I believe different things influence different people. For me, growing up, it was the present I got for Christmas when I was ten years old. I had been begging my parents for this huge makeup kit that I saw at Ulta, when I was Christmas shopping with my mom. So when it came time to write my Christmas list, that kit was item number one. Therefore once Christmas morning came, I ran downstairs to open up my gifts and there it was. After that, every time someone came over our house, from my grandma to my aunts and even my own mom, I would ask them to do their makeup. I loved being able to take a person, and be able to enhance their beauty that much more with makeup. Granted at ten years old I didn’t see it that way, but I knew that I loved doing …show more content…
People, society and just about every judgmental person in the world sees makeup as a mask. I even did for a while. I saw it as a means to cover up your imperfections and make the world see you as something that you are not, and I could not have been more wrong. I loved watch tutorials and one day there was one that popped up that pretty much shifted my entire perspective. “The Power of Makeup” was a video by one of my favorite makeup artist Nikki De Jager. In the video she basically split her face in half. One side of her face being completely beautiful glamour makeup and the other side her fresh, clean and naked face. When she finished, she talked about how makeup is used to enhance beauty, not hide it. It gives people that extra confidence to show their true self to the word and use makeup as a form of self-expression to show your individuality, and to me that was absolutely amazing. I know I struggled with self-confidence when I was younger, but I treated makeup as a means to hide, not show myself and who I was. Thanks to that video, I now see the true beauty in makeup, body painting and special fx. It is a form of art that I want to continue doing for the rest of my life. Millions of images, videos, and words flash in front of our eyes every day. For a while I let them tell me what I needed to be, do and look like. I had lost my sense of uniqueness, and then one day my heart spoke for me. Having the opportunity to learn from the teachers at L Makeup and continue my passion, is probably one of the greatest gifts I can ask for. I believe different things influence different people, and makeup has inspired me to embrace myself and who I really am, and to chase after my dream
...eption. I thought that looking like this little person who I had blown up to unimaginable proportions in my head would make me happy. But seeing everything this one product has done to the world has made me not want to be a part of its world. The first time I watched that video that started my journey into the world of makeup, I felt that I had been so oblivious to something so hugely important in this world. I was right. I was oblivious, but to something much greater than lipstick. That was exactly how Maybelline wanted me to be. The things kept hidden are the most valuable; the things behind makeup’s mask that I did not know existed. I realized I did not have to listen to an absentminded celebrity or a misleading slogan to know what to do or buy. Decisions are meant to be made by the people in control of their own lives. It’s time I start taking control of mine.
In “The Biopower of Beauty: Humanitarian Imperialism and Global Feminism in an Age of Terror,” Mimi Thi Nguyen argues that beauty as a measure of moral character functions to regulate an individual. Nguyen explains that beauty promises to be redemptive and bring an individual from the outside in relation with the world(362). For example, the United States through nongoverenmental orgainizations (NGO’s), have promoted beauty to Afghanistan women because it is a way if liberating them from an uncivilized barbaric society that oppresses them to hide their beauty through the veil. According to Kant, the veil is considered ugly because it hides the body, which is associated with the erotic. Kant claims that beauty made visible is true and good, while the invisible is ugly and erotic (266). Nguyen claims using Kant that beauty is connected to morality because it makes visible what the “ugly” is trying to hide by providing a pathway in which beauty can improve ones life. Nguyen asserts that individuals use beauty as a serious of techniques to produce knowledge and emotions that function to portray the individual with dignity in comparison to the “ugly”. Thus, the use of beauty as an educational tool that measures their character is an important factor in teaching women to associate themselves with the rest of the world.
Dove started the campaign “ Real Beauty” in 2004 . The campaign’s objective was to change the women’s perception for their definition of beauty. The Dove Real beauty campaign is a marketing campaign established in order to widen the definition of beauty as well as provoke discussion on what our society deems beautiful.” The campaign consists of 4 stages of advertising. The first phase placed initial advertisements that focus on featuring women of all ethnic groups and shapes . The second phase uses commercial advertising on television it targets young women . The third phase uses print advertisement that targets older women on the 50+ age range. The last, phase of the campaign is a video that has been trending on social media across the world. In 2004, Dove employed researchers to conduct a survey in order to study how much women are satisfied with their own beauty . As a result 2% of women that where interviewed in the 10 countries chose the word beautiful to describe themselves, and very few chose the word gorgeous and sexy ” (Ercoff,2010). The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty was created soon after with the hope of raising that 2%statistic.
According to 10 Weird and Wacky Beauty Facts by Andrea Lavinthal, in ancient Greece, the most sought-after hair color was blond. Not many Greeks were naturally blond, so light hair was probably perceived as beautiful because it was so exotic. Women would lighten their hair using plant extracts or arsenic. They also washed their locks with a mixture of ashes, olive oil, and water. She also explained how “it was a shame that extension weren’t available during the Heian period when a Japanese woman’s beauty was judges by the length of her hair, since the ideal was considered almost two feet longer than her waist. We’re assuming that ponytails were a popular hairstyle back then.” There are many other crazy facts about beauty facts like Vaseline makes your eyelashes grow and can take off makeup, or if your finger nails are discolored from using dark polish, use a slice of lemon on them and they will regain their color (The beauty magazine, Roselyn Miller, pg. 67). Going into the field of Cosmetology helps you express yourself and it brings out your inner creativity. That is one of the many reason I love this line of work, because when I do hair it lets me express myself while creating a hairstyle of my own. The first time I started doing hair was when I was about 10 or 11, I was a natural! I want to be able to know my clients and exactly what will look right on my clients and read people, so I would know what they do like just by talking to them. I need to learn to separate family from business. I do know some things about this field I before this assignment that cosmetology is not just about doing hair, it’s also about learning about the Skin; Doing make up, eye lashes, etc. You also learn about nails; doing a...
