I started consistently wearing it when I was around 13 or 14.

I was always taught to apply lip balm and use hand cream at a young age, around 7 or 8. I started to pluck my eye brows,shave my legs maintain my bikini line, manicure and pedicure around 13, 14. My mother and my sisters would help me, until I could do it on my own. I also started my very basic skin routine around that age. I didn't wear full make up until I was 18, which quite late. My parents are African and were quite strict about my appearance. Abit of concealer or foundation where I needed it, powder, flicked eyeliner and lip balm/ nude lip. Or sometimes, plummy, wine or red lipstick, with mascara. My mother and sister taught me the basic rules about make up, skin care and hair care. I just adapted the rules to fit my face, my style and lifestyle. Im 34 now.

when I was 15 I started using black kohl on my waterline when I went out with my friends. And that's all I did till the age of 17 when I discovered winged eyeliner. I started really getting into makeup last year (age 19).

18 to look fresh since i just started working at that time, if not i will look pale. two way cake, eyebrow pencil & lipstick =)

Uhm this may seem a little crazy, but i started wearing makeup when i was around 10 almost 11.... My friend and I were SOOO into it and we still are! ( having me now be 12 ) Of course every little girl took there moms makeup and played around with it! I'm very into cosmetics but i know what kind of makeup is good for me to wear and what I'm just not ready for. I do not wear foundation... I probably wont until i accually need it! I do not fill in my brows and I dont think anyone my age does. At the most for the face i wear A little bit of concealer for under my eye and A little bronzer I reently bought from MAC. Im aloud to wear makeup becazuse I purchase everything my self and i take good care of it!! Eyeshadow, lipgloss, bronzer, eyeliner, and clear mascara is pretty much my everyday look i guess. Hahaha.

I started using AVON Cosmetics (the set for teens) when I was 13. I started out with a tinted balm, cheek blush, and pressed powder. That was all I could wear since I went to a catholic school so makeup should be kept minimal. :)

i was 12 when i was allowed to wear gloss and powder, 14 i could wear mascara and a bit of shadow, and 16 i could wear anything as long as my mother deemed it "natural" enough.

about 15 - 16 yrs. I started off with eyeliner and tinted lipgloss

Age 30 or 31, so about 2 years ago. I started out with a few MAC eye products (liner, shadow, paint pot) and the Bare Escentuals face starter kit. There really is an art to it, it has taken a long time for me to feel so-so at applying makeup, but I have a long way to go. I struggle with eyeshadow and blush application. Good brushes help.

13. Yardley eyeshadow kit - real 60s stuff with cake eyeliner in navy and white, and white and blue shadows - and pale beige, almost white, lipstick. Also cake mascara! I used to paint a line of white eyeliner above the line of navy eyeliner. Still do something like that occasionally with a white or silver pencil! Also wore Oh! de London fragrance.

13 -- in 7th Grade. We had to have a note from a parent that it was OK. & it was only supposed be only liptick: 'I give my daughter permission to wear lipstick.' HA!!! But I cheated -- I wore 1 coat of mascara, too. ;)

i started wearing makeup at the age of 21

In high school, I didn't wear a lot of makeup. Even though I had issues with acne, it wasn't so horrible that I really tried to cover it. I would wear black eyeshadow and eyeliner, then maybe a lipgloss and that was it. I didn't really start to get into makeup until I was in college and started watching makeup tutorials.

I was 15 when I first started getting into makeup, but the most I wore was lip gloss. Didn't start REALLY wearing concealer and eyeliner until a year ago, which was my first year of college. I think my main influence was Youtube, since none of my friends were SUPER into makeup

Bought my first tube of Lipglass from MAC it was Oh Baby at age 13 but that was it up until 2 years ago I suddenly got super into makeup being influenced by Kat Von D and her amazing smoky eyes and wanting to achieve that look. Last year was when started to work on technique by watching tutorials and building my brush collection.

I was like 11 and I wasnt so interested in wearing it as much as i was just fascinated with it. I started out with some cool products from Illamasqua and MAC, and I've been in love with makeup ever since

When I was 17/18, just started college. I didn't really care about make up before and just asked my mother to apply it for me if I need to attend some formal gatherings...

14, but not every single day. I started doing my make-up every morning when I was 16.

20/21, I started purchasing products this spring like crazy because I wanted to look more polished to get a summer job/internship, I still buy a load of stuff but I've curbed it down a little since then.

i started to were makeup after my life skedule change and i graduated highschool and got a job it started with concealer. the wrong shade you know. i think i was like. so at 18 :) what can i say makeups for adults

24 which was just 2 yrs ago and i'm lovin it

I started out with makeup in stages. At 12 I was allowed to wear lipgloss and mascara. Then at about 14 I was allowed the additions of powder, concealer and blush. Then at 16 I was allowed to wear the additions of foundation, eyeshadow, liner and lipstick (:

Age 14- Freshman in High School. The girls in this Catholic School globbed the makeup on as thick as Kim Kardashian. I think this question was already posed before on June 21, 2011.

Oh whew, I was embarrassed when I saw the question but I feel so much better--because *I* was 16 before I was allowed to wear makeup--and then, only eyeshadow and light blush. Maybe light lipstick. NO mascara. It's no wonder, at 41, I am JUST learning how to do makeup right. Sheesh! Of course my youngest sister "broke the rules" and sneaked makeup to school, cleaned it off before she came home LOL. I think I let my daughter start wearing makeup when she was 13, and now that she's 16, it's not a big deal to her unless it's something special like a dance.

