REGARDING Helen Mead’s column (The Press, May 24), after reading why Helen didn’t wear make-up, and the comments she made about those well-known stunners being seen minus their slap, as she termed it, I couldn’t help thinking that perhaps she had got out of bed the wrong side that morning.

How sad that she could not join in with the excitement of her daughters’ new-found interest in make-up, they must have felt so deflated at her lack of interest; isn’t that all part of growing up into womanhood?

It is one of the most feminine things a girl can do. It takes me less than five minutes every morning to turn that pale faced, tired-eyed woman I see in my mirror into a not unattractive female, still looking good at over 60, and ready to take on the day.

That is why women wear make-up, not to make men fall off ladders, but to make themselves look and feel good, and give a sometimes much-needed boost to our confidence and morale.

Mrs Rosaline Johnson, Black Lee Close, Strensall, York.