Suh used her own experience and her reputation to support her argument on stop wearing make up, and just be natural. First, Suh is a professional editor and writing coach in New York City. In addition, her work has appeared in the New York Times, Smock magazine, and the Asian Pacific American Journal (Suh 187). Based on her reputation, audience can fully trust what she said. Second, Suh used her own experience to tell us used makeup sometimes not look beautiful but horrible. For example, after used eye makeup, Suh could not recognize her face in the mirror because “ the drawn-on fold and dark, heavy shadows distorted and proportioned my whole face” (Suh 189). Suh stared at the mirror, and found the face in the mirror looked like a stranger. She looked terrible after wearing make up. Suh also notice that no everyone is suitable for wearing make up. The Estee lady was pretty, so after her make up she was pretty too. “Her blue eyes were recessed in an intricate pattern of folds and hollows” (Suh 189). However, Suh was not beautiful, as her own description about herself, she was with “ragged hair; the dark circles under my eyes; the facial blemishes” (Suh 187). So although Suh had make up on, she was still not…
The useful may be trusted to further itself, for many produce it and no one can do without it; but the beautiful must be specially encouraged, for few can present it, while yet all have need of it. Beauty does not lie in the face. It lies in the harmony between a person and his or her industry. Beauty is expression. Lucy Grealy’s book Autobiography of a Face takes a deep look at the societal stereotypes and perceptions. At the end of her book she writes “Society is no help. It tells us again and again that we can most be ourselves by acting and looking like someone else , only to leave our original faces behinds to turn in ghosts that will inevitably resent and haunt us” (pg. 222). This passage is in the conclusions; because through her experience she was face with the social and cultural expectation Grealy’s life after her cancer was filled taunts and stares from strangers. These judgments made Grealy very concerned with the perception of how others saw her.…
Miss Representation film indicate that the negative representation of women continue because the media deploys hyper-sensitized concepts to provide services, products, and ideas. In my opinion, this media misrepresentation works to benefit the manufacturing Firms to advertise their products. They also use female celebrities to market these products by endorsing these services and products. In essence, TV commercials have always indicated the reference point for women in respect to their physical appearance and beauty since they influence the sale of beauty services and products advertised. In the end, women have been enticed into believing that using certain make-ups and lotions will enhance their beauty by making them more attractive and beautiful.…
A Roman philosopher Plautus once said, “A woman without paint is like food without salt”. It is in human nature to always strive for perfection and new ways to express our selves, cosmetics is the way. Hair care, skincare, toiletry, perfumery and decorative cosmetic products are all used in our daily routines to keep us clean, maintain healthy skin and teeth, to look good and smell nice. European laws that ensure the safety of these types of product call them ‘cosmetics’ and this is the term. Beginning with the Ancient Egyptians 10,000 years Before the Common Era up through today, the 20th century. Civilizations have used forms of cosmetics for centuries in religious rituals, to enhance beauty, and to promote good health. The entire population with large use of cosmetics honored gods, although some of the ingredients were poisonous, allure of cosmetics did not lessen. In Rome, there was a period of time when women were not considered beautiful if they did not wear makeup. England almost accepted a law in 18th century that enabled men to divorce their wives if they caught them wearing makeup. Century later, Queen Victoria publicly declared public use of cosmetic improper and vulgar.…
Makeup looks involved bold eyeshadow, heavy eyeliner, and of course heavy mascara. As Blumenthal writes, “more than two-thirds” of American women use mascara. Experimentation and heavy makeup departed from the natural look women aimed for in past decades. Beauty trends seemed contrary…
In today’s society, the one thing most stressed about is one’s outer appearance. It doesn’t matter how smart one is or how talented you are, if you have beauty then you have the world. Margaret Atwood, author of Oryx and Crake, focuses her novel around a society where most companies promote a better outer appearance for people. People would spend every spare dollar to get wrinkle free skin, so that they can be young looking old people. The “Crakers” were made to have no human imperfection, which is the cause that makes people feel inferior. Free experimental procedures enabled people to look younger at any risk because it was free. Lastly in Atwood’s society, cosmetic procedures have become so normalized that one can never tell what is or what isn’t real. Today’s society has become so fixated on having procedures, such as plastic surgery, that it has become an obsession to be beautiful. Atwood’s prediction on how society will become obsessed with cosmetic procedures is accurate because of the path our society is headed. According to the research, people are on the path to a plastic surgery obsessed society, because they feel like their looks are inferior, people are oblivious to the risks because of the cheap procedures that are out there, and it is no longer considered a taboo.…
Today many women have become overwhelmed with doing the simple day-to-day tasks. Most women get up one to two hours before actually starting their day just to feel and look presentable. Throughout the story Mascara, the phrase “and then she” is displayed in almost every sentence. This story is not just about someone’s routine but it is in fact a list. A list that most women feel they have to go though everyday or every time they are going to go out somewhere. Most women have a false perspective of what they have to look like due to the corruption in today’s society and media. The overwhelming idea that society and the media have put into young women’s minds make them feels as if they have to keep changing who they are. Many people think…
