Why do people wear makeup?

Question

This might seem like a strange question, but why do people wear makeup? Some people say it's to enhance you good features, but it's also used to cover bad features! A lot of the time people don't look like what they really look like because they wear makeup. Isn't by enhancing our features we're just trying to cover up our insecurties and almost become "superhuman?" I'm really sorry if I sound like a jerk, but I'm really curious and this has been bugging me for a while. Thanks!

I'm sorry if my question offended and/or insult anyone, it wasn't meant to- i swear! I just think people should care more about personality then looks! (I'm pretty ugly and don't wear makeup.)

Answer 1

there are a few hideous hags that look possitively glam with it...why deny them the ego boost? strangely, they feel empowered to call others stupid that may disagree.

Answer 2

I am a Beauty Therapist and Make Up Artist so although wearing makeup is a part of my job, I also love wearing it because it is so much fun. I have about 30 different MAC eyeshadow pigment colours and it is great to be able to match my eyes to what colour clothes I am wearing or to how I am feeling. I think that makeup can look great on my most people but only if they know how to apply it properly and evenly.

This may make me sound like a jerk but although I am no super model I have absolutely no insecurities about the way my face looks, I know I have nice features but I just simply wear makeup because I like it. I have a bright and loud personality so the way I wear my makeup really reflects that side of me.

Answer 3

Some people use it to cover up "imperfections" some people use it to accentuate their best features, and some people use it to help them feel better about how they look, and then their are some people out their who wear makeup just because it's what they want to do. I know I like to wear makeup but I know my boyfriend doesn't care if i wear it or I don't he said as long as I feel good about myself it doesnt matter to him. So i guess those might be a few reasons why people wear makeup!

Answer 4

People have for ages given a lot of importance to physical appearance. A lot of publicity is given by the cosmetic industry to their beauty enhancement products. Today, this is a multi-billion dollar industry. It was rightly said that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, and that beauty is just skin deep!
From a young age, children are taught to look more attractive and beautiful. This is the reason for the creation of a desire for make up, and in the process, people tend to spend a lot of money on this. Modelling and films tend to create different notions of beauty.
I think what is importance is not just looks, but what a person's inner personality is. It is however difficult to judge this, whereas a person who answers our notions of what beauty is, clicks at once! Quite sad, but true.
Let people decide what they want to do in respect of their personal make up. You just cant stop them. However, if make up becomes an obsession or takes up too much of money or time, then it is better to stop. I would rather prefer a simple person without make up, than one with a garish-looking make up.
I have seen both women and men who don't wear any make up, are not good looking or handsome as the fashion magazines and models would make us believe, but they all the same have some radiance which makes them attractive.

Answer 5

I do not wear makeup, or anything because it causes problems with your skin later on in life. I do not have any bad features, just a few blemishes marks, but i do not want make up to cover them to look hot or look good looking, or to get guys attention or anything like that. Girls sometimes do not wear makeup to be them selfs. But yet not most girls do wear makeup, there's probably only a few that do. and i am not stupid for not wearing makeup. Also im not missing out in life either.You insulting other's you know that. Just because you look good with makeup, think about how your going to look after wearing all that makeup and in a few years.

Answer 6

well...i thought the same thing before and now i wear makeup and to tell you truth the reason why i started to wear makeup was because of my friends influence and i wanted to impress a guy lol
i do agree with you about hidin insecurites but some people just love to put on makeup for the fun of it.
so i guess there is a number of reasons really

Answer 7

People wear make-up to look and feel good. When people feel that they look attractive, they feel good about themselves. I don't wear a lot of makeup, but just putting on a bit of lip gloss and mascara makes me feel ever so slightly more "pretty." Sorry if this isn't a satisfactory answer, it's just kind of my first thoughts when I read your question.

Answer 8

First of all people who do not wear makeup are not stupid, in fact they are simply just happy with themselves, far be it for ANYONE to judge. Everyone has their own reasons for wearing or not wearing makeup. It all boils down to how you feel about it and everyone is different so there is not just one answer that fits everyone.

Answer 9

To accentuate your features. So the best part of your face shines and the worst looks better. Cover-up in other words.

Answer 10

Some people wear it to cover flaws, but I personaly like to change it up and wear different colors. It depends on my mood. when I'm in kind of a bad mood I wear dark eye make up. I'm sure you wear certian clothes to express yourself

Answer 11

well i AM really trying to NOT wear makeup cuz i know its bad and all...but i'm 16, have ALOT of acne scars cuz i;m stupid and pick at my pimples (i know, bad, but i can't help it) so i use foundation to cover them up...my mother hates that i wear makeup- i've gradually increased to eyeliner, mascara, eyshadow-the whole deal....and i can't stop wearing it now....in the morning, when i put my makeup on, i tell myself that im only gonna wear foundation just to cover up the scars but i end up with putting everything on.....my goal is to clear up my skin that i won't have to makeup AT ALL!!! pray for me! :)

lol i don't think i've answered your question- i think some pople wear makeup cuz it makes them feel prettier but others like me, wear it to cover scars!!