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Do you wear makeup to work out?

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Do you wear makeup to work out?

  • Nah! (50%, 1,486 Votes)
  • Sometimes... (27%, 801 Votes)
  • Yes! (23%, 681 Votes)
  • Other - I'll tell you in the comments! (0%, 33 Votes)

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will there be any damages on my face if i work out with a makeup on my face

It would be best to consult a skincare expert!

No way! Like a lot of people, I go to the gym straight from work, but I keep cleansing wipes in my gym bag and take all my make up off before I start. It feels revolting to have melty, sweaty make up. Also, I often go in the pool after working out, or the sauna/jacuzzi, so anything that wasn't ruined whilst exercising would get all wet and messy then. I don't give a crap what I look like at the gym, but I'd much rather have NO make up than sweaty, blotchy make up.

I love to wear Tarte Natural Cheek Stain when I head out, just for color, and I curl my eyelashes too. Only b/c I run errands before or after I hit the gym though.

As I tend to workout in the evening, I usually just keep the makeup on that's been there the whole day. I don't touch up before I go to the gym or anything. It sweats off so easily... It's just not worth it.

I sometimes want to however wearing makeup to the gym is terrible for your skin. I mean a little bit of eyeliner is fine, but any foundation or concealer will seep into your pores because your pores open up as you sweat and work out. :/

I always go to the steam room and swimming pool after my workout... Even if I didn't do that, I wouldn't want to worry about my makeup melting off or wonder if I have raccoon eyes.

Like others -- I won't put it on to go to the gym but if it's at the end of the day I'll just remove my face makeup with a makeup wipe and leave my eye makeup on.

Absolutely not! Sometimes I'll forget and leave mascara on and I feel gross.

Wearing face makeup during exercise is horrible for your skin. Exercise and sweat helps to push out toxins and other bad stuff. Makeup can block your skin getting rid of it, helping to cause blemishes. If I have makeup on during the day, I use a face wipe to remove at least my face makeup. I'd rather have healthy skin than try to look good with streaky, blotchy, coagulated makeup while working out.

Yeah i wear makeup to the gym, but its usually with the makeup on from work. i dont bother to take it off msot of the time

Only wear lipgloss so I won't have ashy lips and a little concealer sometimes and don't like to because it will be on towel when I wipe my sweat. Yuk.

only if I have a really obviously blemish - then I will wear concealer, but any more than that would be a waste of products since I will just sweat/rub it off pretty quickly anyway

I rarely wear makeup, but on the days I do, if I workout afterwards I don't take it off first. That said, I wear minimal makeup in the first place. I wouldn't put it on just to work out, though! I sweat way too much!

I hate the feeling of sweaty skin with makeup on. It's absolutely disgusting. I go to the gym to make myself feel/look better, so I really don't care about dressing to impress!

Sometimes, but only if I am going to the gym from somewhere else and already have makeup on. I would never put it on just to go to the gym, seems like that would be bad for your skin!

if i work out after work then yes i already have make up on. I have noxzema wipes to clean my skin but i leave the eye make up on and take it off with remover when i come home. on a day that i do not work, i do not wear make up to the gym.

Most days I just wear concealer and blush and I try to remove my makeup before exercising. Wearing makeup when you're sweating isn't very good for your skin I imagine so I keep a small bag of makeup wipes in my gym bag at all times. It feels refreshing actually. It's funny because I've seen some girls in the gym wearing colored eyeshadow, blush etc. and don't even notice that it's slowly sweating off their faces -_-'.

Yes -- I've normally got makeup on when I go to the gym . . . but that's because I go in the early evenings. I've already got makeup on that I've been wearing all day. I'm not going to bother to wash it all off before heading to the gym. I wash my face and shower and all that afterwards . . .

Usually I go straight to the gym from work. If I remember to bring my wipes I'll remove my make-up if not oh well. I usually don't like to wear make-up while working out. I will put on lip balm, gloss or lipstick whatever I have on hand because I don't like the feeling of dry lips.

