I think that each individual woman should do whatever she wants - but personally I would prefer it if she did not feel like she had to cover up with a mask of paint every day (or most days) of her life. I would not date someone without making a big effort, but a date is not every day.

I am all for the natural look. Just run a brush through your hair and then put it up in a ponytail. Put on a little lip gloss and you are all set, in my opinion. I really like the girl who can dress down and not have to reach for the heels and skirt every day.

Women, and men, should always have themselves in a presentable condition. you never know who you will meet and that first impression will last forever, for both parties. I do not have that problem with my wife. she use to be a model and has always kept herself looking good. We all have our down time, thats understandable. But, going out into the public, without makeup(for the women) and unshaven (for the men) is just plain lazy. Other people perceive you by how you take care of yourself. I have discovered that if a person looks good on the outside, the inside normally follows suit. This, of course, does not apply to prostitutes.

I prefer women who are simple enough to not be high maintenance

I'm female (hope you don't mind me posting a response) and my view is opposite to most others here. Although I would never really 'come down' on someone who doesn't dress up to the nines every day, I, myself, am a firm believer in looking great everyday. Of course we all have our own 'look' and preference. And I will defend myself of any comments stating that I'm shallow because of this. Just because a woman puts a lot of effort and importance to her looks does not mean she's shallow. In a way, it's an expression of self respect (and once again, I am not stating that people who don't dress up everyday have no respect for themselves) but like John stated here, first impressions hold so very much, and the presentation of yourself to the world is important. Honestly and realistically speaking, if you saw 2 women on the street and one is dressed very nicely in either sexy or beautiful clothes, hair done, makeup on, etc, and another woman with something like baggy clothes or around-the-house clothes, no makeup (even simple makeup), hair not done, etc, you are going to have 2 different impression of these women. It's human nature. And as well, this can be applied to men as well, not just women. It's not shallow or arrogant for a woman to feel better about herself when she wears makeup, nice clothes, does her hair/nails, etc. And like I said, we all have our own different looks, I'm not saying there's only one outfit or hairstyle or makeup type for all women to go by. I adopt much of my view and feelings on this from Dita Von Teese, who advocates glamour everyday. Although we all can't dress like her everyday (and she knows this as well) you'd be surprised at what it can do for you just to put a little more effort into your appearance everyday. It can put an extra spring in your step, make your smile wider, and especially in the bedroom it can cause a world of good! This may be a totally different subject lol, but I always dress up for sex. Truthfully I have never had sex naked. To me, I just compare dressed up and naked sex to, say, water to a chocolate milkshake. It adds so much more. Now I'm not saying every woman needs to dress up every single time she has sex, duh I know there's a lot of appeal in a naked woman lol. But for couples who are having trouble with the spark fading from their sex life, variety can solve so much. It's also an incredible turn on to your guy, him seeing you care enough to put the effort in. And vice versa, I advocate guys as well keeping themselves up (no pun intended). Tit for tat. For me, the whole dress-up thing just adds so much more to my everyday life. It adds spice where there could be dullness. Anyway I'll shut up now lol. :)

I found it makes a girl a lot more secure about herself if she has a little powder and what-not on, but I don't particularly care if she has a mask on or not. I'm not going to lie and say "We don't care about how they look.", because everyone knows that's just not true (for both men and women), and everyone has their own opinions on what's hot and what's not. I think if she's confident in herself and has self-esteem, I think that's the hottest a girl can be (I think 99% of guys will agree with me on this). I think the reason for this is because it's rare to find a girl that has confidence, due to the media that surrounds and targets females nowadays and emphasizes the completely untrue idea that if they don't pretty-up for the boys, they'll be alone and unloved for the rest of their lives.

Staying naturally healthy is quite sufficient and promises other benefits besides an attractive face, and hair simply combed is about as fancy as anything I care to look at. I don't fancy a mouthful of grease or powder, and I prefer that the paint-and-plaster ritual be reserved for occasions when not having applied it would make her self-conscious but even then kept at a minimum.

My girlfriend looks great whether she has make up on or not. She normally gets out of bed , washes her face, puts her hair up in a ponytail and then jumps back into bed. Annoying. I always tell her she looks sexy with that just woken up dishelved look. She generally tries to look nice, but a baseball cap and a sweatshirt going out works fine for me. That's what I wear if we're just going somewhere casually. Why can't she?

I think above all, each woman should do whatever she feels is appropriate for the particular occasion. Just speaking for my own tastes as a man though, I don't find women in makeup very attractive. Just so long as they look clean, healthy, and relatively well kempt, nothing else in their appearance makes much difference to me. In the context of a relationship, I think there's something to be said for a woman (Or a man, for that matter) getting "Gussied Up" for their partner on occasion as a way of enjoying one another and keeping some life in the relationship. But on a day-to-day basis, it's much better just to be Real. There's nothing more attractive than someone who's clean, healthy, has well-adjusted levels of confidence and self-respect, and shows it in how they keep themselves. Yet more evidence that it's not a woman's appearance in and of itself that counts so much as the way their appearance alludes to what's *Truly* attractive: Their Personality.

I am a female,and I am alergic to most make up.I used to were so much guys would call me clown or say why is your face so orange?Because I did not understand how to wear it. I hardly dress up because I gained weight and now I dont fit into most of my clothes so I wear jeans and shirts all the time.

http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/1739802 I just felt like showing this page :-), I know I am a woman but a guy did comment on my answer

At a minimum, a woman should wear confidence. Makeup without confidence and inner beauty is fake.

Personally, I wish women would feel comfortable with themselves the way they are without fussing with makeup and everything. Getting dressed up is nice for special events (weddings and other formal dos), but on most days, yeah, just get out of bed and throw something on...

Each woman needs to decide for herself how SHE wants to look, if she wants to wear makeup for someone else or for herself. Who knows, maybe she is allergic to makeup as i often am. I'm sorry if people would like me to wear it more but it isn't going to happen when my eyes don't like chemicals around them. I try to look nice but it's my health, and I try to please me and my husband and nobody else.

Well, my boyfriend loves me and I don't wear makeup. What does that tell you? ;)

I've said this to every girl that I've ever dated, as long as you don't look like ms Diaz from "There's something about mary" with cum in her hair to style it, I won't ever mind you not dressing up for me. I'm really big on the no cum thing though. ;) lol.

NO, I don't!! That crap is expensive and time consuming. If you can't love her in her natural state then you don't love her at all!! She is NOT your play thing. Go buy a doll if you want to play dress up!!!

No, it should be up to the woman if she wants to put on make-up and fancy clothes. I prefer to go natural and dislike make-up. Also, too much makeup on older women makes them look even older still, especially when they put on too much mascara and eyeliner.

No, that's one thing that annoys me about women, I hate kissing someone on the cheek and tasting makeup. I hop out of bed and throw something on, so of course the woman can. Though....when I go out for special occasions, or a place where a lot of people will be, I like to look good. I won't say the woman should have to look nice, but I think everyone should have the common sense to look nice for a special occasion. Then again, it depends on what every person thinks a special occasion is.