How do you feel when men say they “prefer women with no makeup”?
October 21, 2025
It’s not that I’m offended, I just find it kind of funny and a bit confusing.
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I feel like they should shave their beard off so we can see their undefined jaws and double chins 🤷🏻♀️
I think they don’t know what “no makeup” looks like. What they actually are saying is they prefer makeup that they can’t tell is makeup. I don’t wear makeup 99% of the time. On the days I wear natural makeup the world suddenly changes and men treat me completely differently.
Some men praised me for wearing “almost no make-up” while I had a full face on. I don’t think they know what they’re saying.
It’s less no makeup, and more using just enough make up to accentuate your features, instead of replacing them, that is the common preference. But also, some men just prefer actual no makeup. Just the natural beauty that they get to wake up to every morning.
I couldn’t care less about what a man thinks about make up.
I wonder how they feel when women say they “prefer man with six-packs”…
I guess I’m gonna have to start wearing makeup.
But in reality, most men don’t know what “no makeup” looks like and what they like is natural makeup. The only times I’ve been complimented by men for looking pretty without makeup I was wearing a lot of makeup. I replied by smearing it across my face.
My goal is to attract as few men as possible in my daily life. I would love if men just never noticed me at all. I only wear makeup because I need my photo taken for something and very rarely because it’s goth night at a club and I’m feeling creative.
Indifferent. They grossly overestimate how much I value their opinion. And, considering I can see them and what that raggedy beard is camouflaging…Welp.
I just tell them I prefer a man that isn’t broke. Shuts them right up.
Annoyed, maybe also a bit amused. It’s not even the fact that they can’t tell (which is also true), it’s more that I have never once asked a man how much makeup he wants to see on a woman, and yet they insist on telling me anyway.
It means they prefer no makeup makeup
You’re free to have a preference. Don’t shove that on to me. And don’t conflate your preference with deserving of respect.
Like most people here, I just laugh because they don’t know what that means. They might prefer “natural” make-up, but they’re not that perceptive.
I don’y listen to men talk about their preferences lol. It’s really none of my business or concern and if they share with me unsolicited I usually shut it down quickly.
Same way I feel when men say anything, honestly
I roll my eyes because they have no idea what they are talking about. Most of them mean “I like a soft more natural make up look” They still want smooth, clear looking skin, no bags around the eye and a bit of mascara. They don’t know what they are talking about, they think they do, but they don’t. Just ignore men, you should be your own target audience. DO YOU LIKE IT? that is all that matters. Confidence is sexier than Sephora.
“cool story, not sure why you think I care though?”
I don’t really care. I rarely wear makeup and if I do it’s for me.
While they go to pickme’s on social media with a face full of makeup and not to forget… porn sites.
I think about men who say “You look sick” to women who wear no makeup.
My first thought is “who asked you?” Because really… why do their opinions matter? Not once did I consider what men liked when I put green lipstick on and put three different types of glitter on my eyes.
I’m never insulted or anything, mainly because I don’t care about the opinions of uneducated people… and men who like “no makeup” obviously aren’t very educated in the art/skill/technique/trends of makeup.
Somehow the guys who say that tend to fall for women with a lot of makeup on their faces, and then they try to pressure the woman to stop using it.
If you don’t want a woman with makeup then choose a woman with no make up!
I never wear makeup and prefer someone who can accept my body the way it is.
“Oh you mean you prefer women who look conventionally beautiful but also like they didn’t have to put any work or effort into it, they’re just like that naturally without even trying” 😂
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I feel like they should shave their beard off so we can see their undefined jaws and double chins 🤷🏻♀️
I think they don’t know what “no makeup” looks like. What they actually are saying is they prefer makeup that they can’t tell is makeup. I don’t wear makeup 99% of the time. On the days I wear natural makeup the world suddenly changes and men treat me completely differently.
Some men praised me for wearing “almost no make-up” while I had a full face on. I don’t think they know what they’re saying.
It’s less no makeup, and more using just enough make up to accentuate your features, instead of replacing them, that is the common preference. But also, some men just prefer actual no makeup. Just the natural beauty that they get to wake up to every morning.
I couldn’t care less about what a man thinks about make up.
I wonder how they feel when women say they “prefer man with six-packs”…
I guess I’m gonna have to start wearing makeup.
But in reality, most men don’t know what “no makeup” looks like and what they like is natural makeup. The only times I’ve been complimented by men for looking pretty without makeup I was wearing a lot of makeup. I replied by smearing it across my face.
My goal is to attract as few men as possible in my daily life. I would love if men just never noticed me at all. I only wear makeup because I need my photo taken for something and very rarely because it’s goth night at a club and I’m feeling creative.
Indifferent. They grossly overestimate how much I value their opinion. And, considering I can see them and what that raggedy beard is camouflaging…Welp.
I just tell them I prefer a man that isn’t broke. Shuts them right up.
Annoyed, maybe also a bit amused. It’s not even the fact that they can’t tell (which is also true), it’s more that I have never once asked a man how much makeup he wants to see on a woman, and yet they insist on telling me anyway.
It means they prefer no makeup makeup
You’re free to have a preference. Don’t shove that on to me. And don’t conflate your preference with deserving of respect.
Like most people here, I just laugh because they don’t know what that means. They might prefer “natural” make-up, but they’re not that perceptive.
I don’y listen to men talk about their preferences lol. It’s really none of my business or concern and if they share with me unsolicited I usually shut it down quickly.
Same way I feel when men say anything, honestly
I roll my eyes because they have no idea what they are talking about. Most of them mean “I like a soft more natural make up look” They still want smooth, clear looking skin, no bags around the eye and a bit of mascara. They don’t know what they are talking about, they think they do, but they don’t. Just ignore men, you should be your own target audience. DO YOU LIKE IT? that is all that matters. Confidence is sexier than Sephora.
“cool story, not sure why you think I care though?”
I don’t really care. I rarely wear makeup and if I do it’s for me.
While they go to pickme’s on social media with a face full of makeup and not to forget… porn sites.
I think about men who say “You look sick” to women who wear no makeup.
My first thought is “who asked you?” Because really… why do their opinions matter? Not once did I consider what men liked when I put green lipstick on and put three different types of glitter on my eyes.
I’m never insulted or anything, mainly because I don’t care about the opinions of uneducated people… and men who like “no makeup” obviously aren’t very educated in the art/skill/technique/trends of makeup.
Somehow the guys who say that tend to fall for women with a lot of makeup on their faces, and then they try to pressure the woman to stop using it.
If you don’t want a woman with makeup then choose a woman with no make up!
I never wear makeup and prefer someone who can accept my body the way it is.
“Oh you mean you prefer women who look conventionally beautiful but also like they didn’t have to put any work or effort into it, they’re just like that naturally without even trying” 😂