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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

That might have been the intent of makeup originally, and maybe even for some now. But for most women, they wear makeup for the same reason they fix their hair in an attractive way. To look nice. Not to look seductive, merely to look neat and attractive.

I agree. But nevertheless the effect initially intended is still accomplished in unconscious signals to the male population.

Red lipstick isn't even in style, nudes are more in style.... that doesn't mimic 'blood rushing to the lips'. Neutral color eyeshadows are the norm now, and very little, if any, blush. Very few women are going for 'the look'. They are simply wanting to cover blemishes, and look 'put together'.

I agree.

I'm around men at work all day, and I never even think about my light makeup, and I bet you they don't either. But if I've just put on perfume, and I'm in the elevator with men.... honestly, I feel self-conscious.

It is an unconscious signal issue, though. It has been proved, is all I am saying.

You could say the same thing about high-heeled shoes, sheer hose, on and on. If they want to be consistent about women avoiding anything seductive.... well, if you follow that trail it can end up in real goofiness. I'm a big fan of plain ol' common sense.

Alternative intents to do things do not remove the effects that things cause, though. No matter how much a woman wears make-up for the "look alone, does not remove the fact that the facial features that are enhanced in far exaggerated manners than what would normally occur do affect males. I see no sin in make-up at all. I do not preach against it. I am just saying what is scientifically true.