Age is not so much a factor in deciding when girls should be allowed to wear makeup. My 6 year-old daughter loves to put makeup on her face for fun but I know that this is just playing for her like the dress-up games she enjoys playing online.

Maturity of thinking and sense of responsibility is the important gauge when deciding when your daughter should wear makeup. And maturity of thinking ranges from a wider range of age. Some mature as early as adolescence stage from 10-15 but some are not responsible enough until they reach the age of 16-21. So it depends, you are the most knowledgeable person to know when your daughter has matured enough for you are the parent.

I will know if my daughter is mature enough when she knows that inner beauty is far more important than the physical beauty, and when she knows when is the best time to put on one and last but not the least when she knows how to put on makeup and have the money to purchase them.

I don't think girls should wear makeup. My daughter is only five so I'm not at that stage yet. What I do now when she shows an interest in makeup is tell her that she doesn't need makeup, she's beautiful just like she is.

I don't want her to say, "I have to put on my face before I can go out today." Once she starts thinking she doesn't look good enough like God made her, she'll believe it into adulthood.

Breast cancer is everywhere. There's a good chance you know a woman with breast cancer. Did you know that a woman who uses makeup on a daily basis absorb five pounds of makeup a year?

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/11/08/should-you-be-concerned-about-lead-in-lipsticks.aspx

If she will wear makeup no matter what, steer her toward 'less is better'. Explain to her why it's important to choose organic makeup so that she will carry that healthy habit into adulthood.

Before she applies makeup to her already beautiful skin, make sure it's safe by going to Skin Deep. On this website you can find out about the safety of that product before you buy.

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php?nothanks=1

Finally, if I had to choose and age for wearing foundation, eye shadow, mascara, lipstick, eyeliner, blush..... it would be 15.

I think that if makeup is word appropriately, which is to enhance your best features while not looking made-up, then any age is acceptable to wear makeup.

We don't want our 11 year olds with plastered ruby red lips and black eyes, but I have no problem if a little eight year old girl wants to put on some translucent powder and some lip gloss, as long as she doesn't look like she's wearing pancake face.

My daughter started wearing makeup when she was 12, and she stopped wearing it when she was 13. The novelty of it wore off. To this day, she only wears makeup when absolutely necessary, like when dressing for a formal event, when she's pale, etc.

I don't wear much makeup at all, and don't wear it unless I'm going out in public, which is a rare event for me.

I think as long as kids learn to put it on right and aren't clown-plastered, age really doesn't matter for makeup.

I think it should be phased in.

By the time a girl's 11 or 12 - lip gloss (which is just glorified Chapstick anyway)
13 or 14 - concealers, and maybe a little eye makeup
16+ - full face makeup

I'm not a big fan of makeup, I wear it more to enhance my own features instead of painting myself. Less is more, and I'll want to teach my daughter that subtle is better. But there is a point when she should be able to express herself a little and play with the concept of beauty and confidence.

Just don't let her grow up too fast. There's plenty of time for that.

I know a mother who allows her grade-school age daughters to wear full make-up to school and church. While it's tastefully done, it makes me wonder what type of message she is sending her daughters. Women have been judged on their physical beauty for too long, instead of being taught that true beauty comes from within our souls.

Unfortunately, society and the media set horrible examples that presure our children to grow up too fast these days.

Personally, I don't object to young girls wearing a bit of lightly-colored lip gloss or nail polish for fun, but the blusher and eye makeup should wait until they've reached puberty. Children at this age are especially worried about their physical appearance and compare themselves to others their own age, and want to be grown-up, so if a bit of light makeup boosts their self-esteem a little bit, I don't see any harm in that. But our daughters should be encouraged to see the inner beauty in themselves and others and not allow themselves to be judged solely on their external appearance.

The same age you want them posing on the cover of Vanity Fair.

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/07/16-22/miley-cyrus-hannah-montana-scandalous-photos.jpg