The Age When British Girls Kickoff Wearing Makeup Will Surprise You

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    • A new study reveals the (very young) age when girls start get-go using mascara, blusher and lippy. Is something wrong with this picture?

    We fully admit to leaving the house fresh-faced and so secretly swiping on blusher and lippy in the toilet earlier school. But nosotros were at least teenagers by so.

    It seems girls these days are wearing makeup at a much younger historic period.

    A new study conducted past Escentual.com found that more than girls than ever are starting to wear makeup at age 11, which is three years younger than it was ten years agone. And they're non talking about simply playing dress-up with their mum'due south mascara. They're talking most 11-yr-olds actually wearing makeup.

    According to the survery, 38 percentage of women think young girls are using cosmetics because they want to experience more grown up. And 89 percentage of women would prefer immature girls to wait until they're 14 to utilise foundation, 13-and-a-half to use eye makeup and 12-and-a-half to utilize lipgloss.

    'Women are mostly concerned that these pre-teen girls might develop an unhealthy obsession with their appearance,' said Emma Leslie from Escentual. 'Over 62.6 percent idea this was the biggest run a risk from younger girls starting to apply makeup.'

    And then how immature is too young? The event is certainly controversial – and it'due south one that always gets people talking. Take, for example, thirteen-year-old model Thylane Loubry Blondeau, who appears on the April comprehend of French magazine Jalouse.

    Sure, she looks much more historic period-appropriate than she did when Paris Vogue featured her two years ago. (She was just 11 years old in the picture on the right!) But critics are nevertheless saying 13 is merely also young to exist on the comprehend of a mode magazine.

    What practice you recollect? Is it harmless to let immature girls clothing makeup? Or should kids focus on being kids – and go out the glamorous stuff for subsequently?

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