There were a lot of great things about this film, but one element that stood out was the montages of pedicures, makeup, etc. I had no idea people steamed their faces or added fake hair to the back of their head to make their mane look fuller.
shareIt actually shocked me how much foundation she slathered on her face. It was literally like a mask. O.o But I guess a lot of women do that. The end result looked good, but, it definitely looked like a lot of work. And until recently I didn't know about how prevailant hair extensions were either, or that so many women are walking around with half a head of fake hair.
Since the beauty regimens were featured in multiple scenes, including manicures, pedicures, makeup application and fake hair preparation it was obviously for a reason. Not only to show her as a glam girl, but probably to give insight into her fakeness, and how so much of what she's presenting to the world is an illusion. (and a self delusion.)
Yeah, agreed.
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I was shocked as well because I wear makeup and even when I put on a full face of makeup, I would never slather on that much foundation. I think the point was to make her look artificial, more like a painted doll than a natural beauty to really hammer home the point. I think when Buddy refuses to kiss her, she smudges her dark lipstick (or worries that she has). That was very revealing and already showed how easily her facade could be deconstructed before the incident with Beth and her blouse.
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You hit the nail on the head. I think the same Hello Kitty shirt and sweats was all she ever wore unless she was going out. She even slept in the shirt--more than once. Sort of came off like she was a bit dirty on top of everything else. LOL
shareThat's true--her apartment was pretty bad.
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It's almost unnerving. At least when you look at a man, what you see is pretty much what you get.
"Why do you say this to me when you know I will kill you for it?"
True.
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I agree. I liked the beauty regimen scenes, too. Men seem to have it easy. Kind of reminded me of Cher getting "ready" for her date with Nicholas Cage in Moonstruck.
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Wonderful, but forgettable. It sounds like a film I've seen.
We do have it easy! Definitely not fair.
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I love this part of the movie for the huge reason that this is common for me and other women I know.
I started wearing makeup at 12, first just an eyeshadow stick and eyeliner. Once acne actually hit me and I learned about foundation I wore it all the time because I couldn't cope with having visibly bad skin. Everyone I knew somehow had very clear complexions and of course the makeup made my skin worse so I used it more frequently. Beauty product are addicting, there is always something to improve. Keeping self esteem low to sell products is the name of the game.
Recently now there has been a huge push for 'natural beauty'. Look perfect, but look low maintenance. It's not telling women not to wear makeup, its telling them hide the routine so you don't seem fussy. Men will say a lot that they prefer women natural (most of the time well intentioned), but my issue with that is most men are clueless of all these details. I've had multiple men tell me Kim Kardashian's face looks natural. She's beautiful, but she's also helped popularize drag queen style makeup to women. For those unaware I'm talking foundation, concealer, contouring, blush, false lashes, the works.
Now I can be wearing the exact same amount of makeup, one is bright colors, the other in neutral shades. I will have men, most of the time unasked for, remark how much better I look 'without makeup' re: the neutral shades. An example of this is recently Nicki Minaj, whose trademark is loud, neon colors went for a nude look. Immediately I saw comments acting stunned at how she's "actually attractive".
On top of all this, the industry/media/social atmosphere is what makes women feel they need make up or all these products. When women focus too much on them, they are accused of being vain liars. Yet women with acne, uneven skin tones, uneven eyebrows will be made fun of too. And these are not traits exclusively to ugly women, I've seen gorgeous girls without makeup still be pretty but they actually have pores! Those images of porn stars without makeup were filled with misogynist comments like, 'Women are lying to you even with their mouth closed' or how ugly these women -who men actually regularly beat off to otherwise- are just lying whores.
/rant. Anyway though, I feel like these things should be seen.
I really agree with you about all that stuff. It is sadly still a very misogynistic society we live in to a great extent.
My wife literally wears no makeup (doesn't own any and never has), but she is blessed with good skin. She also does not own any high heels, which makes me glad as heels are another pet peeve of mine--almost as bad as the old Chinese foot binding.
That is pretty clueless for guys to think Kim Kardashian looks "natural". Hoo boy.
I actually think makeup can look okay as an occasional thing for dressing up on Saturday night (shhh, don't tell my wife, LOL); but in that case I actually prefer a more "painted" look: bright lipstick, super obvious fake eyelashes, etc.
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Your wife's really lucky, I've always envied women who could do that- talk about saving tons of money. Similar topic also brought up is how Mavis stays so thin when she eats junk food - another thing some people effortlessly can do. Others have to eat right and work their asses off and still don't ever resemble Charlize Theron's body.
the Kim Kardashian comments were from college age dudes, which explains the general cluelessness, but still. The porn stars without makeup comments are truly baffling, men are actually surprised and upset porn stars wear a ton of makeup? Not exactly the industry to look for realistic natural beauties
I actually personally love makeup, fully acknowledging everything in my post. I never want to shame women that wear it, I just wish women didn't ever felt they need to. I started working at 16, and even at a retail job the dress code was to wear makeup to look professional. Highs heels are the same, they're pretty and all, but definitely shouldn't be an obligation. Unless someone's the type that can walk effortlessly in them don't bother. Few things are more painful to watch than someone stumbling in heels or twisting their ankle on them.
Even (maybe even especially) women who learn to walk effortlessly (or at least look like it's effortless) in them are permanently damaging their feet, their knees, their calf tendons, even their backs:
http://www.livescience.com/18690-high-heels-foot-damage.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/high-heels-cause-muscle-damage-change-walk -even-after-taken-off/
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/27/study_wearing_high_heels_causes_long_t erm_foot_damage_clawing_of_the_toes/
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This is probably the most fascinating thread I have read on here yet.
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