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She also leaves all the ladies questioning the makeup and hair industries and how they “continue to promote their own self-serving aesthetics of facial perfection” (3). So students can get the message that this article was trying to convey, which is that every Body is beautiful and that we shouldn’t let the…
Once a woman is out in public, the ideal that she has not spent hours on her appearance is given. One woman explained that if she were on a date or work she would not apply her make-up in front of people. However, if she were with a friend, she wouldn’t mind. This furthers the exclusion of males in the beauty routines. Women in the article have also stated that once they have allow their husbands in their back stage, the husbands ask them to “tone-down” their make-up and sometimes not wear any at all.…
Even though we live in a world that always changes and advances, the media continues glorifying Eurocentric standards and ideals unto us in our everyday lives. Although the media is beginning to be more culturally and racially diverse, physical features and characteristics remain the same. Fair skin, light eyes, straight hair, thin bodies and thin noses are mostly seen in media, even though it’s “racially diverse”. Children growing up in this culture are learning that Eurocentric ideals are preferred and seen as more “beautiful”. People of darker skin are seen as lesser than and are pressured to follow these ideals.…
In doing so, societal stigmas and norms are created that have the potential to cause harm to those within these groups that do not naturally meet these specific and highly processed standards of beauty. However, an important concept that can be taken away from their work is that if members of these groups can overcome the internal need conform to highly specific and unreasonable forms of beauty, then the industry that profits off of insecurities will hold less power to do so. If the unnatural becomes natural, and grotesque becomes normal, then the necessity to create and reinforce a dichotomy between the two becomes pointless. Accepting that everyone has natural imperfections and deviations strips the power from beauty companies that thrive on highlighting, exaggerating, and vilifying…
Some people claim seeing a man wearing makeup is “untraditional,” but this statement is untrue. Victoria Sherrow, author of “For Appearance ' Sake: The Historical Encyclopedia of Good Looks, Beauty, and Grooming,” states men have used grooming products across many centuries and cultures. Ancient Egyptian men (including the likes of King Tut) used kohl eyeliner to define their eyes. In the Roman Empire, military leaders matched their lip colors to their nail polish (Sherrow). During the early 1500s in England, Sherrow writes, both men and women “used face powders, color cosmetics, skin moisturizers and fragrances.”…
Sunken beneath myriad stuffed animals, I would lovingly cling to the cotton cloth I dubbed pink blanky. Dragged along to school, road trips, and across the Atlantic, pink blanky followed closely behind my dependent 5 year old self. In times of crisis – usually the middle of the night – my blanky swore to protect me from witches and zombies, monsters and sandmen, vampires and mummies. Today, my pink blanky has retired, my thumbs expanding its constantly sprouting holes.…
Nowadays beauty and healthcare products are in great demand and they will always remain in demand as they increase the beauty of a person to a maximum level. These day, even teenage girls and boys have also become conscious about their health, skin care, beauty and wants to take advice from experts to prevent skin problems like rashes, pimples, acne, sun tan etc. You can see beauty parlours are occupied by ladies who are very much interested in face massage, clean up, manicure, pedicure, waxing and shampooing of hair followed by a hair massage. Carrying off beautiful skin has become the rule of modern times. People are ready to test anything from plastic surgery or Botox injections too many approved and clinically tested skin care products.…
Photo retouching has received a lot of bad press over the past few years - who can forget that infamous Dove "Campaign for Real Beauty" advertisement, showing a decidedly average looking girl receiving a full makeover and then having her image retouched to within an inch of its life? We have heard everyone from journalists to politicians and even those involved in the beauty industry waxing lyrical about how wrong it is to manipulate images and how it creates false and unattainable ideals and expectation from young people. And don't get me wrong... I am the first one to raise my hand in criticism of a ridiculously flawless magazine shoot, or a skincare advertisement in which the model's face looks like pink plastic, or like some kind of weird computer generated version of a human. There is far too much of this…
Prove to everyone that we are beautiful, even if it means changing our whole face to look a certain way. But why is it us girls that have to do it? Why aren’t the boys changing their looks? None of them has makeup on? Well maybe number 7 does, but that’s probably just genetics rather than mascara.…
To sum up, beauty enhancements have taken their toll on humanity. Throughout history, beauty trends have developed and changed. The trends themselves may have altered, but the physical and mental pain caused is still inevitable. The long and monotonous hours spent on looking attractive alone are valuable minutes spent on an arguably valuable subject. Overall, however, everyone has their own specific reasons for subjecting themselves to such experiences.…
An additional factor which contributes to heightening the pressure put onto humans to adhere to a standard in order to look more appealing to those we value in society is the completely unrealistic images of supermodels or even regular fashion models. These images are plastered everywhere in order to trick consumers into thinking they will look just like the model shown if the same items featured in the photograph are bought, when in reality their clothes have been personally fitted and tailored to the model's figure all before being edited and photoshopped in order to transform the model into the perfect, digitally altered doll. As for ordinary people, it only lowers your self-esteem when you step into a changing room only to compare yourself…
Self-image and looks are a major issue in the United States. Many teenagers feel out of place or that they do not fit in to the normal standard of society. Everyone knows that there is a certain look that the public pushes for, and that makes girls and some guys unhappy with how they look physically. I think that actions need to be taken against these “perfect looks” so teens can feel happy about themselves. This is an important issue that needs to be brought to our attention because most people do not see it as a problem.…
Although vanity is considered one of the seven deadly sins, it remains to be the spark plug that charges the multibillion dollar beauty industry. Since the beginning of time, men and women have embraced cosmetics and skin products to help them look and feel more attractive. Great cosmetic innovations have assisted us in achieving such results – even if they are unnatural. From the 1600s to the 1800s, the beauty patch or spot was used across Europe, to cover the unsightly scars which resulted from the disease that ravaged a society. In time, beauty patches came to be a fashion statement used to signify status and even political affiliation.…
The emotional strength daughters receive from their mothers, help prevent them from conforming to the harsh, often critical Western culture. But as for many cases, beauty is taught by example. The mother has the ability to empower her daughter just by the model she portrays. If mothers start to discourage things such as make up or plastic surgery, young women will be forced to seek beauty in themselves rather that trying to obtain it. Daughters should learn from their mothers how beauty is less often portrayed by appearance, and that society’s opinion doesn’t define who they are.…
In Dave Barry’s article “The Ugly Truth About Beauty” and in Michael Chabon’s “Faking it” both authors have similar messages about stereotypes just on different genders, however, the authors writing styles are very different. Barry uses an informative yet exaggerating tone throughout his article, and does not share any personal experiences. Chabon uses a storytelling tone throughout his essay, to go along with his many personal experiences he shares with his audience. Tone conveys the message to the readers, when an author uses tone he or she directs it to their specific message.…