Does Makeup Appeal To Society

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Makeup is the creation of facial products made to portray a women’s or a male’s facial features as flawless and disguise their imperfections from society. Roughly around the years of preteens to a young adult is were makeup is mostly likely going to be use because of how high society puts up their standards towards both genders. Though society put up all the restriction on both genders, once there is an option like makeup that will help both genders gain the respect they deserve and presents them in a more decent manner, society still finds some type of way to round up accusations of makeup being fake and how the use only proves that they are insecure of how they are and appeal to society’s opinion. The article, Makeup, Insecurities, and Confidence:

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