mean it.
If she was wearing makeup and I said she looked great (or some other vsriant) I would mean it.
My biggest issue with makeup though is so many women feel they need to wear it to appear attractive or accepted in work/society in general.
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Truly attractive women do not need makeup to cover up their features. Unattractive girls may benefit from it. In the example picture, it's really hard to say. I absolutely hate the look of lipstick and think that it makes girls look like clowns. In one she's smiling so it changes the structure of her face entirely and makes it look wider than it does in the serious picture. I prefer her natural eyebrows in the first picture. She benefitted a little from the mascara a little, but overall I like her natural look more and think she'd be a beauty at the beach with her hair not straightened. Her eyes are absolutely gorgeous. Again though... she's naturally beautiful.
Love all of the no votes.. Most women have no clue whats on a man's mind even if it s straight forward and simple.
If we say we like something, its the truth. There are no hidden things, or read between the lines kind of things. So if he says he prefers you without makeup you can rest assured he means it.
I had a boyfriend who told me I looked better without makeup , but everytime I didn’t put ANY on for him I was apparently “lazy” and he was gonna go find a “badder b*tch” LOL
then I had a boyfriend who told me he likes me better without makeup but would still sit there and watch me put it on , compliment my skills with it & tell me how beautiful I looked.
If he really loves you , he’s going to appreciate your natural beauty , but if makeup is something you enjoy doing and wearing , he won’t hate on you for that.
Hope you realize that you say you are ugly and aren't worth a thing without makeup and think you must fake how you look to be attractive and be worth anything.
There are most likely a lot of other thing's that you aren't aware of about yourself that did mess up those relationships that isn't if you had makeup on or off. (even if you try to tell yourself it was the makeup )
And I hope you realize the same man who bashed me for not wearing makeup , our relationship ended when he beat me to a pulp for asking him to stop having his drug addict friends in my apartment LMAO. The other relationship ended very mutually. So I hope you realize you sound beyond ignorant as you don’t even know wtf you are speaking of. That first relationship I was 18 and let a older guy manipulate and abuse me. Respectfully sir , tell your cunt of a mother how sorry I am that she raised such an imbecile LMAO
Yes you should believe him. Wearing make up is fine when you go out (In small does) but in truth I much prefer my g/f without make up too.
When you think about it, who really cares about the style of make up? Blokes never do, it's only other women that care!
It's all about personal preference. Some like it, some don't.
If those pictures are you, you are a beautiful woman and don't need makeup. Sure, you can look like a pretty doll with it, but without it you have a more natural beauty that isn't fake. If you still want to wear it, trying wearing just a very minimal amount and see if he like that better.
Of course, at the end of the day it's up to you, not him. ;)
I really don't like the look of excessive eye make-up. Sometimes it looks like the girl's got two black eyes. So I'm going to decode this for you. It is not that most guys don't want you to wear make-up. make-up can enhance anyone's look properly applied. It's that we don't want it to look like you are wearing make-up.
Make-up Waring is like faulse advertising. When a lady looks great and has zip on that pretty face!, that's as good as it gets! But is crazy rare. Also just cause she's pretty with looks don't mean she won't be a complete fuck up in all other aspects of ladyhood.
The biggest issue with makeup is that a lot of women try too hard and take it over the top. Guys notice this, and case by case will see those women as either vain, high maintenance, low self esteem, or just flat out weird in the case of the excessively "artistic" ones.
I guarantee that in cases where using makeup makes a woman look unrecognizably different, guys will almost unanimously hate it.
In the end, when you girls wake up the morning after, it's the no-makeup version we see. When you shower, you don't come out of the box with your make up on. Let's say that if we are attracted to you, we'd like to be attracted by the real you and not the other woman that your make up art created.
does he mean no makeup or a slight very natural makeup? but I mean he could just be saying that to say because he likes you either way sure most likely with makeup you are gonna look bit better but maybe he actually prefers you without makeup or just wants you to relax and not worry about always trying to put makeup for him to see
Many males means it since it looks real to begin with.
Also it shows you are secure enough with your body and doesn't try to be something you aren't. (doesn't ned to fake how you really look )
Easier to read certain nonverbal cues. especially about someone's health and well being and so on...
Women don’t wear makeup to impress men if you had any experience with women you’d know the most confident women in this world actually wear makeup. And don’t give a fuck about what other people think.
I understand why you think that way.
Unfortunately for you that technique doesn't work here to try to manipulate to get right with something and convince of something (it comes out as that you try to convince yourself of it. that in itself tells a bunch of other thing's) .
For the confidence part. appearing confident and being confident is two different things.
Confidence and being secure is two different things many times.
Many insecure people tends to overcompensate to appear otherwise.
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Yes you should believe him. My husband always said when we were dating that he prefers no makeup. He’s never seen me in makeup (except tinted lip balm) and he still loves me.
Depending on a person's taste, people look better with makeup, that's kind of why they like it.
The reason why people prefer without though, is because you can see the person's real face and looks do tend to matter.
He like you 'genuine' because he's uncomfortable with how imposingly formidable your 'best' appearance give you psychological advantage over HIS 'animal'. Or... perhaps because he's too apathetic to MATCH your grooming, coiffeur and fashion sense.
You would never hear us make that comment if we didn't think you looked good without it. If we say that it's because regardless if you look good with it, we love your appearance regardless of additional beauty touches.
Your question is not like a math question because there is no right or wrong answer. Sometimes a man means what he says; other men may not. No one knows your situation better than you. If you don't know the answer, neither does anyone else.
