For most women, wearing make-up is a daily routine. However, in the consumerist society where everything has the potential to be a tool of profit-making, many women seem to suffer financial assault on the cosmetic sector. Whatever differences there are between different types of mascaras and eyeliners, from a male perspective, it leaves us in wonder how women may easily be seduced to spend a large sum of money on what is seemingly the same products. Are the satanic genius of advertisers largely to blame?
There is a long-standing prejudice against women who spend an excessive fortune on cosmetic products in modern society. If the insistence on wearing make-up should suffer analysis, it is perhaps because it hints at a lack of women's inner beauty- their reasoning abilities, their artistic merits, and their capacity of knowledge. The fact that many women need to wear make-up stems largely from a lack of confidence in themselves, thus in hope of convincing others to collect intellectual evidence around their faces, noses, and eyes. How easily secular mortals may fall for angelic faces who bear inappropriate souls.
However true this accusation is, is it proper to judge a female experience merely because of masculine blindness? Though many social critics tend to condemn this particular female experience for its shallowness, how might we arrive at a more just and accurate, or perhaps charitable, assessment of the feminine obsession with cosmetic products if we are kept ignorant of what a facial routine is? Only after we are prompted by a spirit of philosophical research of what precise aspect each cosmetic item functions for, we may understand why women would chisel a dent in their bank accounts to purchase ten of those seemingly identical bronzing powder at the cosmetic counters of Bobbi Brown and Shisheido.
If we have the patience to investigate the minutest details of a facial routine, we may then unearth hitherto unknown truths about feminine beauty. We realise that some women may favour gel liner rather than pencil liner simply because it's smoother and that a light base is mostly used in summer while a heavy base is usually exclusively used in winter because of the humidity and the dryness these two seasons hint at. The study of a facial routine not only allows us to understand why women take so long in the bathroom, it also suggests that what seems so identical from a masculine perspective may actually help transform one's outlook, through employing different styles by using colours of minutest difference, depending on one's aesthetic taste of mix and match.
But what does all this mean? What do we learn from the in-depth investigation of a facial routine? If there is something valuable about wearing make-up, it is because make-up can reflect what one's psychological make-up is. A love for dark colour lipsticks may suggest one's character is of melancholy temperament, depending on what one's analytical inclination may be. But make-up is like fashion, liable to submit itself to trends rather than generate styles. Therefore, spending an afternoon at cosmetic counters is a process of soul-searching. Unsure who they are, they are prone to adopt suggestions offered in women's magazines in order to adjust themselves to socially recognisable forms.
But what underlies the feminine obsession with cosmetic products is somewhat more arresting. On contemplation, what is generally considered inner beauty is most unlikely to go through the test of time. However intelligent women may get, they are left with no choice but to surrender to the greatest enemy of youth, namely, aging. Our reasoning abilities are subject to decay as we are getting older. What's more, is that we tend to grow conservative as we age. Folk wisdom assures us that the accumulation of life experience allows us to grow wiser, but the reality often suggests the exact opposite. Rather than changing our minds as new evidence appears, our reluctance to adopt new ideas and opinions indicates a sign of the confirmation of prejudice.
Of course, women are not spared of the same destiny. Hence, if they strip away what is likely to vanish, they are left with nothing but a pure consciousness, some vacuous beings who are critically dependent on what others might think of them. Their consciousness, however, cannot be seen, but their casings can. So what's best for them to do is to enhance their physical appearance. Little wonder why women are attracted to fashion and wearing make-up.
Cosmetic products invite us to redraw the boundary between shallowness and profundity. What seems profound on the surface may end up being shallow, and vice versa. The two-hour ritual in the morning is no easy task.
W
There is a long-standing prejudice against women who spend an excessive fortune on cosmetic products in modern society. If the insistence on wearing make-up should suffer analysis, it is perhaps because it hints at a lack of women's inner beauty- their reasoning abilities, their artistic merits, and their capacity of knowledge. The fact that many women need to wear make-up stems largely from a lack of confidence in themselves, thus in hope of convincing others to collect intellectual evidence around their faces, noses, and eyes. How easily secular mortals may fall for angelic faces who bear inappropriate souls.
However true this accusation is, is it proper to judge a female experience merely because of masculine blindness? Though many social critics tend to condemn this particular female experience for its shallowness, how might we arrive at a more just and accurate, or perhaps charitable, assessment of the feminine obsession with cosmetic products if we are kept ignorant of what a facial routine is? Only after we are prompted by a spirit of philosophical research of what precise aspect each cosmetic item functions for, we may understand why women would chisel a dent in their bank accounts to purchase ten of those seemingly identical bronzing powder at the cosmetic counters of Bobbi Brown and Shisheido.
If we have the patience to investigate the minutest details of a facial routine, we may then unearth hitherto unknown truths about feminine beauty. We realise that some women may favour gel liner rather than pencil liner simply because it's smoother and that a light base is mostly used in summer while a heavy base is usually exclusively used in winter because of the humidity and the dryness these two seasons hint at. The study of a facial routine not only allows us to understand why women take so long in the bathroom, it also suggests that what seems so identical from a masculine perspective may actually help transform one's outlook, through employing different styles by using colours of minutest difference, depending on one's aesthetic taste of mix and match.
But what does all this mean? What do we learn from the in-depth investigation of a facial routine? If there is something valuable about wearing make-up, it is because make-up can reflect what one's psychological make-up is. A love for dark colour lipsticks may suggest one's character is of melancholy temperament, depending on what one's analytical inclination may be. But make-up is like fashion, liable to submit itself to trends rather than generate styles. Therefore, spending an afternoon at cosmetic counters is a process of soul-searching. Unsure who they are, they are prone to adopt suggestions offered in women's magazines in order to adjust themselves to socially recognisable forms.
But what underlies the feminine obsession with cosmetic products is somewhat more arresting. On contemplation, what is generally considered inner beauty is most unlikely to go through the test of time. However intelligent women may get, they are left with no choice but to surrender to the greatest enemy of youth, namely, aging. Our reasoning abilities are subject to decay as we are getting older. What's more, is that we tend to grow conservative as we age. Folk wisdom assures us that the accumulation of life experience allows us to grow wiser, but the reality often suggests the exact opposite. Rather than changing our minds as new evidence appears, our reluctance to adopt new ideas and opinions indicates a sign of the confirmation of prejudice.
Of course, women are not spared of the same destiny. Hence, if they strip away what is likely to vanish, they are left with nothing but a pure consciousness, some vacuous beings who are critically dependent on what others might think of them. Their consciousness, however, cannot be seen, but their casings can. So what's best for them to do is to enhance their physical appearance. Little wonder why women are attracted to fashion and wearing make-up.
Cosmetic products invite us to redraw the boundary between shallowness and profundity. What seems profound on the surface may end up being shallow, and vice versa. The two-hour ritual in the morning is no easy task.
W
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ReplyDeletei never wore makeup but lipstick only on special oceans like marriage parties etc,i think it start with less confidence but now it has become a part of today's living and women use it for not looking some thing different then others but it cost harm to her face and pocket too