Does your daughter or someone elses daughter that you know, where makeup in 6th grade?

Question

I know a girl in 6th grade who wears heavy eyeliner. Her best friend does too. I think it is fine, but the teacher's are really on their backs. Rude as a matter of fact. Should they tone it down to please the teachers? There is no rule on makeup at this school - this is an elementary school, grades K - 6. What do you think? Should these girls be made to stop wearing their makeup the way they like?

Answer 1

My daughter is only 6 and obsessed with playing with make-up.  It's strange because I'm not that way and never have been.  She is in kindergarten and has asked me if she can wear make-up to school (you should see the job she does on herself :) I, of course, say no.  I know it's gonna be an issue when she gets older, but I'm gonna stand my ground.  Part of my dislike of make-up on children is the fact that instead of making them look pretty, it hides their natural beauty.  I where make-up today to try and make my skin look like hers, so perfect and smooth.  I don't think a lot of these kids realize that they actually look better without make-up.  

At any rate, make-up takes time and attention away from what they should be learning.  If it is so distracting that a teacher says something about it, then it is too much. If these were teenagers we were talking about, I might feel differently.  But in elementary school, I'm comfortable with letting the teachers make this call.

Answer 2

I have a son in the sixth grade, and I have seen girls in his class wearing makeup.  They usually keep it pretty light,though.  This is more of a parental call.  I would think the parents would disapprove of heavy eyeliner.  I know I would.

Answer 3

Teachers will comment on anything that seems to be a distraction, it's part of the job.    My 11 yr old sister in law (yeah i know!) does, and it is minimal.  My daughter (4), however, will not be allowed to wear makeup at that age.  It's unnecessary, IMO.  If there is no rule forbidding it, then there shouldn't be an issue.  Do not allow anyone harass the girls over anything, including teachers.   If the teachers are overstepping their bounds, speak with the principal.  

At the end of the day, it's up to the parents what their daughter may or may not do.  I believe it would be beneficial if they did minimize the makeup.  I'm sure the girls are pretty enough without it!

Answer 4

I wouldn't recommend wearing make up at that age. The earlier you start, the more wrinkles you get. They say the products are more advanced nowadays, but still, the skin is suffering. If she has to wear it though, I hope she'll choose the brands without animal testing.

Answer 5

I know that private schools can make the kids conform to a dress code involving restrictions on makeup. I went to a private school where we weren't allowed makeup or nail polish until 8th grade (this was many years ago now - so maybe it's more acceptable for younger girls to wear makeup today).

I personally wouldn't allow my daughter to wear heavy eyeliner - especially in 6th grade. That school probably need rules on makeup - they probably hadn't thought it would be a problem before!

Answer 6

I don't have a daughter, but if I did I would never allow her to wear make-up to school while in grade school and not heavy make-up when when going to Jr. High.

Personally, I don't know of any female that looks good in raccoon eyeliner and heavy make-up - they look like clowns.  Make-up it to enchance the woman's natural beauty, not to look like a mask.

I have been to functions at my son's grade school functions where the little girls are dressed so skimpily and had so much makeup on they looked like streetwalkers and it is not only shameful that there parents let them go out of the house dressed like that, it is dangerous as there are a lot of perverts out there and dressed like that, they are the ones that will be targeted.

Answer 7

well if its too dark i think that looks trampy

Answer 8

makeup is not buty your symple butty

Answer 9

I wore eyeliner in the 6th grade and I'm 21 now and I don't have wrinkles...anyways it really shouldn't be that big of a deal , even if the parents tell them they can't or the school does eventually their going to wear it one way or another....

Answer 10

If it is distracting to the others in class, they can ask them to stop.  Just like outrageous haircuts, or colors can be against school rules, excessive make-up can be also.

Answer 11

i think the parents should make them stop wearing the makeup they dont need it know but if they continue wearing it like  blush and cover up i am talking about it can make you them break out so they will need more and more this happend to a friend of mine in high school she started wearing makeup to look cool at school in elementry school and by the time she was in high school her face was covered with pimples and caked with cover up she wasnt looking so cool anymore i am 23 years old and i rarely wear make up and i didnt wear makeup in school either and my face is very smooth no pimples and i have very sensitive skin so i break out from just wearing clothes washed in certain detergents. as far as the teacher if there are no rules in the school she really has no right to say anything but she can fight to make it a rule and she would probably win especially if the girls are fixing there makeup in class because that is disruptive

Answer 12

If you are fine with it and there is no rule against it in school then who cares what the teachers say. I personally would not let my duaghter wear make up until she is in middle school. Lip gloss is fine but I don't know about eyeliner. But like I said if its ok with you then she shouldnt be forced to stop.

Answer 13

Everyone has a different opinion on that. I honestly don't think you should be wearing eyeliner until Jr. High. [7th grade] I think it's kind of sick for a grade schooler to wear tons of makeup. Some cover up for a zit is completely fine but when eye shadow and liner come into play, it should stop.

Answer 14

if there is no rule then it is up to the parents to say yes or no.

Answer 15

NO!!!!! makeup is perfectly fine. teachers can fall back with all that. it is a way to boost a childs confidence. it makes them feel pretty, and more mature. that is a good thing. =]

  Them teachers are absolutlyy nuts <33

Answer 16

You think it's fine for a child in elementary school to wear heavy eyeliner??   It's not appropriate and I question what kind of parents would allow it.

Answer 17

The teachers shouldn't have a say, but the parents shouldn't have let them start at such a young age.  Mine is 13yrs/ 7th grade....she's more into nail polish, that's ok.  She experiments with "play" make-up at home.  But doesn't feel comfortable enough to wear it in public yet....b/c that's how i've raised her.  No eye make up.  She may slap on some chap stick heading out the door.....that's it.