I think I got my first lipstick when I was 16. It was a maybelline lipstick. Then I started to build up my collection slowly to concealed, blush, transparent mascara, etc. I got my first foundation when I was 18 when I got my first summer job in a bank where wearing makeup is compulsory. I wore foundation, lipsticks, mascara, on and off in college years and when I first started working, then I completely stop wearing makeup except interviews or wedding at age 25. Now I am starting up again and get into the whole art of eye makeup at the age of 31!

31. I developed adult acne aka cystic acne which created scarring and hyperpigmentation. I needed to feel better so I went to MAC to try out foundations until my situation improved. I never needed "makeup", but I'd use a bit of black eyeliner, mascara and lipgloss on special occasions, but it wasn't a big deal at all. Today, I'm always in full face and I love love makeup. The possibilities are endless with all of the products out there. This hobby costs a lot from department stores to the drugstores, but makeup is one of those things that make me happy. :)

I was 12, (I'm 43 now) just after elementary, and I started to use black eyeliner, then lipstick, then mascara, and so.

I was about 13. Not only I used to wear make up but also I used to sell it too. At that time, I wore more often: lipstick and mascaras.

probably about 15-with just starting with eyeliner then mascara.. later on foundation

I would try to mess with drugstore brands after school starting when I was like twelve. I didn't start wearing makeup regularly until I was maybe 14/15.

when i was 5! i grew up dancing ballet, so tons of makeup was the norm when it came to performances. i started wearing it regularly in about 7th grade though.

I think I was about 9 or 11, believe it or not. It wasn't a lot of makeup--just some eyeliner and face powder, I believe. But that was when I first started experimenting with makeup.

I started at 36... 2 months ago, I found great tutorials on you-tube and people that provide excellent information like yourself. Thank you

I was 13 when all of a sudden that was it! Full make up! I love make up and love buying it-usually high end brands because I believe in putting good things on your face. I think I have enough for a small store right now.I think Yardley was big then, can't remember what else I used.

My mom took me to Merle Norman right before my 8th grade graduation to get some very natural makeup. Just translucent powder, a little peachy eyeshadow, and brown mascara. I don't think I bought any more makeup than that until the 10th grade.

I think I was 17-18, but only on special ocasion. It's only about mid-twenties that I started wearing more often.

I love reading all these great stories! For dance recitals, my mom would do my makeup and as I got older I began to do it myself. I guess that was about 11, but it doesn't really count because it was about once year. In 7th grade my friends and I were really into those minty lipglosses from Bath & Body Works, I remember smearing it all over my lips >.< I remember the summer before high school, I went to the mall with my friend and bought ELF $1 concealer, glittery blush, a cranberry e/s quad, liquid eyeliner, and an eyeliner brush. It was my hidden stash. I thought I was so cool. Beginning of freshman year in high school I played around with it, but never wore it. Beginning of 2nd semester I wore brown eyeshadow that barely showed up. Only during the end of the school year didI wear blush, powder, shimmery eyeshadow primer. Only last month I've started wearing mascara and foundation! Eyeliner I do everynow and then.

I was 11 when I really started to wear it, although my mom always gave me lipgloss and all that as a child that I used. I started out just playing with my mom and grandmother's eyeshadow and lipstick, and then my grandmother let me buy these awful bright blue and gold eyeshadows from Mary Kay, as well as a bright pink lipstick >.< I started watching Youtube videos and improving my technique over time. I wore some foundation and tinted moisturizer in middle school. By high school I wore a full face. I'm 16 now and wear makeup whenever I leave the house (not because of confidence issues, it's just my personal preference.)

I think I was 10 years old when I first started wearing makeup. My mom used to give me these little lancome juicy tubes to play around with, I would wear those only on special occasions and when I wanted to glam up my look a bit.Only by late eighth grade did I get into makeup- concealer, mascara and blush. Then by ninth grade I wore a full face- concealer, powder, blush, highlighter, shadow, mascara and lip gloss. It sounds like a lot, but I used very natural shades :D

10 or 11, I think. I remember I LOVED looking at make up in stores. :3

18! because of youtube beauty gurus :P

I was 17 going on 18... I only started last year, but I've accumulated so much! I went straight for colour, then bright colour, then neutrals, which is backwards xD And now I'm getting into vampy colours :D

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I had really bad acne as a kid, so my mom took me to a Bobbi Brown counter when I was thirteen. I'd say I got seriously into doing makeup for makeup's sake was a few months ago.

I played around with makeup when I was about 11 or 12, but really started wearing it when I was in high school. I used to practice by doing my mom's makeup and I did my friend's makeup (and my own) before a school banquet. I really got into makeup after high school, though. As an adult, I could actually afford it and I had places to go where I could get more dressed up and wear pretty makeup.

Similar question as posed on June 21, 2011: "How old were you when you first started wearing makeup? Do you think there is a right age to start?." Age 14 Freshman in high school....all these girls in Catholic school wore globs of it. Literally, can compete with Kim Kardashian in the amount they loaded on. Started with Clinique...and never stopped venturing with makeup since then.