Olympic makeup... Am I imagining this?

[FormerCityGirl]

Birchbox posted this on FB the other day and people were tearing into this girl's look. I'm not big into makeup, but for a sport that deducts for tattoos, multiple earrings (safety issue), nail polish (also safety since they need to see bare nails to check for circulatory injuries), and visible undergarments I can see a gymnast wanting to do something to stand out.

This is Daniele Hypolito from Brazil who is a gymnast. She replicated the Brazilian flag in her eye makeup and didn't blend to make it more noticeable. I looked a little closer and noticed what looks to be a bruise between her upper eyelid and nose. Then I noticed that her right cheek looks like it has more color than the left in the photos. I've heard yellow and green can cover bruising (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). Am I imagining this or is che covering major brusing on her right eye and cheek? The beam is solid wood and if she caught her face it would be very bruised. WDYT?

[bimbi284]

Aug 1, 2012 22:34:34 GMT -5 @mavjen said:

Good catch, she's about to have a nasty left black eye. I can't believe people would criticize her makeup. She is performing gymnastics on the world stage, who cares about her makeup?

More importantly, did she have mega glitter in her hair? Russian gymnasts love the glitter.

I love that about them....BUT I'm surprised its allowed given safety issues like it getting in someone's eye or falling off on the floor or something and creating a slipping hazard. When I was a competition cheerleader, squads would get big deductions for glitter for those reasons.

[FormerCityGirl]

No glitter, just the makeup. I wasn't sure if this was in my head or not, but the stupid white mats make the apparatus hard to see since they get covered in white chalk. It all blends and they can't spot where they need to land or where the bar is to catch it on a release. The training in London had all the teams falling except for the ones with those mats in their gyms. She made international media because she's all over the internet with this look.

[FormerCityGirl]

Aug 1, 2012 22:37:48 GMT -5 bimbi284 said:

Aug 1, 2012 22:34:34 GMT -5 @mavjen said:

Good catch, she's about to have a nasty left black eye. I can't believe people would criticize her makeup. She is performing gymnastics on the world stage, who cares about her makeup?

More importantly, did she have mega glitter in her hair? Russian gymnasts love the glitter.

I love that about them....BUT I'm surprised its allowed given safety issues like it getting in someone's eye or falling off on the floor or something and creating a slipping hazard. When I was a competition cheerleader, squads would get big deductions for glitter for those reasons.

It's kind of shocking that glitter isn't banned, but tattoos are usually deducted. Blane Wilson from the US had to cover his when he competed. It was always funny since he taped over his and looked like he had 2 bad ankles, a shoulder injury, and never took off his jersey in competition. He was almost never injured, but they weren't allowed to be seen.

Just noticed that this is her 4th Olympics. She deserves to do what she wants making it that many times!

[bimbi284]

I actually don't find it that shocking that tattoos need to be covered. I can see how it may be distracting to a judge who is assessing every tiny movement. One quick glance at a tattoo and you may have missed an important deduction or addition.

[bimbi284]

Also, this German dude who just did floor has visible tattoos...

[FormerCityGirl]

Lately, it's more about deductions. I can see it taking away. I just think it's a shame to make a guy that looks like this cover up! We saw him at an exhibition after the last Olympics and he never had a shirt on. He was 35 and still looked like this:

[AngGee]

Funny you mention make up, as we were watching the Fab Five 2 nights ago I commented on their make-up and H was shocked I even noticed. HA HA.
Jordan Weiber had SO much red eye shadow on and all the mats were red and their uniforms were red. It was DEF red over load! LOL

But I still love them no matter what their makeup looks like! <3

[preppy]

When I was a competitive gymnast we always wore tons of glittery makeup. Sparkly leotards and sparkly makeup;) Never did the glitter hair though.

You get deductions for everything. Tattoo? Deducted. Undies accidentally show! Deduct. Smile wrong? Deduct. Wobble a quarter inch? Deduct.

