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?

Specializes in Skilled Nursing.

I dont wear make up but just enough looks real nice, I cant see a Nurse wearing too much make up and looking like a clown.

I see no problem with a nurse wearing just the right amount of make up

But, I cant tolerate nurses that wear perfume..omg at times its too much, its not good for pts with resp issues. We have a no perfume policy, which is nice.

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Specializes in Critical Care.
I too have to have some makeup on. Mascara, a bit of foundation on my nose, lip gloss.

Just don't overdo it - "Tammy Fay" is alive and well, unfortunately.:nono:

steph

Actually she's not and although I was not a fan of hers, that was a pretty crappy comment.

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

I thought it was a funny comment...and I knew "Tammy Fay" referred to the look and not, literally, the person.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Psych..

I dont wear makeup because I never have enough time early in the morning....I would rather sleep for another 5 min or so till I have to have the shower and ruuuuuuuuuuuunnnn:lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2:

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In kenya where i work we are allowed to wear make up,though there is a policy that regulates this such that nurses do not go overboard.The young stylish nurses are really a sight to be hold and i believe patients benefit from the radiance.

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Specializes in CVICU, PICU, ER,TRAUMA ICU, HEMODIALYSIS.

Geez, I almost had a stroke when I first read the question! My first reaction was, "Oh God, no, Please don't tell me that employers are regressing 50 years into the olden days when nurses wore long sleeved starched uniforms that were mid calf length and ALWAYS a cap and your school pin." What a relief when I read on some more. I have worn just enough make up to look "normal" since I was around 14 years old. I have very light strawberry blonde hair, green eyes, and my eyebrows and eyelashes are nearly invisible they are so light. (When I first got married I went to bed with my make up on and got up before my husband to wash it off and redo it!!) Also there was actually a period in the early to mid 1970's when minimal false eyelashes were in vogue as well as wigs. We all wore those to work as well, but no one thought anything about it because it was the fashion at the time and no one had a "Tammy-Faye" look about them either, God rest her soul.

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Specializes in Cardiothoracic Nurse,Nurse Educator.

I wonder why nurses will be the busiest of all women species to always complain of lack of time when it comes to looking a little bit good and wonderful.Yes makeups were created to enhance our looks,so why cant we wear them and try to hide some of our deficiencies.A whole lot of people look up to us everyday so why not look good,though in moderation.

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Specializes in Med Surg/Ortho.
Hey!:uhoh21: I work in the OR and without sounding too conceited, I have been told I am most definitely NOT homely, LOL. You just have to find a good makeup that stays put. The hats can make your hair a little messy but I've found that when I have long hair, it's easier. I just run a brush through it and voila, it looks nice again. I have also found that OR nurses tend to look younger than their age, at least around here. Most of us have really nice complexions, believe it or not. I think it's because we're hardly ever outside. Maybe the chemicals and gases have something to do with it as well.:lol2: As a side note, over the past few days I've noticed a lot of bashing of OR nurses in a couple of posts. Be nice to us-you never know when you might need surgery and we're the ones who will be keeping an eye on you and making sure that not everyone in the OR sees you naked!

I most definitely was NOT bashing OR nurses. I love surgery, and would be in heaven in the OR. But I can't not wear make-up...it was a comment on myself and my looks, not anyone else's. Trust me, you would not want to see me without make-up. I don't have the best complexion or skin tone. If I could find something batural that does not rub off, I would seriously consider OR nursing.

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Specializes in Med Surg/Ortho.
They make really cute cloth scrub hats with various patterns, which are what a lot of us wear. I have long thick hair, so the little paper hats don't work for me.

I LOVE those hats, so adorable. And I look good in hats. ;)

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Although I am just in school, we are not allowed to wear ANY makeup except chapstick (someone somewhere thinks this is makeup:uhoh3:), no perfume/cologne/scented deodorant, no odorous hairspray, no fake nails, no loud colors allowed on nails, no colors except natural colors allowed in hair. Hair MUST be off shoulder and out of face, even for guys. Guys have to have a clean shave or well-trimmed beards/goatee.

Other than that....we can do what we want....LOL.

OH for the days I can wear even pink lip gloss....sigh

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Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

You know, I just cant find the right makeup for me

And when you consider I only shave every third day, you know

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Specializes in midwifery, NICU.
You know, I just cant find the right makeup for me

And when you consider I only shave every third day, you know

:lol2::lol2::lol2:

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