davidif:

whenever i see pictures of girls back home, they look sooooooo heavily made up (especially the lipstick part) complete with eyeliners and what not? Its incredible. I thought make up was supposed to be subtle and to bring out the best in your facial features and not turn you into a totally unrecognizable fiend.

shesi:

OP your problem is the caliber of girls you've been exposed to this far.

Make up in the hands of a sophisticated girl almost always makes an addition rather than subtraction. I love seeing my girls look change slightly from weekend to weekend depending on the combination of make up she has on. And when she takes it off, there is nothing but flawless skin underneath.
Most women also wear makeup to express their mood. So when i see my girl wearing bright red lipstick i know i could be in for a great night.lol.

Your problem is you're hanging around unsophisticated girls who don't understand the concept of make up. The type that say puts an extremely white powder on very dark skin and worst still, only stop at their chin making their face look like a checkers table. Plus the quality of the make up makes a world of difference.

na2day?:


so all the celebrities and big wigs that make up wrong and are called out constantly by the fashion police on E! are unsophisticated girls? MUGU!

harakiri:

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I'm really dead sick of all these "why do Nigerian girls this" or "why do Nigerians behave like this" posts.It's really getting out of hand. Are Nigerian ladies the only ones who wear make up? Who designed make up in the first place? Is it not oyibo people? How many oyibo ladies do you see outside without heavy make up especially the ones older than 30 years? Please, do not abuse nairaland with all these cheap and senseless posts simply because registration is free.

Nuff said!

harakiri:

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I'm really dead sick of all these "why do Nigerian girls this" or "why do Nigerians behave like this" posts.It's really getting out of hand. Are Nigerian ladies the only ones who wear make up? Who designed make up in the first place? Is it not oyibo people? How many oyibo ladies do you see outside without heavy make up especially the ones older than 30 years? Please, do not abuse nairaland with all these cheap and senseless posts simply because registration is free.

Nuff said!

parislomo:

Naija girls are caught on E??

harakiri:

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I'm really dead sick of all these "why do Nigerian girls this" or "why do Nigerians behave like this" posts.It's really getting out of hand. Are Nigerian ladies the only ones who wear make up? Who designed make up in the first place? Is it not oyibo people? How many oyibo ladies do you see outside without heavy make up especially the ones older than 30 years? Please, do not abuse nairaland with all these cheap and senseless posts simply because registration is free.

Nuff said!

tensor777:

^^
Actually TOO MANY of them DO put on heavy make-up. They seem to have their own VERY peculiar reasons for using it. Perhaps it is to appear what they are not  as in CAMOUFLAGE, or even to intimidate people like a MASQUERADE.

Elsewhere the point of wearing it is just to enhance a lady's natural features so much so that it is barely noticeable.

na2day?:

did u see the word "celebrities" in my statement at all?

harakiri:

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I'm really dead sick of all these "why do Nigerian girls this" or "why do Nigerians behave like this" posts.It's really getting out of hand. Are Nigerian ladies the only ones who wear make up? Who designed make up in the first place? Is it not oyibo people? How many oyibo ladies do you see outside without heavy make up especially the ones older than 30 years? Please, do not abuse nairaland with all these cheap and senseless posts simply because registration is free.

Nuff said!

na2day?:


actually u have not said anything, at least anything reasonable. ppl posting on this forum, senseless or not brings in the cash to keep the forum afloat by way of ads.

parislomo:

And did you see topic??  Why Do Naija Girls Put On Heavy Make Up
Take a minute and go through the post you replied to.
The emphasis is on "naija girls" and SOME of us already tried to erase that notion that it is not just about a set of people. . .  .  And when I saw your post, it only buttressed SOME of us stand. . . .
So dear, I applied SARCASM when I quoted you!

parislomo:


And why is this? Cos he addressed the topic better than you did?? Oh please!!

na2day?:

yeah right! hiding your ignorance under the umbrella of sarcasm always works, knock urself out! maybe if u had spent an extra 30secs to read my post in its proper context which was calling out shesi's idea of "sophisticated girls" we would not be having this discussion

and what did he address? that ppl shouldn't ask questions about nigerian tendencies on a nigerian forum? where should they ask it then, on the Irish forum? he does not have to like the topic and no one forced him to post a reply to the OP. btw what is senseless about this topic? when last did u go to a nigerian reunion or a major nigerian party? almost 70% of the girls show up looking like rainbow or some coat of many colors and dont even get me start on what they call hair! a few of them even take it to another level and put on some ridiculous nails that make them look like freddy cougar's half sister! girl plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! ! !

harakiri:

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I'm really dead sick of all these "why do Nigerian girls this" or "why do Nigerians behave like this" posts.It's really getting out of hand. Are Nigerian ladies the only ones who wear make up? Who designed make up in the first place? Is it not oyibo people? How many oyibo ladies do you see outside without heavy make up especially the ones older than 30 years? Please, do not abuse nairaland with all these cheap and senseless posts simply because registration is free.

Nuff said!

harakiri:

@Post

I'm really dead sick of all these "why do Nigerian girls this" or "why do Nigerians behave like this" posts.It's really getting out of hand. Are Nigerian ladies the only ones who wear make up? Who designed make up in the first place? Is it not oyibo people? How many oyibo ladies do you see outside without heavy make up especially the ones older than 30 years?

tensor777:

You obviously don't know what you're talking about. It is certainly not normal for a Western woman to go about with heavy make-up.

THE AMAKA:


its just that they know how to apply it to where it looks good on them.
go on youtube and watch makeup gurus and you will see how much they put on their faces just to look "natural"
PLEASE!!!!

tensor777:

Yet you have made my point. That is the whole point of make-up or even a beauty regimen. It is meant to make the wearer look good and natural.It is not meant to make the wearer look 'unnatural' as you would say.