Did you know that most of the winners of the Academy Award for Best Makeup are men? I was kinda surprised by that. I think we have some sexism here, folks.
Not sure who is being most sexist; me, for making assumptions about the makeup industry being chicks-only? The film industry for giving all the good jobs to the boys? Or the Academy for overlooking a shit-ton of talented women and only recognising the relatively few men in the industry?
Anyway, we’re not here today to delve too deeply into that. I just thought I would draw it to your attention, as when I win an Oscar, I will be even more special because I’m a woman, and the world will be 0.00000000000000000000000000000001% less sexist in that moment. I really am making this planet a better place for us all.
So. As previously discussed:
- while makeup CAN change the world;
- no one NEEDS makeup (by this I mean you look fine just the way you are), but if you LIKE makeup and WANT to get involved;
- makeup can be enjoyed by EVERYONE, and ANYONE can be good at it.
Glad we’ve cleared that up.
Speaking of men, makeup and the Oscars. Whenever I am chatting to a male and they find out that I’m an aspiring makeup artiste, they’ll react in one of two ways.
Either ‘cool/that’s nice/tell me more/good for you/who cares let’s talk about the weather’, OR they’ll leap about screaming “NO WAY would I ever let you do my makeup!!! Argh! You’d make me look like a girl, do you even have a spare skirt with you and do you think your heels would fit???”
One thing these two types of men have in common is that I didn’t offer to do their makeup. Of course, I love doing male makeup and I also happen to think that:
- there’s nothing wrong with men getting done up to look like girls, if they want;
- there is such thing as makeup on men that still has them looking like men.
Have these people never heard of Jack Sparrow, Alice Cooper, Brandon Flowers? Sheeeeesh.
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God bless you!