THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKEUP AND THE TOP 5 MAKEUP TUTORIALS TO TRY
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Recent
studies show the importance of makeup and that if it is reportedly
worn regularly, people may trust and like you more. While most people
prefer the natural look, there's no denying how much makeup has
transformed the looks of many, be it a woman or a man.
It has magical powers that make one look better or worse, depending on what look one is going for.
Apparently,
humans have been wearing makeup since time immemorial, back in the
cave man days of Neanderthals. According to a report from
Telegraph UK, scientists found lumps of yellow and red pigments that
suggest they were used as cosmetics in the olden days.
But,
makeup isn't just used to enhance or transform faces anymore.
In
a Sunday Times report, Arnaud Aubert, experimental psychologist and
associate professor at the Université François-Rabelais Department
of Neurosciences in France, spoke about how cosmetics change people's
perception of each other.
Aubert
said that wearing cosmetics makes people trust and like us more. It
even helps people fall in love.
"All
the social information is in the centre of the
face," explained Aubert
to The Sunday Times.
"If
the brain is distracted by imperfections, it processes less and so
has a weaker social assessment of the person it is looking at,"
he added.
Aubert
also says that using makeup to conceal imperfections such as wrinkles
around the eyes is somewhat unnecessary because most men think this
type of wrinkles is cute.
And,
it's not just Aubert that says makeup is important to people's
perception of likeability and trustworthiness, several studies also
support this theory about cosmetics including a study conducted by
Rebecca Nash, George Fieldman, Trevor Hussey, Jean-Luc Lévêque and
Patricia Pineau from Buckinghamshire New University. The study is
called "Cosmetics: They Influence More Than Caucasian Female
Facial Attractiveness."
The findings of
the said study on cosmetics and its influence show that people who
wore makeup were thought of as more confident and much healthier.
Women who wore makeup were also awarded by the participants of the
study with more prestigious jobs and a greater earning potential than
the same women seen without cosmetics.
Harvard
University also partnered with Procter and Gamble and they conducted
a study about the cosmetics called "Cosmetics as a Feature of
the Extended Human Phenotype: Modulation of the Perception of
Biologically Important Facial Signals." The researchers were
Nancy L. Etcoff, Shannon Stock, Lauren E. Haley, Sarah A. Vickery and
David M. House. It was published on Oct 03, 2011.
Like
the other studies mentioned before, the Harvard study also found out
that cosmetics affect likeability, trustworthiness and competence
perception.
"We
found that cosmetics have a significant impact on how attractive a
face appears, but also on how likable, trustworthy and competent
they appear," said Nancy
Etcoff, lead author of the study and Harvard University assistant
clinical professor of Psychology.
They
also discovered that how makeup is worn such as the kind of makeup
look (natural, professional and glamorous), matters too. Apparently,
people who wore glamorous makeup were seen as less trustworthy than
those who wore a more natural or professional makeup look.
Even
if these studies show the importance of makeup because if it is worn
regularly, people may trust and like you more, it's still not a
substitute for the real deal. No amount of makeup can cover or
enhance a cruel, fake or dishonest person. Remember, makeup can be
worn, but it will also fade and will eventually be taken off. What is
left afterwards is the true color of the person underneath the makeup
mask.
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