A mom has come under fire for sharing a video of her 6-year-old daughter’s elaborate makeup routine. “How many pumps of blush should I do?” the kindergartener asked her mom in the video. Her mom told her that she could do three. That was just the beginning of her makeup routine, which resulted in a full face of makeup.
Many people who watched the video expressed concern over the young girl’s makeup — and how grown-up she seemed as she applied it.
Teenagers and adults alike said that even they don’t wear that much makeup.
The video, which was shared by mom Ceaira Fritcher (@evieandceairaa on TikTok), garnered lots of negative comments from people concerned about how much the kindergartener knows about makeup. “Gurl I’m 16 and I only wear mascara,” one teen commented on the video. Another person wrote, “I’m 25 and I don’t wear that much makeup 😭💀.”
To many, the makeup routine did not seem age-appropriate in the slightest. “At this age I was still watching Peppa pig,” a third critic commented. A fourth person said, “at this age I was wondering why the moon was following my dads car.”
The young girl also seemed way too grown-up.
@evieandceairaa I can’t believe kindergarten is almost over!! #grwm#grwmforschool ♬ Bartender – Lady Antebellum
The kindergartener’s mom captioned the video with, “I can’t believe kindergarten is almost over!! #grwm#grwmforschool.” Over the video, she wrote “GRWM (Get Ready With Me) Kindergarten.”
People were not impressed, and told the mom that her daughter’s makeup routine was “not okay.” Even the way the kindergartener spoke about makeup seemed way too grown-up to many critics.
“Why’s she acting 13 already 😭,” one person commented.
A second critic wrote, “That’s not okay 😞 she act like a teen and she is just a little girl.”
Another person was concerned that teaching a young girl about makeup in this way might send her the wrong message. “This is actually not okay, she should be taught to be comfortable in her own skin,” the person wrote. “Her precious skin can’t take this at such a young age.”
Some people even wondered if the video was a joke, and one person simply wrote, “this breaks my heart.”
It was not a joke.
In response to all the criticism, the mom defended her kindergartener’s makeup routine during an exclusive interview with People. She clarified that she does not let her daughter wear makeup to school. “The only places she’ll wear makeup is to my parents’ house 10 minutes away or sometimes maybe to the grocery store,” the mom told the publication.
Acknowledging that people are entitled to their own opinions, she also called the negative comments “mind-blowing.”
“It’s crazy to see what people are saying, putting their time into [sharing their opinions on] a child putting makeup on with her mom,” she said.
She remains confident that she’s ‘a good mom.’
The criticism hasn’t affected how she views herself as a parent. However, it still bothers her that people are judging her and her daughter based on a short video. “What makes me upset is that they think they know Evie or me off of this little video,” she told People. “Them making their own narrative is what makes me mad.”
