Why do women on cosmetics counters wear so much makeup?

Question

Surely makeup should be subtle and natural, but most of the time these women wear a mask of over-the-top makeup. It doesn't inspire me to buy anything!

Answer 1

not everyone can be a natural beauty... I never wear natural looking makeup always dramatic... it's who I am... besides why bother with make up if you want to be natural?... I think the answer is, make up is used to enhance who you are and how you want to be seen
if you shop at MAC or Sephora pay attention to the clerks... they have something for everyone and people tend to gravitate to people with similar senses of style... I personally do not ask for beauty advice from anyone who draws on their eyebrows (unless it's a guy in drag) or who wears natural make up... they don't share my aesthetic

Answer 2

loads of make up is scary, i recently had an 8 month relationship with someone who used a lot of makeup and was stunningly attractive. I fell in love with that person. Then I saw her for the first time with no makeup and it was a horror story. She looked so different, from a 10 to a 1. In the end it disturbed me so much I had to end the relationship. From now on I will only date women that are attractive without make up

Answer 3

The actual reason is that each company tells its make-up girls that they have to wear a certain amount of their products a day. For example a friend who used to work for Clinique was told she had to wear a minimum of 10 Clinique products to work each day. This could inlude Clinique skin care and perfume but had to also be mainly made up of make up products.

So, to be told that you have to wear at least 10 products, you can probably understand why some of these make up girls end up looking like Coco the Clown

Answer 4

Yeah 13 is thoroughly ok, its thoroughly standard. Its cool that even nevertheless you ought to positioned on makeup you didnt circulate over the precise with it. conserving it common looks terrific in my opinion. i began experimenting with my mothers previous makeup while i grew to become into 7 or 8 inspite of the incontrovertible fact that it grew to become into only for exciting. i in my view heavily began to positioned on it out while i grew to become into...11 or 12 and Im 14 now. only for the reason which you place on makeup early doesnt advise you finally end up donning oober thick and goth. the main I do is black eyeliner, gentle layer of mascara, sparkling lipgloss, and a few style of eyeshadow. My favs are gold, silver, brown and pink.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Hi Shona - I suppose it takes quite a lot of make up to cover a patronising person with a big ego. I never buy make up from those counters, I'd rather help myself from the shelf. Glad I'm not the only one who has such nasty thoughts. Hahaha.

Answer 7

Its probably because of the lights, it makes them think they need more as the light 'bleaches the colour out of your face' so rumour has it, so they apply lots - a bit like stage makeup. They could just be advertising their products but I guess you dont really need to see all of them at once!

Answer 8

they have to look like a good advert for their business if someone who was pale, spotty, and looked like they hadnt slept for a week was behind the counter psychologically customers would start to think that the make up was crap so the person wasnt wearing it and therefore not buy it themselves!

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Answer 9

They get free samples. I agree with you about the mask effect. Don't like it all. They are often old biddies trying to look young

Answer 10

i have always wondered this too. they look a bit like tangerines gone wrong lol. think its cos they are in the makeup all day and so try out bits all the time