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What Do Boys Really Think When It Comes to Makeup?

This morning a girl woke up and put on makeup- foundation, bronzer, mascara, blush, eye shadow, eyeliner. You might attempt at a trendy look you saw in Glamour magazine, or steal a bright pink lipstick from Barbie inspired Nicki Minaj.
Makeup is something that a majority of girls and women use on a daily basis. Women apply makeup for several reasons.
Makeup is an art. When we use makeup we feel more artistic and creative. You can try out new techniques that you may have seen on TV, in a magazine or online. If you mess up all you have to do is take it off and restart.
Another reason makeup is used is because it corrects things that we cannot correct on our own. Some of us wake up with bags under our eyes because we didn’t get enough sleep the night before. Concealer is the answer to this. What Concealer does is camouflages into your skin which make these dark circles under your eyes almost invisible.

“Generally I only wear eye makeup for bags under my eyes, I wear it for myself not to impress others,” says Sydney Patterson. Makeup is a big help when it comes down to pimples, blackheads and blotchiness. There are all times when we need a little dab of foundation here or there.

Make up is a great confidence booster. It’s weird to think that putting on mascara to your eyelashes or a black line under your eyes can make you feel so much better about yourself. If we feel more confident about ourselves then maybe the others around us will like how we look better as well. Veronica Dergachev says, “ I think makeup isn’t necessary and you should show who you really are and not hide behind concealer.”
I surveyed forty-five boys at Woodland on whether or not girls should or should not wear makeup. Twenty-three out of forty-five boys said that the use of makeup on a girl isn’t important and one of the forty-five said it is really important.

Senior ,Dylan Cummings, says, “Every girl is beautiful inside and out and shouldn’t need makeup to feel better about themselves.”
Needless to say every girl is beautiful, whether they choose to wear makeup or not. Don’t feel pressured to wear makeup just because the others around you do. Do not wear makeup just because you think it is a good age to start wearing it. Wear it because you actually want to. Wear it as a form of creativity and expression. Wear it because it makes you feel confident about yourself.

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Krista is the Executive Broadcaster and a Staff Reporter, and has spent three full semesters at Hawk Headlines. She is Italian and loves Ariana Grande.

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