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It’s weird, I didn’t wear much, if any, makeup when I was a teenage/early 20s but during a really stressful period in my I tried it upon the recommendation from an article that it was good form of self care and it worked and now I am crazy for makeup. I don’t wear it every day, and I certainly don’t do it for my husband, but I do it for me because it’s fun and it is a form of self care. For example I was feeling pretty down in the dumps due to physical symptoms of early pregnancy lately, but giving myself some glam looks with a new highlighter palette cheered me up quite a bit.
My point is is that women don’t wear makeup for the same reasons. I think it’s silly to wear it for men, because men don’t notice or care in my experience. If anything you wear it for other women because we’re going to be the ones who notice or care
Like I said, I wear it for myself because it’s a nice, calming process to figure out a look that gives me a nice mood uplift. It’s not a vanity issue either, it’s a grooming issue, just like you feel better after a good shower. I don’t do it because I think “yeah look at me and look at how hot I am! everyone’s gonna want me now!” I do it because it’s fun and relaxing and creative way to express yourself. If anything the sinful aspect can be how much money you spend on it, but if you are smart about purchases it can be very reasonable; I only buy stuff on discount and never go for the real fancy stuff.
Self-decoration/adornment is a universal cultural constant in that every culture has it some way or the other. Making ourselves look in a way that we want through the use of cosmetics is a natural part of the human experience in the way that cooking or artistic expression is, and to say it’s stupid or sinful to embrace this basic aspect of self-awareness demonstrates a lack of consideration as to what to the human experience is.
For example, she said that tattoos are okay? That’s another form of body alteration, which is the same premise. Making yourself look the way you want is part of being a conscious being. Everyday we make a choices as to how we will be presenting ourselves physically to the world: what we will wear, how our hair will look, whether we will have a beard or not if we’re men, etc. Make-up is just another option. No one has to wear it, just like no one should have to wear anything they find uncomfortable, but you also can’t tell other people not to wear it either.
My point is is that women don’t wear makeup for the same reasons. I think it’s silly to wear it for men, because men don’t notice or care in my experience. If anything you wear it for other women because we’re going to be the ones who notice or care
Like I said, I wear it for myself because it’s a nice, calming process to figure out a look that gives me a nice mood uplift. It’s not a vanity issue either, it’s a grooming issue, just like you feel better after a good shower. I don’t do it because I think “yeah look at me and look at how hot I am! everyone’s gonna want me now!” I do it because it’s fun and relaxing and creative way to express yourself. If anything the sinful aspect can be how much money you spend on it, but if you are smart about purchases it can be very reasonable; I only buy stuff on discount and never go for the real fancy stuff.Self-decoration/adornment is a universal cultural constant in that every culture has it some way or the other. Making ourselves look in a way that we want through the use of cosmetics is a natural part of the human experience in the way that cooking or artistic expression is, and to say it’s stupid or sinful to embrace this basic aspect of self-awareness demonstrates a lack of consideration as to what to the human experience is.
For example, she said that tattoos are okay? That’s another form of body alteration, which is the same premise. Making yourself look the way you want is part of being a conscious being. Everyday we make a choices as to how we will be presenting ourselves physically to the world: what we will wear, how our hair will look, whether we will have a beard or not if we’re men, etc. Make-up is just another option. No one has to wear it, just like no one should have to wear anything they find uncomfortable, but you also can’t tell other people not to wear it either.