I mean it. That doesn't mean she looks bad in makeup. It means she doesn't have to wear makeup for me. She looks beautiful just as she is. I want a woman not a doll.
No. He thinks when You wear only a little makeup you aren’t wearing any.
so he doesn’t realise what no makeup actually means, haha.
If given the choice of a pound of “real gold (real you) OR fake gold (fake you)”. Most of us would choose the real gold (real you). Hope this sound right.
Yes, by the way her skin is too oily (applying makeup frequently can cause that by the way)
Also in comparisons the person should make the same facial expression.
Make up is stupid. Consider this, if you're not very pretty it makes you worse. And if you're pretty then you don't need it.
Maybe as protocol it's acceptable, but it doesn't make a girl more attractive..!
Depends.
If he saw you without make up before, then yeah he probably meant it.
Or else it might be sarcasm.
I means he is either (1) a hippie guy who generally likes the natural look or (2) doesn’t know that women who wear makeup and do it ina natural way actually put a lot of effort into it
Doesn't matter how much effort you put on insecure behavior. it isn't worth a thing when it comes to law of attraction/feelings.
It isn't an effort in the right area.
(a lot of female's have problems with understanding this due to their dilution created by insecurity to justify what they are doing )
Very bold pop psychology claim with both.
No he means “no make up” make up. Either way i guess some girls are really pretty either way, just make up enhances some things plus nothing stays on his face when he kisses her
Why tf would a guy lie about that? Insecurity is a turn off.
that girl was a model a long time ago, like in the 80s or 90s
They think they mean it until they see the difference
Based from the picture, i prefer the face without make-up.
But i don't mind having my girl in make-up occasionally.
I don't know. All I know is there is literally no girl who looks better without makeup in my opinion and the comparison picture you provided is proof.
This is true! Bc makeup should be used to accentuate a woman's beauty. People dating, "oh you look better without makeup" is bullshit men say... or women who are too lazy to put effort in oneself. Today's culture is body acceptance..."don't work out" "don't care about your weight", "eat what you want"... we should care about our health and beauty.. it shouldn't be ok to not care about yourself n be ok being unhealthy n not putting effort into appearance.
Fully agree!
In fact that’s what makeup is designed to do. Take something that looks good and make it look great.
Yes he thinks you are beautiful just the way you are. You don't need anything to make yourself beautiful. It's genuinely a sign of emotion more than a shallow attraction.
Most men like women for being themselves I said the same thing to my wife when we met. I said your a beautiful girl you don’t need makeup your better looking without it
It means he thinks you are beautiful the way you are. That you don't need anything to make you beautiful. It's a sign of genuine emotion rather than only shallow attraction.
That poll is on here all the time and the results are always the same. We prefer no makeup by a landslide margin but getting women to believe us is impossible
Might as well pick one that's easy to look at even when she has a greasy face, bed head, and sweats on. Because in a relationship, that's how you're gonna see her most
Yes, sadly he means it but I don't care whether a girl wears makeup or not
I actually do prefer a woman without makeup. Now a little makeup is okay but some women wear so much make up they look like a completely different person. I don't know, makeup just makes the girl seem superficial to me.
Everyone is different but I think most girls look better with make up on.
I always mean it, because I never like a woman more when she wears makeup.
For me even if I say it, if make up makes her feel sexy and nice then by all means it’s fine by me either way.
some girls actually do look better but it's kids rare
kinda
It means he like you better without make up. What else could it mean? He doesn't wanna get use to seeing your make up. He wants your real face.
Men probably rather natural makeup, but maybe because ur makeup is so dramatic so he will prefer without the makehp
Most of the things that men say to women are a lie, and most of the things women say to men are a lie. Make your choice...
I bet you were fun at parties
@Inexpensivefurniture He’s right. Men say that because they’re trying to make the girl look less attractive to other men, OR to make himself feel better about being with her because she looks low maintenance with no make up.
@Giselleselfish That sounds like a very shallow, depressing way to live
@Inexpensivefurniture It’s called being cautious. It’s something you will discover. You’re still so young yet.
@Giselleselfish It's called being pessimistic. I've been there are I'm bored with it. And yes I am young but you are only 2 years older than me, you don't get to pull rank lol
@Inexpensivefurniture Yes I don’t believe in pessimism as it won’t get too far, but being cautious isn’t pessimism. I’m 30.
You* turning 31 in August!!
@Giselleselfish oh, your profile says 25, that's why Inwas confused
@Inexpensivefurniture Yes, but it’s not accurate lol
I certainly mean it. Natural beauty looks better than makeup coated all over her face
I'm not a fan of makeup, so If I said that, than I would definitely mean it.
Yeah…chicks wear too much sometimes. While it’s not tact, it’s a good compliment.
Women look pretty with makeup but it looks fake. A woman's natural beauty is much more appealing.
To many, the real woman comes out when not wearing war paint (makeup).
Yes we do mean it, why would we say it if we didn't we aren't women
wouldn't it depend on how much you trusted THAT PARTICULAR MAN?
That’s what you look like isn’t it?
if you don’t like it how can you expect him to
I mean unless you are going to some party, natural would be better?
Yeah, it's better having a girl with no makeup or makeup that's au naturel
If your heavy on makeup probably.
I've said it. I mean it.
Yes. He has no reason to lie about this.
When a guy says something in general, he means it.
I wouldn't believe him
I don’t know I don’t wear so if I’m ugly so be it
you're not ugly !
Oh no I know I’m not I’m saying if guys think that from me not wearing makeup but thank you 💕
No makeup is always best
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