Beauty

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…

dissatisfaction? Is the image many see in the media something we want to see? Or is the media corrupt? By establishing unattainable standards of beauty and perfection, the media drives ordinary individuals to be dissatisfied with their own body, thus causing mental and physical disorders, a rise in unrealistic social expectations, and low self-esteem. With the beauty standard being taken to a whole different level: In the United States, the discrepancy between the extraordinarily thin body type…

delicate issues they encounter, male beauty gurus are unsure of how far is too far when it comes to challenging such cultural norms. In my research, I found that male beauty gurus challenge or confirm norms in varying degrees. I think this is because of the fact that these norms have only recently began to nudge. As Fabricant and Gould’s experiment tell us, in 1993, men wearing makeup were considered an abomination. Today, with the increased presence of male beauty gurus on YouTube, we see that…

What is beauty? In a classical sense beauty is something of perfection primarily with a strong connection towards math hence that everything beautiful was perfectly proportional and followed the golden ration of size and precision. The great Philosopher Plato believed that we find things beautiful when we unconsciously sense in them qualities we want such as gentleness, harmony, balance, peace, strength, and perfection. Michelangelo as well as Plato shared the same belief of what beauty was.…

fill that ever expanding void of their purpose in life. In this shockingly realistic story, the young black girls such as Pecola take on the burden from other whites who deride and grind down on her soul until she resigns to their inequitable idea of beauty. Soaking up this complete defeat, these young black girls grow up without ever wanting to expand out of the pot they were planted in and reach for…

and emotional self. Both males and females are affected by advertising in America but females more so encounter discontent with their physical appearances. Beauty advertisements use models as images of perfection. They present the idea that their brands specific product will give consumers the perfected look of beauty. The models used in beauty ads are not images of the everyday…

Throughout this modern age, the beauty of a woman has been held to a standard that could be considered fantasy. Women are portrayed in current day media as mostly white, ultra thin, young, and virtually flawless. Real women are rarely seen or heard from. Just as in Victorian England or Mainland China nearly 150 years ago we too have our proverbial corsets and the binding of feet. In today’s world, we are constantly bombarded with our society’s own standard of what is beautiful. According to many…

At the Regent on Broadway, on Sunday 31st of May, 2015 an all-time favourite, Sleeping Beauty was performed. The captivating classic Sleeping Beauty has really outdone itself as a ballet. Sleeping Beauty is ballet’s most loved fairy tale. This ancient fairy tale was re-popularised by the Brothers Grimm. Apparently the original, more gruesome tale has been sanitised over time. Moscow Ballet presents it beautifully, true to it’s name. In this version, the Princess’s parents (the King and Queen)…

to emphasize the importance of the beauty within someone; however, the Beast is not a correct representation of beauty. He emotionally manipulative, with all his conditions and rules, yet he is presented as a good person. Beauty is so selfless that she will put everyone’s needs before her own. However, in current society women are encouraged to act more independent in relationships. One particularly jarring moment is when the Beast completely manipulates Beauty in telling her “poor Beast will…

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