How long does it usually take you to do your hair and makeup?

[wishuwerehere]

I have cut my hair short - no longer like my profile pic! - so I literally wash it, towel dry, scrunch to make it wavy, so maybe 15 mins including the shower.
I exfoliate my face in the shower, then moisturise when I'm out, maybe a bit of mascara if I can be arsed. The whole lot (shower, skin, hair and makeup) is 20 mins max. If I was going out maybe 25 - 30 mins to put on foundation, blush, eyeliner as well.
I'd love to do nicer more exciting make up I'm just lazy!

 

[Susie28]

Hair and make up take about twenty minutes but to get ready overall, about 40 minutes in total, but this includes (which I do every day), shower and washing hair (10 mins), make up (ten mins), drying/straightening hair (ten mins) and getting dressed/getting my bag ready for the day etc (5-10mins).

On a night out/special occasion, probably about an hour and fifteen minutes. x

 

[Kate&Lucas]

5-10 minutes on a workday. That's just make-up and stuffing my hair into a bun. It always seems to look worse if I try to do anything with it.

Going out is usually an hour make-up and half an hour straightening my hair.

 

[MrsPear]

Most days I don't wear make up so it takes me between 2 seconds and 2 minutes to put my hair up depending if I brush it or not.

If I wear make-up then it's normally just mascara so literally a few seconds.

I recently bought some foundation and that takes me about 5 minutes.

If I wash/dry/straighten my hair then that's about 25 minutes after getting out of the shower.

The truth is I would spend longer on it if I had any idea what to do. I wish I could make myself a lot more beautiful but I don't think I'm very pretty tbh so I don't see the point learning.

Aw! Don't think like that! Maybe if you did learn it'd help you feel more confident, don't you think?

I grew up with my mum and older sister having no clue about hair and make up so I never knew anything about it either. I am finally pretty confident in doing my make up but it was quite a bit of trial and error. I'm not so good with my hair but I still try to learn more things to do with it.

Anyway, it makes me feel a million times better when I've got some make up on and my hair's not a mess, maybe you'd be the same? It's not much effort to learn

I was just about to say the same. It sounds like you need a confidence boost honey! I grew up not knowing how to do my hair or makeup at all too! If you could see me two years ago to now.... My difference was I lost weight and got a confidence boost, so started bothering.

I now dye my hair, do my makeup if I feel low and I feel so much better! If i can drag some out later ill show you some pictures of me two years ago, to now. I feel so much better about myself because I make an effort, Ive always felt like a wallflower too. x

Ahh thank you both of you that was a lovely thing to write. It's true when I make an effort I do feel better you are both right. But I do think I'm not that pretty anyway. I am getting married at the weekend so actually since writing this I just bought a load of expensive make up and asked someone in the department store to show me what to do so hopefully that will give me a bit of confidence!! She was really nice and spent ages explaining about foundation brushes and blusher brushes and so on. I wouldn't have known any of that. I don't think I could ever be bothered to spend a long time getting ready (because I am seriously lazy in the mornings) so I doubt I'll ever wear much make up day-to-day but I think just getting a few tips on very simple stuff like maybe a lip gloss that would suit me you are so right I would get more confidence. xx

 

[BabyCleo]

i too have short hair so ill wash, throw into a ponytail to let it dry (i have very curly hair and this actually gives me a nice wave!) and i ALWAYS wash my face, and if i feel like caring ill throw on mascara.

minus showering, usually 15 min. I cant shower every day as i have extreme sensitive skin, ill break out in a rash.

 

[rocknrolla]

Everyday make up and hair takes about 20mins- half hour, going out maybe 45. I have dreads so wrap them up into a bun, if i have to wash my hair it takes hours- i blow dry them and i usually need a whole afternoon. I don't do this too often these days ha ha! When i do i usually incorporate cutting or dying, kill 2birds! X

 

[AmeliasMum]

Ummm...Wash my hair twice a week. Brush and bun up= 2 minutes. Make up=Never worn any in my life, LOL. Our Farm is over 2 hours from a city, have no neighbors closer than 5 miles off and we are snowed in/hard to get out more or less from Nov-May. And with 4 kiddos under 7, I am busy enough, LOL.

 

[july2013]

I don't wear make up all of the time. And if I do it takes no longer than 10 minutes to do. And it depends on what I do with my hair. It's naturally quite straight, so straightening takes about 5 minutes. Pretty much 5 minutes for all my usual styles! I don't take much time getting ready.

 

[jenniferannex]

It takes me about 35-40 minutes to dry and straighten my hair. Then about 10 minutes for makeup

 

[lavenderbrown]

it depends. im growing my hair out so its so awkward atm. if i keep it down it takes like 5 mins to blow dry and im done (i have poker straight hair) if i want it up it takes maybe 15-20 mins because i usually have it in a bouffant/french roll and that takes a lot of backcombing and hairspray hahaa. if i want to set my hair, i will wet set the day before which takes 20-30 mins to do, sit under the dryer for an hour or two and then sleep with my rollers in. the next morning it takes maybe 15-20 mins to brush out how i like it

make up is usually only a 5 minute thing. unless im doing liquid eyeliner. then it can take like an hour or so. i always muck up liquid hahaha.

 

[MellyH]

For going to work, 5-10 minutes. If I've washed my hair, I just brush it back into a ponytail, if it's dry I straighten it and flick the ends. I don't wear make-up, but I use a tinted SPF15+ moisturiser so it's just applying that once my contacts are in!

 

[Snowball]

About 45 minutes to an hour for the school run. Longer if I'm going out.

 

[PrincessKay]

About 15 mins for both if i dont faff about

 

[mara16jade]

For going to work: 15mins

Going out to run errands: 20mins

Holiday dinner (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother's/Father's Day, etc.): 1-1.5hrs

Vegas clubbing/outing/night out: 2-3 hrs. LOL

If I have to wash and blow dry my hair - that alone will take 45 minutes at a minimum since I have A LOT of hair. And if I want to wash, blow dry and curl/crimp/straighten it takes another 30-60 minutes. Then picking an outfit and matching shoes and jewelry. Hence why I don't put my effort into hair/makeup for work and running errands. hahaha

 

[MrsOC]

I have super thick wavy long frizzy hair so it takes me a good 20 minutes to blow dry and another 20-30 to straighten. It is a nightmare. Makeup takes me about five minutes on a normal work day just foundation mascara and bit of blush. If im going out it takes a bit longer as I do my eye makeup too.