Is it sinful for women to wear make-up?

I don't think any priests are going to tell you it is a sin if applied in moderation.

Just don't overdo it and put on a whore's mask.  

It certainly is not sinful for a woman (not a girl under 18) to use cosmetics such as facial makeup, perfume, and hair treatments to make her well-groomed and fresh to her husband if married or proper suitors if single.

The key is doing it so that it attracts proper attention from the proper persons.  If a woman is attracting immoral men or other women's husbands....she is doing it wrong.  The desired effect should be one of health and vitality, with a sparkle.  Anything more than that should be reserved for the privacy of the marital chamber (as long as it doesn't incite feelings of lust in the husband).

Now how does a lady implement this in a practical way?  The first objective should be to look healthy, which implies clear skin, bright eyes, and a slight glow in the cheeks.  So light foundation or powder, mascara that isn't clumped, and light blush/rouge is in order.  The sparkle comes in the way of pink or peach lipstick and neutral eye colors.  The most important feature, it is said, is eyebrows, so they should be well-groomed in a natural way and only darkened slightly if they are too light to show up.  

You will know that you have acheived this look when other women compliment your beautiful complexion.  That tells you that you don't appear to be wearing makeup.

Bright natural light will help a lady in avoiding applying too much or the wrong colors.

For gals who wear glasses, light eyeliner helps to bring out the eyes a bit more.  For mature ladies (over 45) skip eyeliner and mascara on the bottom lid as it creates shadows.

Have fun!!!

Young women don't usually need make-up to attract a man or to appear bright. If there is something that needs correcting I wouldn't be opposed to it though like waxing thick eyebrows or covering a birth mark/severe acne.
Married or not, men are going to notice her.

If they are laying it on thick they are probably getting that from the media and girlfriends.

Sure it's a sin. It's vanity and waste of time and money.

I have pimples and I don't use face makeup. If anything, It would look worse if I wore concealer-type-thing on my face. I have redness from pimples sometimes but really, I'm not too shaken up over it.

Before..when I was a teenager (and not Catholic), my doctor put me on birth control pill and antibiotics for my 'cystic acne' (i'm not trying to make myself feel better, but it was not cystic in the least). It didn't help. It made me VERY sick and I could not fight off any infection because they were destroying all my good bacteria in my body. When I stopped taking those, I never gave a second thought of my acne. Now I think...what a small cross, really.

If I am with my cousins or friends who wear heavy makeup, I am at first jealous as they appear to have perfect skin or giant eyes, but as I get closer and into the light....I am appalled at how gross this looks on a girl. Natural is infinitely more attractive.

I really think wearing so much makeup like that can be a great offense to God. It is clearly there to attract the wrong kind of attention and is somewhat of an insult to His creation.

Physical attraction has importance in a marriage so wouldn't the man want to be just as attracted to his wife as she's washing the floor or waking up with crazy bed hair....as she is when they leave the house? It seems strange that a girl would want to set these 'made-up' standards for herself...that she must live up to again and again? If you are natural then the man will accept that! but if we look like a painted doll then maybe they will come to expect that instead of 'bare-faced'.

Also, the makeup takes away from youthfulness. Not only in the looks, but it takes up time.! There is joy in being carefree, just waking up, splashing water on your face, and running outside to have fun before the obligations of the day!

Lipstick is NOT a waste of time in my husband's opinion.

'I hold that not only virgins and widows, but also wives and all women without exception, should be admonished that nowise should they deface God's work and fabric, the clay that He has fashioned, with the aid of yellow pigments, black powders or rouge, or by applying any dye that alters the natural features. . . They lay hands on God, when they strive to reform what He has formed. This is an assault on the Divine handiwork, a distortion of the truth. Thou shalt not be able to see God, having no longer the eyes that God made, but those the devil has unmade; with him shalt thou burn on whose account thou art bedecked.'

St. Cyprian of Carthage

'. . . Now, observe, my daughter, the contrast between the luxurious dress of many women, and the raiment and adornments of Jesus. . . Tell me: what relation do their fine shoes bear to the spikes in Jesus' Feet? The rings on their hands to the nails which perforated His? The fashionable coiffure to the Crown of Thorns? The painted face to That covered with bruises? Shoulders exposed by the low-cut gown to His, all striped with Blood?

Ah, but there is a marked likeness between these worldly women and the Jєωs who, incited by the Devil, scourged Our Lord! At the hour of such a woman's death, I think Jesus will be heard saying: "Cujus est imago haec et circuмscripto. . . of whom is she the image?" And the reply will be: "Demonii. . . of the Devil!" Then He will say: "Let her who has followed the Devil's fashions be handed over to him; and to God, those who have imitated the modesty of Jesus and Mary."'

St. Anthony Mary Claret

In the Revelations of St. Bridget of Sweden, Our Lord Himself condemns using makeup, and warns of deadly sin and that the devil's power is increased by its use.

It's one of those obvious sins against modesty that aren't obvious in evil times and in the world's mores.