Are you allowed to wear Makeup ?

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I personally cannot live without makeup.I feel plain and unkept without makeup.It's apart of me.It makes me feel feminine.Will I be able to continue wearing makeup up on the job?

wow, sabby.

you are in phenomenal shape.

must be those donuts....

leslie:balloons:

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Specializes in Corrections, neurology, dialysis.
I can wear it, but most of the time it gets rubbed off. LOL so why bother.:lol2:

Same here!

Once I started working in dialysis, I noticed I would sweat the make-up off in about 30 minutes so I stopped wearing it. Besides, I appreciate the extra sleep AND not trying to make myself look presentable at 4 a.m.

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Specializes in ICU, SDU, OR, RR, Ortho, Hospice RN.
wow, sabby.

you are in phenomenal shape.

must be those donuts....

leslie:balloons:

:lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2: Ahhh the magical art of snapping my head and placing it on some other chicks bod!! LOL :lol2:

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I think the To Wear Makeup or Not To Wear Makeup question is one in many employment fields, not just nursing. I've seen people all over the place in jobs where some wear it and some don't. Just a personal choice, like so many others in this grand country :)

I wear makeup, not much, but it's there, and it takes maybe three minutes from start to finish. Powder foundation, finishing powder, a whisk of blush and a stroke of eyeliner, and I'm done. Sometimes I think of putting on lipstick if I look kinda pale, and I usually reapply lip balm over the night, as they tend to dry out otherwise.

I work with a couple of nurses that make me think "how can you STAND wearing all that crap", but then again, I've always worked with people like that, in other fields. And I also see those who wear nothing (blessed people, truly!) who look great. And those who wear nothing and should, LOL....

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Specializes in NICU.

I always wear makeup to work, because without it I look 12 years old. As opposed to 16, which is how I look with it, but at least that's driving age.

I wear basically the same makeup for work and not-work. Maybe slightly heavier eyeliner if I'm going on a date or something. It's so automatic at this point I can do powder, blush, eyeshadow, eyeliner and lips in under five minutes. I don't bother with mascara because my eyelashes are about a half a cm long anyway and mascara just makes me sad.

As for touchups, the only thing I do at work is put on chapstick all day. I have a weird response to fatigue where my lips swell up and turn bright red and then the next day are hideously chapped around the edges, so the chapstick helps with that a little.

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Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

I'm in the "sweat it all off" category. I do try to put lipstick on. If I run into an extra $600, I'd like to get eyeliner tattoos. I've seen them done very nicely.

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Specializes in Operating Room.
I LOVE blue mascara and I have brown eyes. I use Max Factor #285 on my lips and occasionally wear foundation for my 11p-7a shifts. So I look alive, sometimes just barely, lol.

Yes, there's nothing wrong with blue shadow as long as it isn't applied too heavily and doesn't cover the whole eye. My late aunt(who died suddenly at 57) was a counter manager at Estee Lauder and she always wanted to become a nurse(my grandmother didn't believe that girls needed an education) -she taught me everything I know about makeup, so when I put on makeup, I think of her....I usually do a light layer of foundation, some mascara, and some lip gloss on a daily basis. If I think it's going to be tough day, I wear more. Weird huh? It's like it's armor or something. Sometimes a girl just needs to feel pretty.:lol2:

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.
I once worked at a LTC facility in which the DON required all female staff to wear make up.

:eek::eek::eek:

I won't wear makeup for my own, philosophical reasons. I can't imagine an employer doing this! Wow.

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I wear just foundation and blush with some chapstick PRN for dry lips.

Mine usually rubs off before the morning gets here anyway,,,,

Nice after photo Sabby!! :)

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When I wear makeup I feel like a little girl dressing up in her mom's stuff :lol2:

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Specializes in Occ health, Med/surg, ER.

I always wear make up. Eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara and a bit of powder to take away the shine. I really could care less to wear make up everyday, but people always say, Oh are u sick, or are u tired? So, I always wear it.

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Specializes in Med Surg/Ortho.

I always wear make-up no matter where I go. I have very uneven skin tone, dark circles under my eyes and red cheeks and nose. So I wear foundation to even it out. If I have time I put on some eyeliner and mascara, just because I look so young and I think it makes me look a little older. I never wear lipstick, hate all the reapplying, and never liked blush. If I could go without makeup, I would almost never wear it. It is such a hassle, but I feel ugly without it.

Question: if you work in the OR, can you wear make-up in there? If you do, are they concerned with contaminating sterility (like with powder flaking off?) This is what we were told at vet tech school. That you couldn't wear ANY make-up during surgeries. I know many people that wear make-up during surgery though (some way too much in my opinion) and no one says a word. So I was just curious.

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