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Let's Talk About Men Wearing Make-Up

Model Media post by Yoonj Kim on April 3, 2013 - 4:51pm; tagged cosmetics, makeup, men, Walking Dead, Zac Efron.

Men wearing make up

Television and magazine audiences are well aware that the beautiful female faces we are enhanced with a slew of cosmetics. What audiences don't seem to take into account is is that the men's faces are also dolled up—the guys just often don’t talk about it or sign ad deals with Revlon. 

This creates the impression—that's both incorrect and damaging—that male celebrities and models don't undergo the rigorous beauty routines of their female colleagues. How utterly false. 

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Mom & Pop Culture: Drowning in the Fountain Of Youth

Social Commentary post by Avital Norman N... on December 12, 2011 - 1:02pm; tagged clothing, girls, kids, makeup, youth.
Dressing up and pretending to be an adult is a natural part of childhood. Adults (just like fairies, kings, or queens) hold a bit of allure and enticement for young kids, making it a treat to pretend to be them for a while.

Yet, in today’s consumer-driven culture, the notion of "aging up" kids is happening in a way that has taken all the fun and pretend out of it. Clothing that is marketed towards kids, especially girls, looks less "girly" and more like smaller versions of outfits found in the tween and teen sections of stores.
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Douchebag Decree: geoGirl's Anti-Aging Makeup for Preteens

Social Commentary post by Deb Jannerson on February 17, 2011 - 12:37pm; tagged Douchebag Decree, makeup, marketing, tweens.

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Have your preteen's looks suffered with age? GeoGirl can erase her wrinkles in time for that last year of grammar school!

Wait...what?

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Juarez-themed makeup will not be hitting shelves

Social Commentary post by Kjerstin Johnson on August 17, 2010 - 1:31pm; tagged Juarez, MAC, makeup, Rodarte, violence against women.
A samle eyeshadow compact from the Juarez line. The makeup is mostly grey and silver with a dark red running throughout it. The image is like a lolcat and says Do Not WantWhite lipstick called "Ghosttown," a greyish nail polish called "Factory," and an eyeshadow called "Sleepwalker," were just some of the products of the MAC/Rodarte Fall 2010 makeup collaboration themed around the Mexican bordertown of Juarez, one of the most dangerous cities in the world, where 400 women have been murdered and gone missing (and that's just the reported cases--actual statistics are probably much higher.) The faux pas has finally hit the fan though, and while MAC almost immediately backtracked and said they would donate all proceeds to Juarez groups, they just announced that they are not continuing with the line at all.
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Race Card: Maybelline’s “Asian Eyes” Faux Pas

Social Commentary post by Nadra Kareem Nittle on February 9, 2010 - 9:00am; tagged Asian women, makeup, Maybelline, race card, racial stereotypes.

Makeup giant Maybelline has a newsletter of sorts in which consumers answer a few questions and get tips on choosing products most suitable for their look. An Asian-Canadian blogger who uses the moniker Rasilla was happy enough to answer Maybelline’s questions about her appearance. But after choosing "brown" for eye-color, Rasilla was asked to select the shape of her eyes. Her options? Close set, wide set, hooded, Asian, almond, down-turned, deep-set, prominent and centered. Let’s backtrack for a moment. One of the options was Asian. That’s right, Asian. Rasilla wasn’t too pleased about this.

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