Make-up & cycling

Originally Posted by Chicken legs

stick with 30+ sunscreen specially designed for your face, tinted lip gloss and wrap around sunnies with brown or yellow lenses (softer to look out of). Also start wrapping a buff around your head underneath your helmet - keeps your head cool and stops the sweat.

Originally Posted by wackydeirdre

Where can you find sunblock for the face stronger than 15 that won't make you break out? My skin is very sensitive and breaks out even from stress. I use sunblock#30 lip balm. Is tinted lip gloss better? I wear wrap around sunglasses with a light blue tint. They are nice to look out of even on overcast days. Approved by the american cancer association for blocking harmful rays. I used to wear very dark ones and got the blue ones for overcast days so I could see but started wearing the blue ones all of the time.

Originally Posted by Chicken legs

I'm from Australia so I get my sunblock from the supermarket or chemist and my skin has never broken out. I only suggested tinted lip gloss because you like to wear make up when on your bike and I thought that would be a better alternative than lipstick but really, if you want to cycle with a head full of make up on and you're happy with it....fine, go right ahead...it really matters not.

Originally Posted by wackydeirdre

I think you may be confusing me with another person who posted about the makeup. I never wear anything but sunscreen on my face and lip balm with sunscreen while cycling and rarely more than that when I'm not cycling. I'm not really a make up kind of gal. I do have to get sunscreen made especially for the face though or I break out. Generally the makeup companies make it and it's pretty pricy.
It must be getting to be nice weather for cycling where you are right now. It's getting cold and dark early here and were all getting on our indoor trainers now. Enjoy!

Originally Posted by Mellic

...The purpose of this forum is to talk "cycling" and I don't think make-up has any contribution to the sport. If we want people to take us seriously in this sport whether you do it for fun or competition then I don't think the issue of make-up is one that belongs.

Originally Posted by Capt. Jack

A-ha, we have a purist here. Cycling is about the movement of the legs on a machine and nothing else? I disagree.

I disagree with your opinion that a discussion of make-up does not belong on this forum. Are we not all cyclists? Are we not all women? Aren't we a little bit different from men? Why are we not supposed to talk about it?

I would say to the original poster, wear what you feel comfortable with, and wear what agrees with your skin the most when doing physical activity. I like the fact that you posted the make-up question.

Personally, I don't like to go out in public where I'll be seen by lots of people without at least a little bit of lipstick on and perhaps a dash of eyeshadow. So why would I go out riding without the same thing on? I'm not trying to catch a date when I ride. I ride to ride. And I ride to represent my sport--to hopefully get other women interested in my sport.

Riding is my main hobby. It is what I love. When I take riding breaks, I chat with people. I'll talk with anybody who wants to talk about biking, especially downhill mountain biking. I am an ambassador of my sport. I wouldn't feel as comfortable if I went out biking if I didn't go out dressed as me... if I was pale, if I didn't cover up some of my blemishes a tiny bit, and so forth. If riding is "my thing" why wouldn't I want to go out riding looking like my usual self? Does that make me shallow? Am I shallow for wanting to look my best when I am doing the very thing I enjoy the most?

Originally Posted by Capt. Jack

A-ha, we have a purist here. Cycling is about the movement of the legs on a machine and nothing else? I disagree.

I disagree with your opinion that a discussion of make-up does not belong on this forum. Are we not all cyclists? Are we not all women? Aren't we a little bit different from men? Why are we not supposed to talk about it?

I would say to the original poster, wear what you feel comfortable with, and wear what agrees with your skin the most when doing physical activity. I like the fact that you posted the make-up question.

Personally, I don't like to go out in public where I'll be seen by lots of people without at least a little bit of lipstick on and perhaps a dash of eyeshadow. So why would I go out riding without the same thing on? I'm not trying to catch a date when I ride. I ride to ride. And I ride to represent my sport--to hopefully get other women interested in my sport.

Riding is my main hobby. It is what I love. When I take riding breaks, I chat with people. I'll talk with anybody who wants to talk about biking, especially downhill mountain biking. I am an ambassador of my sport. I wouldn't feel as comfortable if I went out biking if I didn't go out dressed as me... if I was pale, if I didn't cover up some of my blemishes a tiny bit, and so forth. If riding is "my thing" why wouldn't I want to go out riding looking like my usual self? Does that make me shallow? Am I shallow for wanting to look my best when I am doing the very thing I enjoy the most?

Originally Posted by wackydeirdre

Where can you find sunblock for the face stronger than 15 that won't make you break out? My skin is very sensitive and breaks out even from stress. I use sunblock#30 lip balm. Is tinted lip gloss better? I wear wrap around sunglasses with a light blue tint. They are nice to look out of even on overcast days. Approved by the american cancer association for blocking harmful rays. I used to wear very dark ones and got the blue ones for overcast days so I could see but started wearing the blue ones all of the time.

Originally Posted by Trisha14

My personal opinion is that make-up is a no-no when any kind of sport is involved. As previous people have said it doesn't allow the skin to breath during exercise which is extremely vital. But at the end of the day you need to do what makes you feel comfortable and if wearing make-up means that its going to keep you riding then go for it.

Originally Posted by sunjerseys

I realize this post is a bit old, but I have some comments. The only makeup I wear when riding is lip gloss (to seal and protect my lips) and foundation for reasons other than immmediate appearance. Lancome makes an excellent foundation called "color id" which has a sunblock in it, and I also find that if I wear the foundation it protects against wind burn, which can be quite a problem on long, fast rides. I also think it keeps dirt from getting into the pores. Wearing foundation really makes a BIG difference in protecting the skin on my face when riding

Originally Posted by Mellic

Oh my goodness, it has been months since I checked this forum and I must admit I find it rather entertaining that this topic is still at the top of the list.

Just because I have an opinion about something Capt Jack doesn't make me a purist. Might I remind you that the name of this website is cycling forums, so you would think that most topics would be relevant to cycling.

I still believe make-up is not relevant to cycling (excluding skin protection creams and gels), and it is really not relevant to any sport for that matter regardless of whether you do it for fun, fitness, or competitively.

If people want to wear make-up when they ride then that is fine, go ahead, but it serves no functional purpose at all and if anything it looks a bit out of place.

I understand that everyone wants to look as glamorous as they do off the bike on the bike, but it is not physically possible.