Reflections over makeup
Posted By Luana on September 13, 2009
I’ve always had my ideas on women’s makeup and why most of us are so obsessed about it, but I would have never imagined to stumble upon a blog whose author thinks just the same as I do. 
I’m talking about the entry titled The Real Reason Women Wear Makeup, on vahooo.com, a wonderful reflection on why makeup is often just a mask that women use to hide their real selves, in a society where natural beauty counts as uglyness, and is replaced by an artificial beauty that is reachable by normal human beings only with the help of makeup. That is, my dear babes… it’s because of society pressures, because most of us don’t feel ‘okay’ as ourselves, and we prefer to portray an image of us that isn’t really ours. And the society is indeed manipulating us in this way: this is a manipulation of a woman’s freedom to be herself even outside. Why men can be their true selves and women can’t? Have you ever thought over this, my darlings? I believe we should think more often over things we do normally, and see if they’re really natural or if they’ve just been ‘installed’ in us by the current western society.
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So guilty over that. I’m obsessed with buying make-up. I don’t always use it but I wanna buy it all the time!
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Hi Luana, I enjoy putting make-up on, but only on some occassions, especially when I’m looking for a job or if I’m going to a gathering. But what you said is true, sometimes beauty becomes a status quo or a competition, that’s why beauty products is a lucrative business.
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yesh sis,you have a point. I het wearing make ups. And I hate girls (esp. teenagers) Who wear excessive make ups. I want people to say that I have Natural Beauty instead of Artificial right.. Make ups are just for speciall occasions.. Well maybe a pinch of lip gloss is fine for me.
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i love wearing make-ups. but yes, i do agree with you. why do we have to wear make-ups? to hide those imperfections, of course. honestly, even with or without make-up, the most beautiful things are still in who you are -CHARACTER. (:
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Seems like gals usually end up with the short end of the stick. Why is it so hard to find a woman in a publication who isn’t wearing make-up and heels? I’ve seen a lot of articles reviewing this occurrence, but nothing seems to be done about it. Maybe one day society will be able to move past this fallacy, for the sake of all woman kind. In response to the first article, Beyonce looked fine without her make-up. How gussied up does a woman have to be to be accepted by society? Blehck. I’ll stop ranting now ^.^
Hmmm, what do you think it would take for a woman to move past insecurities instilled by these judgmental industries?
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I prefer natural beauty than make-up ones. It’s better and if you can live without make up, that would be better. Me, I’m a boy and boys don’t really put makeups, only powder but even powder, i don’t apply it to my face because it gives me pimples. :|
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