... the way that people saw them. The also saw makeup as a part of religion and makeup also helped with the weather or climate that they lived in. I learned that some people invented the things because they needed the products for themselves.
All women wish to look their best on their wedding day, prom, or their ten year anniversary, so it is a makeup artist’s job to fulfil this desire. The art of emphasizing one’s most attractive features by highlighting the inner corner of the eye to brighten the eyes, contouring the cheeks to make the cheekbones appear higher and painting on bold lipstick to form perfect, plump lips make the face appear flawless. Some people do not wear makeup everyday, so when they do, their face can appear brightened and awake, therefore they believe they look wonderful. Although many people are confident in their appearance and do not demand makeup to boost their self-esteem, wearing well-applied makeup will always make someone feel
In the short reading, The Cunning of Cosmetics, by Jeffrey Kipnis, he begins by explaining what architecture is reacting to and how it effects the direction it is going in. As a result from explaining this, he starts to ponder on his job on Herzog & de Meuron and question, “When did my infatuation with HdM’s work begin?”(Kipnis 23) he starts to realize that buildings have the “Ability to insinuate itself into my psyche” without forcing itself upon someone. He is able to analyze this in the magazine he was reading Arch- Plus by Nikolaus Kuhnert and see how he separated the magazine into two sections – Ornament and Minimalism, through this he able to explore prime examples such as Signal Box and Ricola Europ, explaining how the use of their materiality and modern ornamentation can give a “Erotic allure…the sirens of the Odyssey”. Overall he is clarifying that
In today 's society, people have a very skewed perception of beauty. People are exposed to so many advertisements and pictures that are photo-shopped each day that many do not even realize what they are looking at. They are seeing an image of something that is not real; something that is not even possible to obtain. Photoshop has an outrageously negative effect on men and women in society, creating an unattainable image of perfection.
As part of our culture, while growing up boys and girls are expected to learn the basic skills to fulfill the "roles of their gender." For boys this includes learning all of the the routine maintenance on a car, to work out and be stronger then the girls, and are usually expected to be better with electronics. While at the same time girls are steered towards learning how to cook, clean, and look pretty. All of the female roles require a lot of practice and trial and error before they can be mastered, but the hardest and most time consuming skill to be learned still remains applying make-up. Just as anything else (even writing an essay) the finished product always seems so simple and easy enough to be done by a child in a few minutes. Although, in reality girls spend years doing trial and error to find out what looks good on them and a few more years making it look "natural." This is necessary for every girl go through on her own, to be able to have her own look. However, there is a routine make-up application process that will help any beginning girl with he basics.
I was watching a YouTube video called “YOU LOOK DISGUSTING.” There, a woman posted pictures of her face without makeup. She received over 100,000 comments, of which, almost all were negative comments like, “I can’t even look at her”, “Ugly as F*ck”, “Revolting”, and “Disgusting.” The reason why she created this short film was to show how social media can set unrealistic expectations on both women and men. Hundreds of thousands of people suffer from acne and the way these commercial images portray women with clear, luscious skin from makeup is part of the reason why people have looked down upon women who don’t “take-care of themselves” as such.
In the 1920s, makeup played a vital role especially for women trying to recover from the fears and horrors of the war. After the recession, it lead to an increase of manufacturing new cosmetic products and brands such as Maybelline. As makeup made its debut to the world, stores were opening and slogans such as “try before you buy” just like Gordon Selfridge proclaimed women to get a sense of what products to use along with spreading the word to others if content with the amazing outcome. Face and complexion was considered by most as an important factor for representing beauty of an artificial face. Face powder was very essential because many women wanted to create a light, sandy
Makeup has transformed the lives of so many individuals and continues to play an important role in the daily routines of many women (and those men who choose to wear makeup). [Pause] The main reason why makeup initially became integrated into the daily lives of many individuals was to help conceal facial features that people were insecure about. Now, as of 2018, makeup has helped many people in terms of their general self-confidence. The stereotype that makeup is used to impress others is as far off as one can get. No individual would put so much time [Pause], effort [Pause], and education [Pause] into a task that is only to impress others. It is nice to present our self-expression to others, but it all reflects how one feels. One can change
Just like the constantly changing fashion world, makeup fads come and go. However, what never changes is the correct approach to applying makeup to achieve the ultimate goal of looking the best you possibly can.
...ounds, having good hair, and covering themselves in makeup are what beauty should be perceived as. Every time someone flips through a magazine, sees a picture of a model and wish to look like them, they are contributing to an idea they are supposedly disgusted by. People might think that they have never done anything to support this, but everyone has. Everybody feels the pressure from society, because it is pressure from us. They only way to stop this is by not supporting “things” that advance this idea and by not feeding into it, so in the end it will eventually die.
...ently, one may act differently as well with a new attitude and confidence. While makeup is concealing the faults in appearance, it is also concealing the faults in character, which is another myth.