Girls - your opinion on an abnormal fetish?

[Anonymous]

I get really turned on by the idea of a girl putting makeup on me. I'm not into cross-dressing and have no interest in putting makeup on myself. I've tried to research this fetish on my own, but have found no one else who experienced the same thing. I've only worked up the courage to tell one of my previous girlfriends about this and she was kind of freaked out. How would you react if you were in her situation? Would you be turned off? Unsure what to think? Or would you be excited about it and/or want to participate?

[Carping]

Is it the act of a girl putting make-up on your face that turns you on i.e. the girl giving you special attention, or is it the make-up itself that turns you on. By the sound of it you just enjoy the act of a girl giving you special attention that gets you going. It might be something unusual (the make-up part) to have such a fetish, but I don't see it as weird. I also enjoy my wife giving me special attention in that regard, but it's normally just cleaning of my face and pulling out of unwanted hairs.

[Asker]

It might be just the special attention because I'm not interested in makeup if the girl isn't putting it on me. Though, I don't have the same reaction to other forms of getting that 'special attention'. Perhaps it started with a simple desire for special attention, but somehow I subconsciously associated that attention with makeup somewhere along the line? Don't really know how I could know for sure, though.

[Anonymouser]

I think fetishes are completely normal. A lot of people have them, and I give you props for actually admitting it. If a guy told me this, honestly, I wouldn't really know how to react. It's not a turn off, I'm just not sure I would want to see him in makeup. But, there are a lot of girls that actually love guys in makeup and I'm sure they'd be more than happy to participate. Never be ashamed of who you are and what turns you on. It's what makes you unique.

[Asker]

The downside with this fetish is that most girls seem to enjoy putting makeup on boys for entertainment, but I don't know of any that would want to do it in any scenario other than that...I know in my head that I shouldn't be ashamed of this, but it's very easy to be scared to bring it up in conversation...

[Anonymouser]

Oh, I completely agree. Anytime you have to open up about something that people seem judgmental about, it's scary. I would make sure that you really trust any girl you are going to talk to about this. It shouldn't be this way, but a lot of people just don't know how to be understanding. And if the girl ever makes fun of you for it, she is not worth your time at all.

[Asker]

Never had anyone make fun of it yet. Confusion, yes. Disapproval, yes. Annoyance, yes. But not making fun.

[Anonymouser]

Yeah, when someone hears something they aren't expecting, confusion is common. If you can try explaining it as best you can, it can help clear up confusion. If someone is annoyed or doesn't approve of you, they're not worth it.

[Asker]

There was a stage where I was fed up with having this fetish and wanted to try to "cure" it. I found a close female friend that I could talk to about it and explained it as best as I could, but she still didn't really understand. She tried to be empathetic and supportive, and I was quite grateful for that, but since she didn't get it, that level of acceptance wasn't quite there...

[Anonymouser]

I don't think it's something you should try to cure. Be proud of what turns you on. This may not be the best idea, but try searching for your fetish online. Sometimes there are message boards where people explain how they handle the fetish and explain it to people.

[Asker]

I was trying to cure it because of the insecurities I felt from the abnormal nature of it. I was desperate and, while I wasn't convinced it would work, I thought it was worth a shot. Now I'm at the point where I've accepted that this is a part of who I am and that I need to find ways to work with it instead of against it. I have looked extensively online - that's how I came to the conclusion that I may be the only person with this fetish. (cont'd)

[Asker]

(cont'd) I found a lot of stuff on full-out cross dressing, but that's quite different from what I'm interested in.

[Anonymouser]

This may be helpful to feel like you aren't the only one link

I know it talks about cross dressing, but it also just talks about make up.

[Asker]

I actually read that in my search. It was the closest thing I found, but, as those people are cross-dressers, all of those "testimonies" were primarily based on the looking like a woman afterward - which is not what I'm interested in. The guy who posted the thread seemed to be pretty close, but as he cross dressed on his own, I wasn't sure what I could take from the documentation of his experience.

[Anonymouser]

Is there a way to contact the guy who made the post? You can do it anonymously. It might help since he has somewhat of a similar fetish and he might know other resources.

[Asker]

Not without creating an account.

[Anonymouser]

Do you not want to create an account because you want to remain anonymous? From what I can tell, you don't have to give your actual name.

[Asker]

Hmm. I'll look into it. Thanks.

[Anonymouser]

No problem

[YobootyStank]

its a little weird

but a lot of guys actually do wear makeup, well a lot of famous guys. I LOVE MAKEUP :) and I love putting makeup on people. me and you would get along so well lol I mean as long as you aren't gay, into cross dressing or like putting on yourself then I don't think it's that bad. I don't understand why guys have all these weird fetishes but girls don't.

[Asker]

Well, I guess I'll just have to become famous, then! :P Though I wouldn't actually want to wear the makeup in public. It's just the act of having it put on me. *shrugs* Did I not include the fact that I'm not gay, into cross dressing or putting on makeup myself in the question? *checks* Oh. Just didn't directly mention the part that I'm not gay...I'm not. lol

[YobootyStank]

lol that's good, some people don't realize they are gay into later in life

[Asker]

Yeah. I already went through that questioning my sexuality phase back in high school. Definitely straight.

[enimsajcitystars]

congrats! you have your own identity lol..

personally I don't think its disturbing..

its weird yes but not the kind that would turn me off

I think it varies from every girl :)

[Asker]

Part of the reason I posted it was to see if it was as abnormal as I thought. Thanks for the straightforward answer. It's nice just to be able to talk about it.

[enimsajcitystars]

no problem :)

[panianna]

I did it once, but It's not my fetish, it was just... fun. Me and my ex used to be really crazy and did it just because it was funny.. But I haven't heard about that kind of fetish..

[Asker]

Yeah, I know that there are girls who like to do that purely for entertainment value - that's actually how I "discovered" the fetish...I keep going back and forth between being really freaked out by it and being comfortable with it.