Makeup, Magazines and Self-Esteem

I personally don't believe in makeup, looking up to models, and stuff. It has nothing to do with self-steem.

A person should accept what you look like. You shouldn't have to wear what everyone else is wearing, what's in or what all the stars are wearing. You should wear what you want, look like who you want, and so on. You're your own person and only you can tell it so you should dress the way you like it. You shouldn't judge people neither. Everyone is unique.


Now for make up, I forget teh exact age but if you start wearing make up younger than I think 13 you get acne more as you grow up, and if you wear makeup before I believe 24 your skin ages faster. When you wear make up, you're wearing chemcials not needed. Humans were created without wearing make up so why should we wear it? Because it makes us look good? No, in the long run it makes us look worst. It'll age our skin faster. That's why when you look at the stars without makeup they look terrible. I saw a picture of Miley Cyrus without makeup and at first I though it was 60 year old until I read it. That's just plain sad, a 17 year old looking like a 60 year old without make up. I wear no make up or any acne stuff, never have and probaly won't start till maybe college. I have no acne what's so ever. Sure my skin is pale and stuff so I now and then I want to wear makeup to add color, but I decided against it. I don't wear blush, anti acne junk, lip stick(I do wear lip balm but only because I play flute and piccolo and I need to keep my lips moist), eye liner, so on. I personally think I look fine, in fact so many friends and even guys themselves told me I look pretty, beautiful, hot, so on. This is without chemicals.

Now umm where does the self esteem come in at?

 

Right well i'm on both sides of this arguement, so what i type probably makes more sense in my head then it does here.

For one, makeup is something people are rather dependent on. For instance smokers need nicotine, women who use make up are quite similar. Just not as severe. With make up it is more of a materialistic want than the bodies actual craving.

But I also see makeup as a bad thing, for one thing i dont wear any make up... apart from eyeliner (thats still makeup i know). But i feel a little bit of makeup is okay instead of coating yourself in the stuff.

 

Mike you mentioned how girls see themselves as insecure for instance not liking their noses.

If you also think about make up also reduced girls wanting to have cosmetic surgery or any easier way out of that. I for one have often thought about cosmetic surgery, however there are some products which can easily hide the horendous scars which i have.

I wear eyeliner because without it I still look half asleep and people call me chinese -_- which i have nothing against being chinese, for i am asain just not chinese. But i dislike the stereotypical view of chinese people having small eyes.

 

afew thing got me. Makeup doesn't contribute to acne, acne is mainly due to genetics. Saying that makeup if not properly washed leads to spots.

Also Miley looks really pretty without makeup.

And you can get natural makeup, without chemicals.

I think that makeup can be use to highlite beautiful elements of a womens face(Cheekbones, jawlines, eyes etc.)

 

I agree with kupo on that part, minus miley.

MACs makeup doesnt damage skin, its made entirely out of minerals therefore you can even sleep with it on

 

Eye liner make girls eyes look bigger, that's usually the common reason.

I have had issues with self-esteem which was made me finally realise everything, which was mainly because of my hair because I got hair issues, thank god for straiteners though and my mom letting me have one. Another reason because I'm kind of quite and got pick to direct band class last year.


Alcahol actually kills germs and to a point it eats away everything, that's why people who drink alcahol have like bleeding issues. For example alcahol is in Hand Sanatizers and stuff that's the point of alcahol.

As for the chemicals and aging it's like chemicals in a cigarette. It rots away teeth, make finger nails yellow, and more. Makeup does the same just not as bad, it just gives more acne and ages skin faster.

 

it actually does NOT lead to acne, it can lead to spots, but acne is due to hormonal and biological matters.

 

Also star some makeup products such as one of Estee Lauders range helps reduce spots and removes acne. Well for me it does. Just depends what products you use.

 

Im not afraid to go out in public without any make up, I've done it many times before. I barely ever brush my hair either.

But my point is some girls do pay attention to what others say, some get bullied for not looking good , which is just stupid tbh. One of the main causes of girls using make up is the attitudes of people towards others imperfections. Perhaps when people start changing their attitudes women will think of using less makeup.

 

Honestly, I find alot of this stuff shallow. Like the people who put so much makeup on. And who constantly read those types of magazines and believe everything said in them. And the fact that people think they need them is rather stupid.

To me, women look better with very little makeup on compared to having too much makeup on. Too much makeup makes them start to look like... Well I'm sure you can guess at what it makes them look like.

I find the magazines useless. It is like a monopoly with the makeup companies. They find something that they don't deem normal, and then they make it so whomever has it now feels insecure. And then they advertise cosmetics for that insecurity, saying that you need it.

And self-esteem... People need to stop being so self-conscience. It is a fact of life. Not everybody is going to like you. So just get over it and go on with your life. People shouldn't care about what others think. The only exception to that would be caring what somebody special thinks. But that is it. Although I must admit, my mom hates it whenever I say that I don't care what people think.

 

The magazines are for insecurity. im subscribed to 3 magz and i dont see myself as shallow.

 

Hmm... How to better explain. I see it as shallow because just about everybody who is shallow has their life revolving around cosmetics. True, not everybody who does these things is shallow, but just about every depiction of somebody shallow that I've seen has their life revolve around cosmetics.

 

Just because the majority of people you know may, doesnt make it true

I dont think its shallow to have your life revolved around cosmetics. Its just how you act upon it afterwards.

 

That's it. I've just noticed that (I type this as my little sister watches the Suite Life of Zack and Cody) people who's life revolves around cosmetics tend to be shallow people or something. Kinda like a kid from a rich family that got spoiled his/her entire life.

 

Using London Tipton as an example isnt a fair example -_- since her character is meant to portay the view your trying to explain. And during the series of suite life you will see the level of shallowness slowly drops.