...aaaaaaaand every male in the room promptly leaves.
It has huge amounts of history and cultural significance, and, at least among females, it is generally assumed that almost everyone has a basic knowledge of it, even when they don't.
It's also extremely limited.
There's only so much stuff you can put on your face before it becomes simply unhealthy. And it serves an extremely specific purpose. Unlike most arts, where the goal is to express yourself and your beliefs, makeup is simply there to accent and hide features you want to accent or hide, or to make up entirely new ones. I spent a day with light and dark powders (though it was hard to find a powder much paler than I already was) rearranging the shape of my nose. Another day I decided I wanted to look like a creepy doll.
And that's the thing. For most people, makeup is something that's essential: they think you can't be pretty without it. They aren't going to be bothering to experiment too much outside of the trends. It's... different for me.
Jokes aside, it is a pretty cool art form, that I think should be more widely accepted for what it is.
If we can get the stuff regulated, that is.
I mean seriously, people are smearing stuff on our face everyday, and most of the time they have no clue what's in it.
Jokes aside, it is a pretty cool art form, that I think should be more widely accepted for what it is.
If we can get the stuff regulated, that is.
I mean seriously, people are smearing stuff on our face everyday, and most of the time they have no clue what's in it.
[Happy skin cancer, my fellow makeup users!]
Make-up can be expressive if you want it to be. That's why there are so many make-up tutorial people on Youtube. If it's artistic make-up, most people don't wear it in public, but there's still art involved. I wonder what the world would look like if everyone who wore makeup expressed themselves with it instead of "improving" themselves with it.
ReplyDelete"though it was hard to find a powder much paler than I already was"
ReplyDeleteOh Ruth. Hahaha. Beauty standards are weird. I really don't like makeup because it's such a hassle to clean off. I wear it once a year when dance recital week comes around, and several days of stage makeup is probably enough junk to spread out for several months.
I don't use makeup to express myself as you do, but I do agree that it can serve as a crutch for many people who are perfectly beautiful the way they are. Particularly at our age -- many women who are well past their teens understandably beautify themselves, but we have youth on our side, and I think we should embrace that natural gift.