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• originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I used to think that and tell my wife that. She told me she wears makeup to feel all sorts of things: strong, assertive, sexy, dignified, powerful, invisible, whatever. Who am I to tell her she shouldn’t use eyeliner to feel strong when she’s got a big meeting at work? If you like makeup live your life

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  • PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Sounds like smokers who say that cigarettes calm them down.

    Smoking doesn’t relieve anxiety, not smoking creates it. Same thing applies for people who say they feel unattractive w/o cosmetics.

    Outside of something like art performances, there’s no reason for anyone to ever wear makeup

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      As someone who militantly refuses to wear it to work, I appreciate it as an artistic and stylistic choice. It’s never a tool to hide my face or imperfections but rather to express myself at times. And yes sometimes it makes me feel powerful, much in the same way a dress cut just right for my body makes me feel powerful or wearing steel toe boots into a business meeting makes me feel powerful.

      The problem is the expectation of it. If you can’t treat people with respect whether or not we wear it that’s on you.

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I only use all natural whale oil makeup I’m not complicit

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• BestBouclettes@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  People have been wearing and using make-up well before capitalism and make-up companies were even a thought in people’s brains. It’s just a thing humans do, and that’s okay.

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