Word: make-up
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...There is a different theme each month and each picture (most of them of real, unsuspecting people) features a woman doing something that is either fashion forward or a huge fashion faux pas. After having leafed casually through pages of beautifully coiffed hair, flawless make-up and perfect teeth, it’s refreshing to see the camera turned on real people for a change...
Don’t go crazy with them though. The mental shock of jumping from a two-page article about which type of make-up brush to use when applying eyeshadow to an in-depth report about sexual deviants or a detailed account of one woman’s traumatizing experience in a third world country is a bit much. The juxtaposition trivializes what should be a serious story featured in a magazine with other serious stories. I find myself grimacing at the just-for-shock-value pictures and poo-pooing the sensationalist headlines, while neglecting to read, or even...
...They had a make-up guy touching up stuff on my face and chest and I joked, ‘Oh, heaven forbid I look natural,’ and the guy was, like, ‘This is a magazine—are you kidding...
There’s merit to Impact’s concern about common objections to beauty pageants—that they demean women by putting them on display as physical marvels devoid of personality. Pageant consultants teach contestants to layer on the make-up, rip off the wax, fill out the bra, and above all else, not to think too much. Interviews are not about authenticity; they’re about practice. Winning competitors must manufacture an identity and, in so doing, discard emotion and intellect in search of validation...
Higgins says the athletic department made no effort to find a make-up time for the team...