3 Tips For Introducing Young Girls To Makeup

At a certain age, many young girls begin getting interested in makeup. This age will vary based on the personality and exposure the girl has the makeup, but it will almost always happen during the early tween or teens years. When this time comes for parents, it can be hard to know how to navigate these new waters with your daughter. So to help make this transition easier for both parents and children, here are three tips for introducing young girls to makeup.

Talk About The True Meaning Of Beauty

Before you start teaching your daughter too much about makeup, you might want to take this opportunity to speak with your daughter about the true meaning of beauty. According to Mercedes Samudio, a contributor to Daily Parent, the way you teach your daughter about makeup and talk to her about beauty can have a big impact on the way she sees herself and her confidence throughout the rest of her life. For this reason, it’s important that you share with your daughter how makeup only enhances her natural beauty but doesn’t have any impact on her worth or value as a woman.

Create Limits

Once the world of makeup has been opened to a young girl, it can be very exciting and become very easy to go a little overboard. But for your daughter’s sake, and yours as well, Mary Beth Sammons, a contributor to PopSugar Moms, recommends that you set limits for your daughter. Some of the limits you might want to start with could include which types of makeup she’s able to wear or to which events or locations makeup is appropriate. For very young girls, there’s really no need to wear a full face of makeup every day, so make sure you help your daughter learn what’s appropriate and what isn’t.

Teach Proper Principles and Application Techniques

To help your daughter learn how to best use make, you may want to help her by teaching proper principles and application techniques. There’s a lot of makeup available, and it can be challenging to know what it all is and how to use it when you’re just starting out. But by taking the time to teach your daughter about makeup, she’ll hopefully have an easier time using it. Some principles you might want to share, according to Debolina Raja, a contributor to Mom Junction is that less is more and that overall skin care is the most important step of applying makeup.

If you have a daughter who’s at the age to start experimenting with makeup, consider some of the tips mentioned above to help you teach her how to express herself in this way.