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I find myself feeling like I'm in a tug-o-war with makeup and first impressions, and I'm curious to hear everyone's opinion and/or experiences. Here's my personal xp/thoughts/rants/etc!
Personally, I love wearing dramatic eye makeup--In particular, smokey eyes w/ falsies. When I see another woman with dramatic makeup, I'm always intrigued to see her application and color choice. I look at things with a creative eye, and try as much as possible to not ever judge people based on their makeup choices.
However, a few years (ok many years ......wuhh wuhhhh LOL), I applied for a part-time job at the local credit union. I was in my late teens. I dressed appropriately for the interview (conservative business attire, hair back), had good references and job xp to show, great grades, was polite,..in general "covered the bases."--or so I thought.
Didn't get the job. A friend of mine knew the HR people, and was able to dig up some intell as to why they didn't hire me. To find out, the one HR person said I "looked to sexy."
This REALLY bothered me; looking back I'm thinking it was likely my makeup choice for that interview that caused the interviewer to not want me as an employee. I didn't have any falsies on (heck I never wore them when I was that age). I did, however, wear liquid liner. The person they ended up hiring wore little to no makeup (if memory serves). So that's my story. Let's hear your thoughts!
Personally, I love wearing dramatic eye makeup--In particular, smokey eyes w/ falsies. When I see another woman with dramatic makeup, I'm always intrigued to see her application and color choice. I look at things with a creative eye, and try as much as possible to not ever judge people based on their makeup choices.
However, a few years (ok many years ......wuhh wuhhhh LOL), I applied for a part-time job at the local credit union. I was in my late teens. I dressed appropriately for the interview (conservative business attire, hair back), had good references and job xp to show, great grades, was polite,..in general "covered the bases."--or so I thought.
Didn't get the job. A friend of mine knew the HR people, and was able to dig up some intell as to why they didn't hire me. To find out, the one HR person said I "looked to sexy."
This REALLY bothered me; looking back I'm thinking it was likely my makeup choice for that interview that caused the interviewer to not want me as an employee. I didn't have any falsies on (heck I never wore them when I was that age). I did, however, wear liquid liner. The person they ended up hiring wore little to no makeup (if memory serves). So that's my story. Let's hear your thoughts!