#makeup culture

[radish-lesbian]

Women who don’t conform to oppressive beauty standards hold up my world

#anti makeup #anti shaving #feminism #radfem #radical feminism #makeup culture

[i-used-to-be-an-anti-feminist]

This is going to sound so dumb, but I went to a convention last weekend and met some people in famous media that I really admire and that inspire me, and I didn't wear makeup, and I'm honestly really proud of myself because that would have been impossible for me a year ago.

#i have made a conscious effort to reject actiona of performative femininity that I believe are harmful #and it's difficult but has become easier #this type of social interaction is quite a test of my resolve but I stuck to it and ultimately I was glad that I met them as myself #anti beauty culture #anti makeup #makeup culture #beauty culture #personal

[marzipanandminutiae]

Thank you so much for putting all my concerns about Beauty standards and cosmetic surgery into words! I'm still a teenager and the only girl my age that I know that doesn't wear makeup. This year my parents who are usually lovely and supportive gave me concealer and some wrinkle-preventing cream for Christmas and I really don't know how to feel about that lol. I'm sorry if this is a confusing mess. I guess what I'm here to ask is: How do I resist the urge to confirm? How do I fight this?

Oh dear. That is indeed rather a predicament, especially if (as it sounds) you don't have a group of like-minded friends to support you.

Also, to be clear, no woman or girl is better than her peers for not wearing makeup, not using anti-aging products, not getting plastic surgery, etc. My judgment lies solely on the pressure for us to do such things even if we don't want to, and on those who actively encourage that pressure.

(That being said...who the HELL gives a TEENAGER anti-aging products?! The only even tangentially anti-aging things one needs to use at that point in life- or any point, really! -are sunscreen and moisturizer, both of which have other primary functions. Namely, preventing skin cancer and uncomfortable dryness/itching/flaking/etc.)

Since you say your parents are normally supportive, I'd start by sitting down and having a calm talk with them. Say that you know they had good intentions, but that you'd prefer to avoid makeup and anti-aging products for now. Tell them that, while again you are sure this wasn't the intent, their gifts made you feel pushed to do something you don't want to. Hopefully this will open a dialogue about aforementioned intentions, beauty standards, and what makes you feel comfortable in your skin.

Beyond that, though, really all you can do is stick to your guns. I'm also a lifelong makeup-avoider, and unfortunately that pressure I mentioned never really goes away. But you can tune it out, in my experience, by finding forms of self-expression that speak to you and surrounding yourself with people who support your decision (even if it's not their own).

Beware, however, of T*RFS bearing ostensibly sensible messages about beauty standards, makeup culture, etc. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day, but that clock is full of transphobia and harshly prescriptive ideas about Correct Womanhood(TM).

#ask #anon #beauty standards #makeup culture #advice #toxic beauty

[catgirlapologist]

makeup can absolutely be used as an art form. no one is arguing that for example someone painting colorful, elaborate compositions on their face isn't doing art. what we're saying is that every day makeup, the one people use to "fix" their features so they look more conventionally attractive, and to adhere more to society's beauty standards, should not be written off as art. makeup culture can do immense damage to people's self-esteem, and it can seriously alter how you view yourself. you shouldn't need foundation, eyeliner, etc etc to find yourself pretty, but because of how ingrained using makeup is in our society, a lot of people genuinely feel like they need these things to be beautiful and that's a dangerous mindset. it's okay not to use makeup in your day to day life. it doesn't make you ugly, it doesn't make you lazy, it doesn't mean you don't care about how you look. makeup should not be the norm, it should genuinely be something you use to express yourself, but we need to acknowledge that right now, on a wider scale, that's not what makeup is

#ev.txt #makeup culture

[uchidachi]

Makeup ads are exhausting. I just saw one that was all “you can style your brows a different way every day!” like that’s a selling point instead of yet another incremental capitalist torture.

#makeup culture #advertising

[politischerbloedsinn]

Those zoom in make-up mirrors are evil actually because you see all your pores and little pimples or scars much more clearly than normal and it makes you think something's wrong with you

Instagram filters that give you makeup or slightly change your face shape or smooth your skin are obviously evil too because it makes you think that's what people look like and then when you see yourself in the mirror you think something's wrong with you

I especially abhor filters that also change other things (like, normal colour filter, fun colourful makeup, stars or fireworks on screen), but then also subtly change your face shape. You might not even notice it when you use the filter for fun. But it's there and it's going to be in your subconscious memory of what a human face should be if you look at it for too long.

#sorry I'm having Thoughts but the roommate has one of these mirrors and it took me five minutes to tear myself away from it and stop poking #at my nose and my chin and the barely there pimples on my cheek that I wouldn't have noticed otherwise (so like noone else probably noticed #either!! i don't need them to go away!!! they're just tiny irregularities that get visible under that damn magnifying glass of a mirror) #and it reminded me of how the insta filters fuck with self perception too #x #instagram filters #makeup culture #make-up culture #why we need feminism #feminism #anti make-up #anti filters #body positivity

[bigballer1137]

(Choose based on your personal opinion instead of your habits, such as enjoying makeup but not wearing it yourself)

#tumblr polls #polls #poll #makeup #feminism #beauty culture #makeup culture

[manichewitz]

the phrase “rockstar girlfriend aesthetic” makes me break out in hives. why is it perpetually trendy for women to have to define themselves as some guy’s girlfriend and why are people pretending that this is somehow new and subversive bc ur wearing meticulously blended black eyeshadow

#influencers and their consequences have been a disaster for the human race #.txt #makeup #beauty standards #makeup culture #rockstar girlfriend #consumer culture #patriarchy

[gingerswagfreckles]

I fucking hate 3rd wave feminism lol

#gingerswagfreckles #DISEMPOWERED????????? Jesus fucking christ 😭😭 #3rd wave feminism #white feminism #makeup culture

[i-used-to-be-an-anti-feminist]

It is so incredibly tragic how much punishment women take on a regular basis for the sake of supposed aesthetics. And if she dares not to subject her body to painful, expensive, and unhygienic practices, she is still punished by society for her existence.

