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Do you wear make up to work?

I don't wear make up during clinicals because it just feels yucky on my skin after 13 hour shifts

Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
p alon

10 minutes:eek:. It takes me 10minutes or more for the makeup alone. Is your hair short or already looks done after just b eign washed? lucky you!

I take 20 mins tops to get ready and I make sure I look nice and professional. If I shower right before add 30 mins to that. I love a long hot shower. But as far as hair and make up and getting dressed it's 20 mins for most things. Graduation or interview or going out for a night on the town I might take an extra 10 mins to do something cuter to my hair or something.

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I always wear makeup to work! About a year or so ago I quit wearing eye shadow but I always do foundation, blush, eyeliner, mascara and lipstick or gloss.

I am extremely pale and have horrible circles under my eyes (thanks, mom) and I don't look good without makeup.

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I never wear make-up to work or anyplace else. When I was way younger I experimented with it and hated the way it looked and felt on my face, and it also tended to disappear very quickly. I tend to sweat a lot at work and can't imagine running around sweating all day with foundation and other stuff sliding around on my face.

I have never been an attractive person, I'm quite overweight, but people (patients and staff who don't know me) always think I'm about a decade younger than I am so at least my skin is okay for now.

I do maintain personal grooming and wear clean, unwrinkled scrubs. My hair is always in a tight pony or bun, don't know if that qualifies as a hot mess or not, but it is what it is.

I definitely know I get treated differently by people though. Both patients and MDs etc. I have a very good friend who is drop-dead gorgeous and she does wear a lot of makeup, hair is impeccable, the cutest, trendiest scrubs, and it's very curious for me to watch the attention she gets and how nice the MDs are to her and how nice some of the grumpiest patients are to her...

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
This is very true. However, the general public still judges the book by its cover. I have witnessed as patients and family members behaved rudely toward the more unkempt nurses: wrinkled scrubs, one or more missing front teeth, hair that looks like stir-fried crap, etc. One of my coworkers is a caring nurse, but people tend to focus on her horrible dentition (acid erosion + some missing teeth), sloppy appearance, and other aesthetic attributes. People definitely make lazy judgments based on looks.

The first thing people notice when they look at you is your eyes. The second thing is your teeth. The third thing people pay attention to is your hair. This is just some food for thought.

I think there's a big difference between being slovenly and just not wearing makeup. There are some nurses who would do well to dial it down when it comes to wearing makeup. It's a hospital, not a disco.

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p alon

10 minutes:eek:. It takes me 10minutes or more for the makeup alone. Is your hair short or already looks done after just b eign washed? lucky you!

After I shower I leave my hair up in a towel (although its short, its very thick and tends to hold the water) I do my makeup and then take the towel off and my hair is close to being dry. Yes, it looks done after being washed but I do have to "do" it to keep it looking "done" all day..takes like a minute or two to dry/style it, a minute to spray it and mess with it..voila'..done. Seriously, shower, make up, hair and dressed in like 20 minutes total (10 minutes for hair and makeup and 10 minutes for shower and dressing) :)

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Specializes in LTC, Acute care.

I just put on clear lip gloss, no time in the morning to do make-up, maybe there's time but it's just not my thing. Sometimes though, I wear some kind of colored lip gloss but nothing too crazy. I always bathe, have clean well-groomed hair and have on well-ironed scrubs every time I show up at work. Never have heard/or had anyone complain about my looks...

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Specializes in Geriatric nursing.

I know a couple of patients who are scared of nurses with artificial nails on :p

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Specializes in Home Health, Case Management, OR.

I wear makeup to work every day. It makes me feel like I am ready for the day and awake! Hair and makeup is done in about 10-15 min max. It's basic and natural, just brings some color to my paleness!

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

I don't wear makeup, period.

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Never could wear make until I discovered the joys of mineral makeup, now I always wear makeup I have really bad keratosis, my cheeks are horribly red from it, and the skin on my arms is dry and warty looking so I always wear long sleeves. So long as I wear makeup and cover my arms, I look like just fine.

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

I have to wear something or the rosacea will win...and that would probably stir up more comments than my wearing make-up would :) Tarte sheer moisturizer when the face is less red; BareMinerals when it's more red, and a primer either way to help both wear well with minimal touchups. The rest depends on my mood...some days, that and lip balm is all I wear, some days I put on a little more.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Academics.

I have sun damage on my face, although I haven't purposely tanned or gone without sunscreen for 15 years. (I guess the tanning in my teen years, and less-than-consistent use of sunscreen until I was 25 has caught up with me.) I have to wear makeup, otherwise I'm always told, "You have a smudge on your cheeks/forehead." When I correct people ("oh, it's just sun damage"), it embarrasses them because they think they've offended me, so it's best to avoid it all together.

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