 Poster: A snowHead
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Town is full of Brit students with Rise Festival. Couldn't help noticing how many of them (girls anyway) are on the slopes with full make up. May be because skiing is just a side attraction to the partying.
Personally I go for the helmet hair, unshaven look with sun cream carelessly slapped on. My girlfriend doesn't use a lot of make up at all except when we go somewhere special. For skiing just a little cream, headband and sunnies.
So what is Snowheads verdict on this matter?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I always think anyone who can carry off make up...and ski...looks great. I can't. I am in awe of ladies who can wear lipstick instead of lip balm and don't need to look in the mirror to apply it
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I have known quite a few teenage girls who race with full make up, doesn't have to mean that they are not serious about skiing.
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Tinted moisturizer with SPF factor. Tick.
Waterproof mascara. Tick. (Without mascara I have invisible eyelashes!).
Anything more is really too much faff.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I don’t even wear makeup normally - last time was going to my SILs wedding two years ago
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@Claude B, yes, you should wear more make-up.
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There can be a few downsides to wearing make-up on the slopes:
1. Lack of sun protection. Yes, you can get make-up with it, but it's usually limited to about SPF 15-20 which may or may not be adequate. Applying makeup and sun cream doesn't really work as it just slides off.
2. If it's snowing or you wipe out, anything that's not completely waterproof will be smeared all over your face
3. If you manage to survive 2, the sauna will likely do a good job of melting it off if you don't have a good wash first.
Waterproof eyeliner and a bit of mascara is about as much as I'll bother with. Most of the women I ski with seem to think along the same lines, if they bother at all.
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Many teenage girls can't do anything without full make up these days. Personally I find it just too much faff on top of all the other stuff you have to do in the morning before skiing - such as finding two suitable and vaguely matching socks and remembering which pocket to put your tissues in.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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SunSense factor 50 daily face and a lip balm. Anything else is overkill. I wear it to go out in the evenings. All the younger folks at work all seem to be fully made up at all times. One said recently that she kind of regrets it now, as she doesn't feel 'dressed up' when she does go out.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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<shrug> each to their own. I think it looks stupid. Face paint.
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Usually factor 15 quality moisturiser-so it doesn't make my eyes water if I smudge it into my eyes
I do slap on eyeliner and some mascara-though not waterproof, so often end up looking like a raccoon by mid morning.
Nothing else.
Helmet hair-tick-it's shortish so looks a right mess very easily-it gets washed after skiing rather than in the morning as I would usually when I'm going about the day job.
My main attempts to look half decent and sporty on the slopes is to wear a decent slim fitting shell jacket and some funky ski trousers-I really really try to avoid the "middle aged mumsy look" if I can.
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You know it makes sense.
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i"m a 60 year old male and i am a crossdresser, and i like to slap on a bit of lippy when i"m skiing, i"m just hoping me wig dont fly off
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@compostcorner, did I bump into you a few years ago
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Poster: A snowHead
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Waterproof eyeliner and a bit of mascara is about as much as I'll bother with
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That's me when going out in the evening mode!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| pam w wrote: |
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Waterproof eyeliner and a bit of mascara is about as much as I'll bother with
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That's me when going out in the evening mode! |
That's me whenever and wherever, plus factor 15 moisturiser and lippy (or just lip balm when skiing.) I've never put anything tinted like foundation, or whatever, on my skin. Maybe I should have, but it's a bit late now. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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They are on the slopes, not in the bar, don’t think their priorities can be questioned.
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| Hurtle wrote: |
| pam w wrote: |
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Waterproof eyeliner and a bit of mascara is about as much as I'll bother with
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That's me when going out in the evening mode! |
That's me whenever and wherever, plus factor 15 moisturiser and lippy (or just lip balm when skiing.) I've never put anything tinted like foundation, or whatever, on my skin. Maybe I should have, but it's a bit late now. |
I don't wear a lot of make-up either, and as it's not part of my routine anymore (the benefits of working from home, saves me a fortune!), I often forget even when I intend to wear it. Or I forget a vital item like mascara or lippy and go out looking a bit weird
I recently got sucked into a rabbit hole and ended up watching a make-up video by someone who had posted images of herself with and without. I was so intrigued that she was completely unrecognisable, that I wanted to see what she was doing. Foundation that goes on like emulsion followed by really heavy, high contrast products seemed to be the key, though I have to say that she was far more skilled at it than me.
I always love a ‘natural look’ article that begins “first take these twenty-seven products...”
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I once bought a few products in the Body Shop (their hemp handcream is the best...) and was served by a young girl with good, but pretty elaborate, make up. Very fancy eyes. I asked her some advice and said I wasn't prepared to spend much time on make up. She said that it only took practice and that after plenty of practice she could do her morning make up in less than 40 minutes and that including time for the primer to set. I said that was about as much time as I'd spent in the last half century and she laughed. Nervously...... clearly thought I was totally batty. Am going out to a neighbourhood Christmas party shortly. Haven't even thought about what to wear yet, but have started preparation with a slice of toast and marmite and a glass of red wine. Another glass and I shan't give a sh !t
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@pam w, I am also a hemp handcream fan.
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@pam w,
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time for the primer to set
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That's what I thought, but apparently it only takes a few minutes. Aren't you glad? I have occasionally used a primer on bare metal or wood....
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I still haven't decided (or even thought seriously about) what to wear tonight. Whatever it is will have to be compatible with sensible footwear as I'm likely to leave my car there and walk home. And any make up will have washed off by the time I get home in the rain, obviating that "cleanse thoroughly" routine they always talk about in magazines. Actually, I have a teetotal friend who will probably be at that party and offer to drive both me and her tipsy husband home as they live in my direction.
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Dear Ladies, we can all see when you've got even a bit of makeup on. We honestly don't give two hoots about long eyelashes or coloured lips. Save your money unless you desperately need that guff on your face to feel nice.
With goggles and a helmet on over the top? Are you mental?
The latest craze for plastering your face with six layers of primer, two pack paint and lacquer is tremendous for a Ford mondeo but really isn't a good idea on your face, it just looks like you are desperately afraid of the rest of the world seeing your actual face or that you like wasting money, neither of which is attractive.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Digger the dinosaur, aww Digger, so naïve! You still think make-up is for the men. Bless. 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I'm good with makeup. I really struggle getting my eyebrows to that full TOWIE painted on, on fleek look though.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Scarlet wrote: |
| @Digger the dinosaur, aww Digger, so naïve! You still think make-up is for the men. Bless. |
Haha. So true.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Scarlet wrote: |
| @Digger the dinosaur, aww Digger, so naïve! You still think make-up is for the men. Bless. |
You beat me to it!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Dave of the Marmottes, depends how you feel about sleeping in the carpark 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Make up skiing? No chance! Skiing is a sport, I wouldn't wear make-up sailing, running or climbing, why would I wear it skiing?!
But then I am very firmly part of the eyeliner, mascara, spf15 moisturiser, and maybe a touch of lipstick counts as being made up brigade.
The one thing that does make me feel a bit smug though is when we've gone out on a really dull day, (not necessarily skiing), the sun has made a surprising appearance, and everyone's faces have gone pink except mine, cos my spf15 moisturiser has done it's thing 
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If skiing mostly red pistes, with an occasional blue, the Aladdin Sane look fits well
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Or for the mostly black piste, edgier snowslider...
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Not forgetting the greens...
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The sun is brutal. If any part of your face is exposed to sunlight you're doing it wrong
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@Digger the dinosaur, if in hole, stop digging, Digger!
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