journalism final

Make-up was first invented in Egypt around 4000 B.C. . It was first created to protect the wearers’ facial features and also to improve their appearance “dramatically”.  Human cosmetics had been around for as many as 6000 years.  Many believed that woman wore make-up just as a ritual in their human culture.  Over time it developed more as a necessity in the appearance of women and their everyday life.  In the beginning of the twentieth century, make-up began to become more popular  in the united states and Europe.  Owing most of the influence to the ballet and theatres of the Arts, once women began seeing celebrities wearing make-up to enhance their appearance, most women felt as though they should wear it also. Make-up became an optional way for women to alter their appearance to bring out their natural beauty. 

After the earlier twentieth century the cosmetics epidemic blew up immediately.  More and more products began developing and it created a money thirsty industry.  Make-up companies began creating advertisements and commercials telling women that if they did not wear make-up they were not true women.  Some young teens and women feel today that if they do not participate in wearing make-up that they are not appealing to the human eye.  Many girls also feel that by wearing heavier make-up you are covering up your natural beauty. 

When younger females are asked how they feel when they wear make-up they say that they personally feel more confident in their appearance.  However not every young teenage girl believes in wearing make-up.  Some girls say that make up when used carefully is a way to enhance a females natural features, but when done incorrectly could do the absolute opposite.  Reasons why some females feel as though they look better with make-up is that they are able to disguise their imperfections.  Some girls begin wearing make up to soon.  Students when surveyed regarding what age would be appropriate to start wearing make-up , answered eighth grade or even freshman year.  The average age for a girl to start wearing make-up in today’s generation is eleven to twelve years old.

                Although I did not start wearing make-up until I was 13, it was still an extremely young age.  Like many young teens I obviously did not know how to apply make up properly.  Basically I did more harm than good.  I looked like a raccoon!  After a couple months of my awful make-up habits my mother finally brought me to a make-up counter in a professional store to show me how to apply make- up correctly and age appropriately.  Many girls when surveyed believe that many young females need to learn the appropriate ways to apply make-up and how it could look if not done correctly .A lot girls say that when too much make-up is applied to the face, you could achieve a “cake” like appearance which just entails that the make-up looks extremely heavy.

                Make-up for some females is a way for them to feel more confident in their appearance and are able to bring out their natural beauty and camouflage their imperfections.  Although, some students, when interviewed expressed how some females go too far with their make-up and how much that they apply.  One student when interviewed explained , “Girls who do wear make-up in high school and middle school just want to make it an obvious conclusion that they are wearing more make-up than they need to just to make it appear obvious that they are wearing make-up.”   Another student added and said, “ Make-up doesn’t give you “super powers” it is just supposed to enhance what you’ve got.”  

Some girls at a young age become too eager to wear make-up, although the older you get your “bag of tricks” always seem to get a bit bigger.  For myself I enjoy make-up and can almost look to it as a hobby.  Researching what make-up brands are the best but also the cheapest and reviewing them online.  I also believe that it’s a females own opinion how much make-up that they should wear.  Some days I wear a lot and some days I wear very little. It all depends upon persons’ style and basically what they are into. 

After becoming more interested in the subject of cosmetology, I began doing my friends make-up for fun and buying different styles of make-up that looked good on me and others.  After doing this for a while I began learning how to properly apply make-up.

Many teenage girls like myself look to celebrities for inspirational make-up looks.   Celebrities wear a lot more make-up than the average teenage girl so many younger girls beginning to wear make-up with compare themselves to what celebrities look like and how they were their make-up and hair. As teenagers develop their own styles as they become older, they will figure out what make-up styles look best and they will continue with their own personal styles.  I find that using the looks of celebrities and tweaking it to fit my own style is what works best for me. 

Make-up is a way for women of any age to feel beautiful in their own way no matter how that they wear. The amount of make-up a female wears will slowly develop into their own unique style as they progressively get older.  Once a female knows how to apply their make-up properly they will have their own make-up routine in which they will follow almost every day.  Make-up is a way for a female to feel unique and have their own individuality.                                           

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