I am still in nursing school and I usually always wear makeup when I'm out most of the time like a "full face of makeup" not like a clown or anything weird and over the top haha but I usually always wear foundation, concelar, eye liner, mascara, a little bronzer niti have always thought it would be kind of pointless to wake up every day or everyother day (whatever my work schedule will be) and put on a full face of makeup when I'm going to be running around a hospital all day, helping people to the bathroom, giving baths, doing charts, giving meds etc. but I still feel like when I'm a nurse I dont want to look like a total bum either like I just rolled outa bed with no makeup on (because that is never a good look when I'm pale because I havent tanned or I'm beyond tird that day). I know I am not going to want to put on a ton of makeup everyday when its just going to rub off , sweat off etc.
I just dont want to look sloppy infront of patients, their familys, other co workers, or bosses.
Do you wear makeup to work as a nurse?
If so, what do you wear to keep it simple?
Do you think its silly to put makeup on in this type of profession when we are just running around non stop?
Also, how do you make yourself look put together when it comes to usually always havng your hair up a lot of the time?
Considering that outside of work the most I tend to wear is lip gloss at work the most I wear is lip gloss.
I honestly don't know what most of the make-up does so I'm afraid that if I try I'll go to work looking like a clown. I keep saying that one day I'll learn how, but probably not.
Specializes in ortho rehab, med surg, renal transplant.
Sure, I wear some makeup at work...usually just foundation & lip gloss, sometimes not depending on time, if I feel like it etc. Its fine to use however much you want to. As for hair, its usually in a ponytail.
I rarely wear makeup to work. I use cover-up for the occasional blemish but that's it.
I started out in nursing school wearing makeup and also when I first started my job. My problem is that if I wear it, I find the urge to rub my eyes increases - gross while at work! I'm just concerned about it increasing my chance of introducing some nasty bug onto my face or in my eyes. Not that I'm rubbing my face with dirty gloves but it's just gross rubbing my face during the shift.
I've been blessed with a reasonably good complexion but challenged with sensitive skin. I find the more I leave my skin alone, the better it looks. If I had visible skin problems, absolutely with the makeup.
I have scalp psoriasis so my hair is nearly always down in back but half-up in front as necessary.
This is kind of a sad post to me. 90% or more of you say you wear make up because you feel you look a mess with out it. Is this really what society has taught all of you? That unnatural colored lips, eyelids, etc. is "beautiful". And then those that don't wear make up feel the need to defend yourselves by saying "oh, but I get really nice compliments about my perfect skin" Really?? This post does not make me feel that as women we are being professional; just conceited and diluted. Being a nurse is not about looking pretty and wearing make up. It has absolutely nothing to do about looks, except perhaps if you have not showered and look seriously unkempt. But someone can look professional AND good without wearing make up. And even if they aren't the "prettiest" by socieities standards they should not be pressured to wear make up to look and feel better. I'm a little disgusted by some of these answers to be honest :/
Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I manage to look put together even running my entire shift. I wear a little blush, eyeliner and mascara. Sometimes eyeshadow. I do my hair and look nice and professional. It's important to me. Now after doing CPR I might look a tad disheveled, but that's not happening constantly.
Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
boushie87 said:
This is kind of a sad post to me. 90% or more of you say you wear make up because you feel you look a mess with out it. Is this really what society has taught all of you? That unnatural colored lips, eyelids, etc. is "beautiful". And then those that don't wear make up feel the need to defend yourselves by saying "oh, but I get really nice compliments about my perfect skin" Really?? This post does not make me feel that as women we are being professional; just conceited and diluted. Being a nurse is not about looking pretty and wearing make up. It has absolutely nothing to do about looks, except perhaps if you have not showered and look seriously unkempt. But someone can look professional AND good without wearing make up. And even if they aren't the "prettiest" by socieities standards they should not be pressured to wear make up to look and feel better. I'm a little disgusted by some of these answers to be honest ?
Some people like to wear makeup, who are you to put them down for it or ridicule them for it?
It's a matter of personal choice. I'm clean and put together every shift, and I don't wear make up. I don't see the point in wearing make up to work (for myself anyway). I'm not there for a fashion show.
I consider makeup as part of a hygiene routine. I always wear makeup, work, school, wherever I go. I use warm colors when I work, and intense smokey eyes when I go out for fun. There's nothing wrong with wearing makeup, we are girls and we like to change and be different, and look glamorous. I am also a makeup artist so makeup is my talent, it is art, it completes me. Those who say they hate makeup is bc they do not have the right skills and no not know how to apply it. When you are working in a professional setting, you want to wear warm colors and not look like a Raccoon.
Minimal makeup. I think makeup and neat looking hair helps any woman's appearance look more refined. We live in a world where appearances matter; it is what it is.
Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.
I feel better about myself with makeup on. Whether that is a symptom of "what has become to society" or not really doesn't matter to me. It is what it is and I feel professional, polished and powerful wearing it. That being said, I don't think EVERY woman has to wear makeup to look or feel that way OR to present that image. It is a matter of choice, confidence, cleanliness and attitude.
Which is what the women's rights movements have always been about - maintaining the right to choose things for ourselves. I choose to wear makeup. I don't think that has anything to do with anyone else's choice not to. Autonomy is a wonderful thing.
I feel more confident when I wear makeup but I don't always feel like painting the barn before work. I wear light makeup and neutral eye shadow and no mascara. I have yet to find a mascara that truly is waterproof and I don't want to end up looking like a raccoon.
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Considering that outside of work the most I tend to wear is lip gloss at work the most I wear is lip gloss.
I honestly don't know what most of the make-up does so I'm afraid that if I try I'll go to work looking like a clown. I keep saying that one day I'll learn how, but probably not.