There is a cliché quote that people say, “Beauty is in the eye of beholder.” But in the essay “The Ugly Truth About Beauty” (1998) Dave Barry argues about how women who spend countless hours on their so called “beauty” whereas men seem not to care. Barry uses juxtaposition and exaggeration to poke fun at men and women behavior and shed light on the harm that the beauty industry is doing. When Barry argues his point of his essay he addresses both genders, but more specifically teenage to middle age men and women, but he writes about it in a humorous and light-hearted manner.…
Every girl has seen a woman in the media stick thin, sun kissed, envy of the way she looks “perfect”. Women that are put on television, a magazine or advertisements is ultimately fake with Photoshop, makeup and plastic surgery. This is a dangerous perception of beauty which has resulted in a decline in self-acceptance. Many girls any age struggle with their image believing that they are not thin enough, their hair is not long enough, or even they believe that they are ugly. I believe that the social stereotype of beauty should go back to the 50’s.…
Women these days are constantly being reminded of who is beautiful and what defines beauty. The media and beauty industries have an imperative role in their advertising to promote impossible standards of beauty in society. Many studies have been done to show the effects of the media on beauty image for women. These studies show the effect of media on women today by noting the increasing rate of plastic surgery and how the media negatively affect the woman’s self-image. In 2008 a report that was prepared by the Young Woman’s Christian Association (YWCA) titled “Beauty at Any Cost,” the report stated that the beauty industry is a 7 billion dollar business, that there are 11.7 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures combined.…
In “Finding My Eye-Dentity”, Olivia Chung, a Korean female, was being pressured to get a surgery on her eyelids to look more like a ‘beautiful Korean’. “You know your aunt? She used to have beany eyes just like you! She used to put on white or black eyeliner very morning to make them look BIG. Then she went to Korea and got the surgery done. Now look! She looks so much better! Don’t you want it done? I would do it …” (p485). Many females are in the need to perfect their bodies, similar to the models and actresses they see on the televisions and magazines. Olivia thought about going with her mother’s suggestion, but wanted to see if there was another way of getting the crease in her eyelids. Magazines such as Seventeen or CosmoGIRL magazine persuade their readers that you must have a certain look to be beautiful. Proclamations made like this, are the reasons why females strive to modify everything about them. Although, Olivia almost went through with her mother’s suggestion, she did not. On the other hand, Olivia kept her non-crease eyelids the way they are. “I remember feeling a confused hurt, realizing that I looked…
Through my high school career I’ve always felt like I️ had to succumb to Eurocentric beauty. Straightening my, naturally curly, hair had become a daily routine. I️ often forgot how much I️ loved my curly Afro, because I️ was too worried about trying to match the models in the magazines. In magazines there’s rarely ever and Black women, and when they’re seen you can tell that they’ve altered their faces with makeup and photoshop. With this altering the magazine company has taken away the true features of an African American person. While reading and looking at these pictures I️ look at myself in the mirror. “Why can’t my nose be small and button like, like the women in the magazine?” “Why can’t my lips be smaller?” These were the questions I️ asked myself,because I️ felt like I️ wasn’t beautiful. One thing I️ failed to realize is that all people aren’t made the same, and African Americans tend to have the fuller lips, bigger foreheads, and wider noses. That’s what makes us so beautifully different.…
Every year, women devote billions of dollars in exchange for beautiful hair, expensive cosmetics, and opulent wardrobes. Many of our culture's most common beauty procedures were nearly absent an era ago. The fact is, many of the beliefs of feminine beauty were created in large part by current advertisers, thus becoming societal norms. However, through her diffident wardrobe change, author of the article My Year of Modesty, Lauren Shields, suggests that to live an authentic life, one must be immune to society’s definition of beauty, thus giving release for a return to our true selves. Shields, detailed writing of her experience made for a compelling argument.…
Nowadays, many women spend a lot of money on makeup stuffs, maybe an average of $1000 a year per people, but its all for a good cause. Makeup, if used correctly, it can have many benefits. Because of people's outside values of wanting to look better in the public, applying makeup seems to be the most important factor for daily. This means makeup becomes a part of life for most of women. Putting on makeup helps a woman feels herself prettier and even sexier. An often women are valued by her appearance, the more she uses makeup to enhance and display her beauty.…
Throughout history, people have been obsessed with the idea of perfection and a society without any defects and flaws that they are willing to pay any price just to achieve it. What do you think is the main cause why millions of people spend great portions of their money for make-up kits and various beauty products? Why do they visit beauty salons, cosmetic surgeons, and gyms as much as possible? Why do you think people spend long periods of time fiddling with their hair and painting their faces with make-up? Yes, this is all because of perfection: their struggles of achieving it. People have always wanted to have a beautiful face, perfect body shape, and fair skin complexion – all of these at once, and they are ready to pay any price. Just a little hair that grew out of place or a pimple on the face that came uninvited – it would be…