I have to wear some powder on my eyebrows..so that I don't go out with a quarter of an eyebrow! LOL

i usually take off all of my makeup before going to the gym, buy I apply a little moisturizer and a bit of msfnatural to keep me from getting too greasy

If I have already have makeup on because I was doing something prior to my workout, then yes. If i wake up and go workout then I just wait til I get ready afterwards.

i dont wear makeup when i work out, Just some chapstick. I dont see the point in doing so, since i'll just be sweating it off anyway lol

I'm not gonna lie, I wear makeup to the gym sometimes. But gym-makeup for me is really just concealer. If i'm feeling particularly unattractive i'll maybe fill in the eyebrows and do a little mascara, but overall I think foundation and any other sort of accessory makeup is just wasteful at the gym. But if I'm working out late in the day and i've already got a full face of makeup on, unless it's seriously wild makeup, i won't bother removing it before the gym.

if im already wearing makeup, then i dont take it off before i go to the gym. but i dont purposely put some on just to go to the gym....

If i already have makeup on it seems pointless to take it off before working out... and honestly, my makeup usually stays on pretty well even if i am really sweaty. bare escentuals foundation is really good at not sweating off, for me at least. after going to the gym everything gets washed off

I work out at 6:30am 4 days a week so I try to always curl my lashes and use a little brown mascara because I feel like it makes me look a little more awake lol even if it probably doesn't

No. Even if it's eyeliner or mascara. Sweat + Makeup = Disgusting for My Skin

I go to the gym at my school after classes, so I'm usually already wearing makeup. On those days though, I try to keep it minimal. Some foundation to cover my acne scars and waterproof mascara.

Yes I usually go straight from work so my face is already done for the day, On my days off I don't wear makeup,

No not at all. I want my skin to be able to breathe and I am way too concerned about feeling the burn than how my makeup looks. I may have a bit of makeup on if I did just a quick cleanse and didn't take off lipgloss, but otherwise its a naked face down in the gym.

Only if I already have it on...I would never put makeup on to go to the gym.

Not if I'm staying in my apartment. If I'm going outside I might slap on a little gloss or something. :)

I wear make up but not very heavily. I have just light foundation and a little bit of eyeliner. I just don't like to be bare faced in public.

Depends. I'll wear it if I don't want to take it off after work before I exercise.

Yes, but only because I go right after work. If I were to wake up and go work out immediately, the answer would be heck no lol!

if i already have it on then i leave it on, but i don't usually put makeup on just to go there, kind of a waste imo.

not really, because i never work out

It just doesn't look right, wearing makeup to the gym. No matter how hard you try, you will be sweating, and it will just make your face look more tired... and kind of cheap?.. Or, if you are not going to workout, why go to the gym?.. Go to the coffee shop or take a walk to the park if the main point is socializing... It is my opinion, maybe I just can't understand something. :) People should not be afraid to show their natural face in the gym!

I do not wear make to workout, but I have worn makeup while working out. Example I have on makeup right now. I am heading to the gym in a hour. I do not have time to go home and wash my face nor do I have any makeup remover on me, so I will workout with my makeup on. I do prefer to workout without makeup; I think it's better for the skin...ya know..lol

Heck no! I usually just wake up and go to the gym!!! I'm going for the "just rolled out of bed" look.

Oh God no.....makeup + sweat = zits for me

I tend to workout during my lunch time at work since I have a gym onsite. Hence, I do wear make-up to workout.

I only use eyebrow pencil and chapstick

No, with sweat it isn't really nice...

Not on purpose, but yes. After work I go straight into my workout.

oops I meant to vote no. I didn't read the whole question and missed the out part of work out. So much for all those years of teachers saying "make sure you read the whole question" ;)

It's not that I wear makeup to work out, it's just that I use the gym at my university after classes, or come home and go for a run, and I'll still be wearing my makeup from that day. If I'm going to the gym in the morning, I might put on some waterproof mascara -- MAYBE -- but only if I have somewhere to be first.

Well, I'm a stay at home mom, so my job is just around the house or running errands here & there... and for that, I might put on a touch of concealer, perhaps some bronzer and lipstick...but thats it and thats not even a consistent event!