Cosmetics for Pre-Teens

[kimaginethis]

 I'm telling you right now that I would not let my 8- or 9-year-old daughter wear mascara and eyeliner.  There are other moms who probably wouldn't care about it one way or another and might, in fact, like the eco-friendly claims by this company that is targeting their cosmetics to tweens.

But I doubt it.  Still, someone in Walmart's marketing

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[moonshineray]

eyeliner and mascara? Oh no, definitely not. Ugh. I think by puberty (whatever age my girl flowers) I will be allowing her to choose if she wants some lip gloss or tasteful eyeshadow (serious maybe on the second bit), but I think that'd be it and it'd only be because she wanted to not because I thought she needed it and I'd say so too.

But the heavier makeup can wait a few more years thanks and she'd have to buy it herself or get it as a Christmas gift or something. Ultimately all of this is just another way to suck a lot more money out of parent's pockets for things no one needs.

Ugh. Boo Walmart.

[jasper_su]

I am barely old enough to use mascara without poking my eye out.

[mprice]

I'm so old that I need my glasses to see what I'm doing to put the mascara on!

Icon amusement. I'm in Austin.

[mprice]

Make-up for pre-teens has been around for ages. I remember the dorky press-on nails and Barbie make-up sets from when I was a kid - which was in the 60s.

I have no problem with little girls playing dress up. What I do have a problem with is the clothing lines that have pre-teens looking like sluts. I can't tell you how many horrified grandmothers I talked to when I worked in the childrens department at JCPenney. We had jean shorts one year that were ridiculously short. (Can you say camel toe?)

[kimaginethis]

we never had mascara and eyeliner -- nothing like that... it was lip gloss and nail stuff at the most

[mprice]

Mascara, no. But I do I remember eye shadow and face glitter. I have never been a girly-girl, so I didn't own any of that. I think I wear make-up once a year.

[zeldabel]

Just one more reason I believe Wal-Mart is the evil empire. Nail polish and lip gloss? Sure. Mascara and eyeliner? No. Let little girls be little girls for a while. Dang.

[kimaginethis]

LOL - well, big difference between bubblegum lipgloss/lipbalm and something that looks like a hooker, right? LOL

I think it's ok to play dressup inside the house, but to walk around like an advertisement for pageants is crazy -- it makes me so angry to see 2 year olds with wigs, fake nails and lipliner