#it blows my mind that men say body hair is disgusting while being covered in body hair #shaving is not hygiene #end beauty culture #anti choice feminism #anti beauty culture #makeup culture #beauty culture #shaving #my post #feminism #womanhood #performing femininity

[lordmushroomkat]

I think we, as a culture, should switch from makeup as an expectation to makeup as a fun little thing you can do sometimes.

Makeup brands, stop marketing as "to look beautiful/good/handsome/etc you have to-" and start marketing as "wouldn't it be cool if you painted a dragon on your face?" and maybe everyone would stop being quite so mad at you.

C'mon people, let's switch our collective mindset here, no more makeup to "look good" or "look presentable" only makeup as high quality face paint. It's time to get funky.

#makeup culture #kat says things

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

i remember getting glasses at 10 years old and being one of a fair handful of kids in my class to wear glasses. but over time, all the other kids (even the boys) ended up trading their glasses for contact lenses.

i also remember watching this documentary about eye sight and these new experimental contact lenses that you could wear overnight and then you wouldn't need your glasses during the day.

the woman they were following in their case study said something along the lines of, glasses just feel like a mask, like im hiding my face, so this is perfect cus I can see without them :)

I remember her also wearing a full face of makeup. So did the girls in my class once they traded in their glasses for contacts.

It doesn't make any sense to me at all. I tried glasses and contacts and makeup and in the end just opted for my glasses. it takes 2 seconds to put them on or take them off, and i can choose a cool frame that vibes with my vibes. I felt naked with contacts! They're also a full on annoying bother, it definitely takes at least a minute to put them in (which might be less if you're practiced at putting them in every day, but still will never beat my 2 second total for glasses), putting them in and taking them out is awkward cus you have to touch your literal eyeball, which like, doesn't feel like something you should be doing, really. some variants are reusable, but you have to wash them; the others just go right into the bin, which is wasteful.

and the makeup. the makeup!!! i have never understood it. I've managed to do nice makeup on myself with and without glasses and really I would rather just not do any at all. It is an even more bothersome annoyance than contact lenses. even if you're just doing the basic stuff, it takes far far longer than 2 seconds. And then you'll be leaving makeup marks on your clothes, your friends clothes, your pillow, your face mask and etc etc etc

All im saying is all the people who are using contacts and makeup are really stealing their own time and for what. to look prettier? to have other people's approval? im plenty pretty with glasses and no makeup and actually that means on the (EXCEEDINGLY RARE) occasions that I'll wear makeup, perhaps even contacts, it'll really pop and be a big difference and surprise to people. please be more confident in your bodies. show your acne scars and imperfections and your moles and dimples and unevenness of your skin. we see enough perfectly smooth models and actors which have been photoshopped into oblivion. please just show your real face i promise it'll be fine you will not die and in fact you might give someone else the confidence to show their bare skin. it's so fucking rare these days especially amongst cis women (who are also weirdly the ones most loudly complaining about society's pressures of femininity???? pick one lmao)

anyway being pretty isnt all there is to life. all that time spent putting in contacts and applying makeup. u could have scrolled tumblr instead like a true weirdo. or done literally anything else. i mostly use my extra time in the morning for sleeping a bit longer (which is good for ur skin, unlike the vastvastvast majority of foundations u can put on ur face)

#feminism #glasses #contact lenses #makeup #makeup culture #femininity #its time for going through my drafts ig #i need a tag for my own rambles

[soshiinon]

I think having older women in my life who rarely wear makeup really helped show me that you don’t need it to feel or be beautiful.

Then again I’m also very vain so I wouldn’t need the shit anyways 💀

#op is a radfem #soshi be thinking💗 #makeup culture #terf safe #like I like makeup as an art form and think it can be used to bring like characters to life and shit #but for everyday wear it’s just kinda stupid #like just throw on some chapstick #with some gloss then mascara and boom #like what’s the point of creating a whole new face for everyday life #but hey not my body not my face so do you

[fenrishel]

I haven’t had the energy to put on any makeup since i first got sick, and now I’m not sure if I’ll ever go back to wearing it again. My skin looks better now and I’m a lot less self-conscious about my face. I think the most I’ll do with makeup in the future is wearing it for speciall things like weddings or maybe for a costume. 

#makeup culture #beauty standards #chronically ill #my thoughts #anti makeup #i guess #me/cfs

[makiruz]

I'm thinking of the no-make up photos of women, and I think why do all these women look disgusting, but I look normal? And I wonder if it is because I don't wear make up.

I have always known that using a lot of make up is actually bad for the skin, and I wonder if part of the reason people like me look better with nothing on is because we haven't destroyed our skin by covering our faces with garbage since our teens

#rants #make up #makeup #makeup culture #beauty culture #my mom does wear make up but she looks perfectly fine without it but she started later and doesn't wear nearly as much