Men's makeup is innocent
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“If I look at a mirror that doesn't reveal vanity by darkening the eyebrows, brighter around the eyes, and reddening the lips, I'm looking at a mirror that doesn't reveal the vanity, looking at whether it fits well. I'm looking for my face before this world was created.” It is a poem “Before This World Was Made” by the English poet Yeats. Yeats advocated for women's makeup, saying that before the world was created, women wear makeup in order to return to the original form, the original image created by God. In other words, makeup is a pure desire of man to return to his original self rather than his current self.
It is reported that Korean men's consumption of skin care products is four times that of Denmark, the world's number one and second place, and that soldiers buy hypoallergenic camouflage creams and skin whitening products after training. When does the history of men who wear makeup start? The “Beauty Skills” written by the Roman historian Ovidius describes how to make a pack for acne removal. The historian Plinius told you how to make a whitening pack that whitens and keeps your face in shape. According to him, the pack is made from a mixture of soy flour, barley on a millstone, eggs, wine sediment, antler powder, daffodil bulbs, and honey. This cosmetic technique was applied not only to women, but also to the officials and politicians of the Roman Senate at that time, namely men. According to one theory, Roman Emperor Nero also attached this pack day and night.
The cleansing pack appeared in earnest in the 17th century. Using casein, the main ingredient of milk, whitening and cleansing were obtained at the same time. It was Henry II who made this pack popular. Makeup is divided into basic makeup and color makeup. If color makeup gives a variety of colors to the face to make certain areas look small or large and helps with individual expression, basic makeup is divided into plus makeup to supply nutrition and minus makeup to remove unnecessary elements including waste. Recently, the topic of basic cosmetics is the latter. It is a “removal series” that removes waste products from the skin due to environmental pollution, and removes dead skin cells. Men's cosmetics are by far the latter.
However, on the Internet, there are malicious comments from those who cannot distinguish between color tone and basic makeup. A magazine called “New Woman” in the 1920s introduced the women who were called modern girls at the time. At this time, women who have studied abroad or completed high school are classified as new women, and their desire is no different from now. One article tells the story of a woman looking for a man with a placard saying “I want a handsome man, who dreams of passionate love as an artist”. In'Wilhelm Meister's Class Period' written by Goethe of Germany, "Men are proud that they are worthy of being loved by women just as they were born by nature." Pinching men's vanity.
The problem is the level of social discourse surrounding men's makeup. The interpretation of scholars stays at the point that'only appearance is the last competitive weapon.' Is this interpretation alone? Modern brain science tries different interpretations of makeup. Both men and women wear makeup because their brains are attracted to the power of makeup. The moment we see the face of another person wearing makeup, humans recognize it as “the self who wants to be like that” and fall into a learning (makeup) activity based on expectations. In other words, it is an act to build a social self that is different from the usual self on the premise of the existence of others. Humans try to make it look symmetrical by reducing the difference between the left and right of the face through makeup. Humans find the level of “elegance”, the essence of beauty, from left-right symmetry. Therefore, through makeup, you can narrow the distance between the mirror image that is natural to you and your face that others see. Humans see their own makeup face and react as if they are seeing another's face.
In the end, the act of make-up is not simply a cosmetic appearance, but a more fundamental image of oneself, especially a social self in relation to others. It is amazing that makeup improves relationships and improves communication skills. What's more interesting is that when you put on makeup while looking in the mirror, your brain waves are activated. Make-up is not just a matter of caring for the epidermis of the face, it is a matter of pleasing the brain and fertilizing the inner body. Don't make any more disputes.
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