Probably when I was about 12/early teens. Initially I wasn't allowed to wear too much so a lot of us didn't put it on until we got to school and then wiped it off (or most of it) before we went home.

I became a makeup fanatic just this last year. I am 22 and have been in love with Hello Kitty my whole life. My brother pointed out to me the new Hello Kitty MAC line and I was hooked! I went on a makeup binge all of last year and continue to keep an eye out for new stuff. It seems like all of a sudden I opened my eyes and stumbled across this magical makeup world. I am slowly recovering from my 2009 makeup addiction but it was all worth it!

I'd have to say that my love affair with makeup started gradually, but early. At 13 years old I was reading Seventeen Magazine and dreaming about all those amazing Bonne Bell and Jane Makeup Products. I remember having an Elizabeth Arden lipstick (The Amber Shade, made for Amber Valetta) and wearing it at my cousin's wedding, again at age 13. By the time I was in high school, I had quite a collection, mostly drugstore brands, but I still had quite a bit of products. In 2001, I bought my first Allure magazine, I was 15, and from then on I was hooked. I honed my makeup skills to perfection with their How-To tear out guides. I also bought my first MAC lipstick, Lame, which is still my favorite color to this day. Shortly there after, I purchased the cult classic lipliner, in Spice, and from then on was hooked. I've bought from many brands, Sephora is like heaven on earth to me, and its just blossomed from there. In all honesty, it all goes back to a photo I found recently. I'm 3, and I took my mother's eyeshadow and have layered color over color onto my eyebrows and brow bone. See that made me laugh, but also made me realize, maybe some things you are just born loving. Makeup is one of them.

on my 18th birthday i made my first mac purchase for hello kitty collection and ever since, make up is all i really splurge on these days ! and thanks to youtube and temptalia, i have learned so much :)

i grew up with a lot of sisters and i was always the tomboy and we would have make-over sessions all the time and i was always the test dummy for make-overs i then became ubsessed with doing make up and till this day we all get together and i bring my big stash of make up and just do each others make up and nails.

I started to obsess over it maybe my senior year of high school, but started to learn techniques my second year of college (which is this year!). YIKES. Makeup was a love and hate thing. I would spend a lot on it.. then stop. Then something triggers my makeup obsession and from now on, I don't think i'll have anymore dry spells!

In the womb :) When I was 2, my then 16 yr old aunt would do my makeup and then let me do hers. She let me scribble all over her face with pleasure.

I wondered what the beige thing was in the bottle and my friend said it was foundation, something that hides your pimples....I tried it and it hid my acne a little bit and my freckles...I WAS HOOKED !!

Since I was 18. But my true addiction started when I set my eyes on the rainbow display of eyeshadows at the Mac counter....I was instantly hooked.

14! bought lipstick and matching lip liner...I was hooked forever!

I only fell in love with make up last year and it was really by accident. My sister in law was out with me one day and I commented on how lovely her make up was and she told me about youtube, and youtube introduced me to Temptalia and MAC and the rest they say is history. Now I never shop for clothes or shoes, its always make up. Jaqueline

I think I was 15. :)

I've always loved makeup, but I really fell in love after I broke up with my bf in 2008 ( is this crazy? I want to know your thoughts...), the exact same time I discovered your blog. I'm not sure why then but I went in full force, and became obsessed with wanting to make everyone pretty ( I got my colleague to start wearing make up, he he) I have the basics down, but I'm still learning :)

summer of last year (age 25).. i never got into it when i was younger cuz i didn't know how to do it and had zero friends to help me... but thanks to you and other people on youtube, i fell in love

I remember exactly :P It was 2008 (I was 20) and I had watch Lauren Luke's Bleeding Love video - I was all 'huh? MAC? what's this?' and had to go find out about all these cool things (eyeshadow bases, and other things I never knew existed, LOL)

I really started to get into makeup this past November 2009, right before Thanksgiving. My roommate introduced me to MAC with the tinted moisturizer and there has been no looking back. I've grow a pretty good collection so far :P I had always wanted to use makeup but pretty much everything drugstore would dry me out if I tried to use it regularly (darn eczema). After trying out MAC I've really figured out what to look for!

When I was 20 and I got contacts but I got into it more when I was 22 and its just taken off from there. I love it.I haven't bought any in a month but I will fix that next week and I can't wait:p

I was 10, but it wasn't the last year or 2 that I started to experiment more with looks and more brands. I used to be a true blue MAC girl but now I love anything from high end to cult brands. I would love to try more cult/indie brands.

Truth?... When I ran into your page after looking for a smoky eyes tutorial (lol) I mean I always "liked" makeup but last year it just became an obsesion

When i was 14 but i didn't start collecting until about a year after that! :)

I was 13. I loved MAC, I still do. I spent all my money on it.

Was attracted to it as a child, but my mom was militantly anti-makeup, and always shamed me for wearing it for anything other than dance performances or special occasions. So I didn't really grow into that attraction until 18, when I began modeling, and didn't begin truly developing skills, or discovering better brands, until I was 19.

I discovered my mom's makeup at a very young age, she didn't wear that much but I was drawn to it. In my early teen years, I had horrible acne, so I spent most of my time worrying about skin care and cover-up. In my mid twenties, my skin improved and I discovered color. So I guess I'm all over the board on this one!

