People think that women apply makeup to hide their insecurity, flaws, and imperfections, but this is not true. The science behind applying makeup for women is a completely different story as compared to what other people think.
“Discover how makeup empowers women by boosting confidence, fostering self-expression, and challenging societal norms. Explore the deeper impact of beauty on empowerment.”
After surveying the women on what empowerment means to them, we find that for women empowerment means power or independence to decide about their career, health, and relationships, which means they want the power to make their own decisions without any interference from outside. So as per this makeup gives women empowerment because makeup allows women to make decisions of how to apply makeup and what to show the world. It gives them the freedom to use it in the way they want.
Applying makeup is not about hiding imperfection but embracing the existing beauty, and now makeup has come beyond physical appearance because it embraces the sense of individuality, confidence, and self-esteem in women.
So in this blog, we will discuss some ways in which makeup shapes women’s identity and how it gives women a sense of empowerment.
IT HELPS IN SELF EXPRESSION
Makeup can be a good option to showcase one actual personality and identity. What we wear showcases the world who we are, and it discloses our personality in the world. suppose the clothes we wear show the world what we are and how to perceive us, in the same way, makeup also helps to embrace our individuality. When women apply make up they decide how and what to show to the world. It totally depends on what type of identity you want for yourself like loud, classic, pretty, subtle, or calm. Women can showcase these identities in the way they put up makeup. Makeup gives a clear indication to the world how to perceive you. It is just like that you are holding one type of personality for one day and removing it at the end of the day just to embrace other personalities in the coming days.
IT BOOST CREATIVITY
Makeup is an art just like dance, music, cooking, or writing. In which you got the chance to explore and experiment with different things, and find your best to make it more flawless. Makeup is a form of art that you do on your face canvas. In this art, you also explore different colors, shades, products, and brushes, and try to experiment with all. It makes your creative side alive and helps you embrace a sense of creativity. Plus do you know embracing creativity can be very beneficial for you? As it improves productivity and cognitive health.
TYPE OF MINI MEDITATION
If you apply makeup regularly, it means it has become part of your routine, because you do it daily. This activity of applying makeup regularly, allows you to take out some time from your daily hectic schedule for yourself and to focus on yourself during which you let the brushes move on your face freely, without focusing on anything, so this way this activity can be a sense of meditative activity in which you embrace your time and give yourself more importance for some time. it allows you time for self-reflection and makes it easy for you to bring focus back to you.
BOOST CONFIDENCE
Makeup can be a good way to reduce all imperfections and flaws on your face and help to enhance you and present the best version of you to the world. It embraces the confidence in women because it allows women to control the way they look and present themselves. In this way, they can bring control at least in some parts of their life amidst the many uncontrollable life situations. Makeup allows women to enhance and increase their beauty which increases their confidence for the important events of their lives like dating, interviews, and jobs, which hence increases their self-esteem.
So I think that you have to get that idea about why makeup is empowering and how it adds value to a woman’s life