Teen Gothic

So before I start of with my rant I want to say that I know a lot of people don’t think this way and I also know that there’s a lot of goth men with complicated makeup and a lot of goth women with simple makeup *but*

I’ve experienced that when it comes to makeup especially online goths tend to expect female goths to put on huge eyeliner, white foundation and for guys black or dark brown around the eyes. While I appreciate both of these, I (f) prefer just dark Make-up around my eyes. For some reason people think that that’s “not a goth look” or that I “look like a normie” even though I practically have the same makeup as a lot of men in the subculture.

Tf is a goth look even supposed to be?

My point: I feel like when it comes to fashion some people tend to expect goth women and girls to put in a lot of effort to look goth and if they don’t, they are poseurs. However men can wear what they want?

Does anyone else experience this? Do you think it comes from the objectification of female goths? Or is it rooted just in sexism?

(Keep in mind my point isn’t to shame anyone with huge makeup looks! I love them!)

Edit: I also feel like this is quite a new problem, in the 80s you see a lot of women with ‘boring’ or ‘smaller’ makeup looks in the scene.

This is normally how I do my makeup. I wanna slowly but surely transition to doing more of a trad goth style of makeup. But I especially wanna change my eyeshadow routine. But I can't seem to find a good, affordable, and pigmented eyeshadow. That and I'm not very good at eyeshadow lol. I would appreciate some make recommendations(for products) and tips. Thanks 🙂

White foundation would definitely be a start but if anyone has any tips would massively appreciate

Hello everyone! I'm new to the community and I've been wondering if any of you could give some tips on how to do a simple goth makeup maybe? Particularly something about eyeliners for people with hooded/heavily hooded eyelids.

Thank you!

Hi! I enjoy doing a lot of goth makeup looks but I've never used foundation or concealer, just eyeshadow eyeliner and mascara for all my looks. Honestly I haven't learned a lot about makeup and wanted to ask if anyone had any good makeup product recommendations? I had a foundation but it just comes off really easily or doesn't look good in general, maybe it's just my skin but everytime I wear any makeup out in general it will also sweat off super easily. Just wanna find foundations and concealers or any products that are easy to use for beginners! (Looking for fairly cheaper products 😅)