Do Women Prefer Makeup Look Vs Non Makeuuup Lok

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Do men really prefer the 'no brand-up' look or is it a large lie?

For equally long as I tin can remember, men have declared they prefer ''the natural expect'' on women. But that could all exist consummate hogwash, says a new study from internet dating website Zoosk, which claims men'due south online actions really say the opposite.

The study analysed 1200 women'south profiles on Zoosk, and the results are rather damning: women wearing make-upwardly in their profile pictures attract three times as many hits as those who don't.

Is the 'no make-up' look really what men are after? — Is the 'no make-up' expect really what men are later on?

But even so, men swear they like women without make-up. And we've all heard it. ''Lipstick is gross.'' ''Do yous really accept to vesture all that stuff on your face?'' '''I wish you'd wipe that off.'' ''Blah blah blah.'' (Which is actually what this sounds like to us, because we ignore comments similar this.)

Ernie Arias, 38, confirms: ''Push-up bras, heels, spray tans, hair color, simulated lashes and make-up too? No guy wants a daughter that turns into a pumpkin at midnight.''

Zooey Deschanel is one of the many famous people who have posted no-makeup selfies on social media. Credit:Zooey Deschanel/Instagram

While 42-year-sometime Sam Delate is adamant he married his wife because she was a natural dazzler. ''The reason I have a preference for little make-up on girls is that's what they will wait like naturally in the morning, as opposed to lying next to someone who can supply all the concealer to fill the cracks in the wall,'' Delate says.

And we believed y'all. But we've as well seen guys lose command of their jaw when they stumble across the heavily fabricated-up Miss Universe contestants on TV one Saturday afternoon. Or while checking out the latest caked-on babe in the new Transformers movie.

The Zoosk written report is the most specific slice of evidence yet, yet. Ladies who wore eye brand-up were 139 per cent more likely to receive a note than those who didn't. Women who wore lipstick were 119 per cent more probable to get notes than those who went without. If a gal happened to be wearing blush, they got 24 per cent more notes than those who abstained.

That doesn't add upward, does it, blokes? What'due south with the ''go natural'' bulletin if you're going to only hit on dolled-up women?

Yet men maintain they'll go for less over more than every time. Recently single Rob Tigust, 41, who is now online dating, says: ''I only like make-up effectually the eyes. I don't like lipstick, especially red. If it'southward between a girl with no make-upwards or a full make-upwardly job, I'll have the daughter with none. I guess in the back of my mind lots of make-up means [they're] high maintenance and they're probably not that secure within their own body.''

Words. But actions speak louder. If more guys are going for girls with an expertly applied face up, it follows they must be more attracted to made-upwards women, correct?

Not necessarily. Co-ordinate to online dater Dan McMillan, 32: ''A lot depends on the photo. Eyeliner might mean she looks better in the shot, only in real life it'due south a totally different story. I'm probably more than likely to tap a daughter if she'due south wearing some make-up than none at all.''

Confused notwithstanding? And then are the boys. In a different survey of men on the Zoosk site, 66 per cent of men said they didn't like dark brand-up, while 57 per cent said that they wouldn't like a women wearing crimson lippie on a get-go date.

And you think nosotros're a mystery.

I didn't fifty-fifty realise men knew what blush was, and possibly they don't. The fact that women wearing make-upwardly get more hits online may accept been because they just looked ''good for you'' with a glow on their confront, whether that was natural or painted on. In my experience, men don't really pay too much attending to how many coats of mascara yous're wearing, as long as you're non channeling La Toya Jackson.

At that place's always debate raging nigh whether women dress for men, and in truth, we don't. A ''no make-upward'' girl is not suddenly most to bust out the lippie just because guys like information technology, and a woman who loves her warpaint isn't abruptly going to wipe it off simply because a bloke tells her to. Women who radiate confidence and happiness always draw more people to them – men and women included – and online, I bet that translates best as women smiling in their profile photo. I wonder if Zoosk took that into consideration with its survey.