Beaut.ie Wonders: What age is too young for make-up?

One day last week, Himself's sister was stuck for a minder for her 3-year-old daughter Saoirse and 5-year-old son Oisín and muggins here was drafted for some babysitting duty.

I was pretty effing stressed about it, being terrible with children and all, but actually things went fairly well until evening came. I was putting on a bit of make-up and Saoirse threw a mahoossive strop at not being allowed free reign in my make-up bag. It wasn't just the visions of her upending my tub of NYC mineral powder or smearing black stripes of my Lancome Virtuose across the couch that had me telling the child she couldn't wear my make-up. Whatever Jordan or pageant moms might think on the subject, I'm of the opinion that young children have no business being slathered in blusher or false eyelashes.

Playing dress-up and, for some reason, wearing nail varnish are different propositions to my mind. What's your take on it though? What age is too young for make-up?

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