That's when I started playing w/ my mom's lipstick. The cleverness of the lipstick tube and the beautiful colors - in my naive year old mind was really fascinating. And my mom was indulgent because she's letting me play w/ them even though at that time her cosmetics was expensive.

senior year of high school . I liked eyeliner and mascara , but I didnt want to wear any thing else . Now I am a eyeshadow and lipgloss whore

I was very little, maybe 5 or 6, I loved to try on my mum's lipstick (it was a beautiful golden brown colour - she never used it btw). I bought her a gorgeous green eyeshadow duo for her for Christmas when I was about 10, but she complained that she wanted blue as she has blue eyes, and never used that either. *sigh* Anyway, I've always loved make up and started wearing it when I was in my teens (14 or so).

at 13, makeup started to be the thing I saved my money up for : )

i was 13(:

When I first got Bonne Bell flavored chapstick. I must have been around 6 or 7 years old.

when i was 15 or 16. same deal with me too, i wanted to buy everything. i was addicted to mac pigments, i used to only buy the pigments. i applied them to my eye with my pointer finger and blended with my ring finger. i only used one color, rarely did i use mascara and never eyeliner except black on the waterline. of course no eyeshadow base so creasing and fallout galore! it was a tragic look LOL.

20! That's when I started watching Youtube gurus and when I stumbled onto your website :)

oh, i forgot to say that, after i entered school at 7 years I forgot about make up completely and only started to slowly wear make up again bit by bit starting 17 with eyeliner and then powder to cover my dark circles and then a fully powdered face after a makeup reaction gave me adult acne. and by 21 I already have everything to do a full makeup on my face.

I was 5 and I would wear my mum's bright red lipstick every night and pout in front of the mirror. Then, I'll play with her eyeshadow palletes (she only had 1 trio : blue, purple/burgundy, gold). I would do a look on myself and thought i was beautiful but actually i looked quite scary (blue on brow, purple on lids and then red lips *pouts* haha!)

About a year ago. Surfing youtube. I watched a video of JulieG, and have obsessed about it since.

When I was little 7..8 I used to watch my mother put it on herself. I used to then sneak into her room and try her lipsticks out lol..sometimes I would get in trouble cause I used to break the lipstick..

since i was 17 years, but now... i'm in love for second time!!

i agree with alyssa mae. i started putting on make up at 15 ( my first lipstick was a lovely bourjois shade) and then, at 20-21 I bought rimmel eyeshadows from the local pharmacy. but I fell in love later on when I was able to spend money on more high end products.

I was about 8-9 when I was first allowed to wear lip gloss....from there, I was hooked!

When i discovered reflects glitter at 15

Just about 5 months ago while recovering from surgery. I was addicted to longboarding for two years before that, then I got into a major accident that sent me to the ICU for two weeks. Spent a lot of time at home recovering and had to amuse myself. Was actually watching videos on Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick and found a tutorial by Pixiwoo on how to do a Edie inspired look. They make up so interesting and from then on i got hooked :)

I started using make-up when I was 18, but occassionally on parties and functions. I didn't had too much stuff. After couple of years...I dunno what to do wth crap load of stuff I have...lol!!!

Around 24. I used to by few here and there when I was younger but I only became obsessed 2 years ago

I was 23-24... which is like last year!

When I was 5 I used to play with my grandmothers make up and fell in love with it ever since and couldnt WAIT until I was allowed to wear it. Which was 15 but I used to sneak it on since I was 12. LOL Now I am COMPLETELY addicted.

just about 2-3 months ago. i usually avoided makeup because i have huge-@ssed pores and i'm crazy oily. i'm still crazy oily and my pores are still HUGE but there's a ton of products now to kinda help out in those areas. blotting paper + blot powder is key. also i realized i have an insane love for eye makeup. i've been stocking up on mac eyeshadows the past several months, wow. not cheap but i can't seem to help myself. =P

I took my first trip to Sephora when I was 12 or 13 and thought I was the coolest girl because I bought an Urban Decay eyeshadow and a Smashbox lipgloss. All the girls liked the Smashbox lipgloss because they used to use it on "How Do I Look". This was when I truly started to like makeup. I bought my first MAC foundation at 15 and fell in love ever since then. I didn't really experiment with eye makeup until I wanted to try a smokey eye and stumbled across your blog. I went to MAC the day after to buy everything that you used and fell in love with eyeshadows. Thank you for helping me find a new passion! (:

When I was a teen I was in love with sparkly eye shadow and pale lips, this was when I first feel in love with makeup. I then had an affair with the high end makeup (as in shopping spree at Sephora) when I was getting married. Since then I have left the drugstore behind and moved on to a whole new world of vibrant colors, smooth finishes, and never having to worry if I really need it ( I really dont need the new mac lines but hey, its a little different then what I have now, at least thats what I keep telling myself).

I think many of us loved playing with mom's cosmetics when we were kids. And wanted to look good during high school. But to fall in love with makeup seriously/become a makeup junkie/... it's when I was 18.

in my senior year in h.s ,then 2 years ago i got more into it