Bouncing off another thread about buying makeup for a teen girl, here is an article stating that about two thirds of employers said they are MORE likely to give a female candidate the job if she's wearing makeup:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/10385501/Bosses-admit-they-would-discriminate-against-women-not-wearing-makeup.html
What do you think of this? Is it primal? That women wearing makeup look younger with their flaws covered up and their cheeks aglow, and therefore the interviewer subconsciously thinks that she'll have more stamina for the job?
Or, is it that she's shown effort by wearing makeup, so therefore must really want the job? Does it demonstrate the someone is pulled-together and therefore her work will be well-represented too? Am I reading too much into this?
Here is another article with the view that wearing makeup is a betrayal:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2454391/Is-wearing-make-betrayal-One-womans-dramatic-transformation-sparks-online-backlash.html
And....two articles about this topic by the arch-wearer of makeup, Joan Collins. She is responsible for this quote, which is pure Joanie:
I’m often amazed when some lined, red-faced, blotchy skinned woman proudly announces that she’s never allowed an ounce of make-up touch her face.Well, bully for you, ma’am, if you want to go to the grave looking like Dracula’s grandma, but if you want to look young, then start applying make-up.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/beauty/article-1252742/JOAN-COLLINS-Even-76-shes-eternally-glamorous-Here-breathtaking-beauty-reveals-does-it.html
And...an article about the time in Hollywood when Joan dared to sit in the studio cafe in 1955 without makeup, and the director gave her what-for, telling her she should be in full makeup at all times:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1219350/How-glamorous-like-moi--Joan-Collins.html
So, what do you think about makeup? Pain or pleasure? Empowering or degrading? Worth every penny or waste of money? A litmus test: Would you go on the first date with the man of your dreams - someone you wildly fancy - without wearing a single scrap of makeup? I might have done pre-25, but not at my age now.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/10385501/Bosses-admit-they-would-discriminate-against-women-not-wearing-makeup.html
What do you think of this? Is it primal? That women wearing makeup look younger with their flaws covered up and their cheeks aglow, and therefore the interviewer subconsciously thinks that she'll have more stamina for the job?
Or, is it that she's shown effort by wearing makeup, so therefore must really want the job? Does it demonstrate the someone is pulled-together and therefore her work will be well-represented too? Am I reading too much into this?
Here is another article with the view that wearing makeup is a betrayal:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2454391/Is-wearing-make-betrayal-One-womans-dramatic-transformation-sparks-online-backlash.html
And....two articles about this topic by the arch-wearer of makeup, Joan Collins. She is responsible for this quote, which is pure Joanie:
I’m often amazed when some lined, red-faced, blotchy skinned woman proudly announces that she’s never allowed an ounce of make-up touch her face.Well, bully for you, ma’am, if you want to go to the grave looking like Dracula’s grandma, but if you want to look young, then start applying make-up.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/beauty/article-1252742/JOAN-COLLINS-Even-76-shes-eternally-glamorous-Here-breathtaking-beauty-reveals-does-it.html
And...an article about the time in Hollywood when Joan dared to sit in the studio cafe in 1955 without makeup, and the director gave her what-for, telling her she should be in full makeup at all times:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1219350/How-glamorous-like-moi--Joan-Collins.html
So, what do you think about makeup? Pain or pleasure? Empowering or degrading? Worth every penny or waste of money? A litmus test: Would you go on the first date with the man of your dreams - someone you wildly fancy - without wearing a single scrap of makeup? I might have done pre-25, but not at my age now.