[FormerCityGirl]

Aug 2, 2012 6:58:00 GMT -5 preppy said:

When I was a competitive gymnast we always wore tons of glittery makeup. Sparkly leotards and sparkly makeup;) Never did the glitter hair though.

You get deductions for everything. Tattoo? Deducted. Undies accidentally show! Deduct. Smile wrong? Deduct. Wobble a quarter inch? Deduct.

I totally read this and the second part came out in my head in the "Stick It" girl's voice. I'm shocked at the visible tattoos on the men. I'd have thought it would have come up by now.

[preppy]

Aug 2, 2012 7:33:20 GMT -5 FormerCityGirl said:

Aug 2, 2012 6:58:00 GMT -5 preppy said:

When I was a competitive gymnast we always wore tons of glittery makeup. Sparkly leotards and sparkly makeup;) Never did the glitter hair though.

You get deductions for everything. Tattoo? Deducted. Undies accidentally show! Deduct. Smile wrong? Deduct. Wobble a quarter inch? Deduct.

I totally read this and the second part came out in my head in the "Stick It" girl's voice. I'm shocked at the visible tattoos on the men. I'd have thought it would have come up by now.

I love that movie. I wasn't a bad ass rebel gymnast but I always wanted to be.

[bimbi284]

Yeah, Carrots, there was another blog post or mag article somewhere giving the USA team crap about their messy hair style. Its like...uhhh...they just won, at the Olympics, and all you can talk about is their hair style?? WTF?

[FormerCityGirl]

I wasn't doing it to be catty, but I was concerned when I noticed the bruising peeking out. I can't even think of Amy Chow without remembering how she went face first into the beam at her Trials when she was on the Mag 7 team. You could hear her face hitting and the commentators even noticed her eye bruising. I honestly think very highly of this girl for doing an awesome cover up job on what looks like a result of a bad fall. This is her 4th Olympics and I think she's exhibiting extreme grace under huge pressure. I wish the media would pick up that part of her story since it amazes me of what she's accomplished.

[FormerCityGirl]

Aug 2, 2012 8:39:36 GMT -5 preppy said:

Aug 2, 2012 7:33:20 GMT -5 FormerCityGirl said:

I totally read this and the second part came out in my head in the "Stick It" girl's voice. I'm shocked at the visible tattoos on the men. I'd have thought it would have come up by now.

I love that movie. I wasn't a bad ass rebel gymnast but I always wanted to be.

Me too! I was the rebel at my gym. One of my coaches who owned the gym was also my health teacher in HS. We would go back and forth constantly. The big dare at the gym was to walk into his health class and address him by his first name on the first day of class at school since he was known for being extremely tough and strict in class. The room went silent when I did it and the football players even had their jaws on the floor waiting for him to rip me a new one. He just responded with "I've been looking forward to having you in my class,how have are you?" Instant stree cred! Lol!

[fashionx]

Nice catch on the bruising. I wouldn't have noticed that right away but looking at it I can definitely see it. Regardless of the reason behind it, I actually like her makeup. I mean, I wouldn't wear it, but I think it's a cool way for the gymnast to "be themselves" among a team of girls wearing the same leotard and basically same hairdo's. Why not have a little fun?

[FormerCityGirl]

I see them wearing their hair like that as a safety issue. This team has longer hair than many in the past and most other countries. Jordyn is the only one who has her's short enough for it to be in a regular ponytail without getting in her face or worse yet catching it with a hand on beam. It's a deduction to fuss with you hair when you are on the podium doing a routine. My hair barely holds a bun when I do nothing. I can't imagine what it would do if I were tumbling or even fell on it with the bun.

Both US men caught their pants under a hand on the pommel horse costing them their dismount and a full point deduction. I see the women as being smart and avoiding catching their hair and a serious deduction.

[preppy]

I always always but my hair in french braids for competition since its downright dangerous to hair your hair in your face, not to mention the deductions. The buns keep their hair off their faces. No one was hurt and they didn't get deductions. People are just always going to find something to nit pick about.