The Need for Makeup?

Many women think there is a need for makeup.  I'm writing this post because of the story of the Reddit user, "munner83."  If you haven't read the story and want to read it, you can find it from Yahoo! at Before and After Makeup: Reddit User's Startling Photo.

Honestly, if you look at it, you can see that all she has done is outlined her one eye in a bunch of black so at first glance, it makes it look like her eye is bigger than it is.  I understand that some people find this look attractive.    I don't think it's "not attractive."  However, the photo would look normal if it wasn't one half of her face done and the other half not done.  If it were a before and after, then it would seem normal.

Now, I don't wear makeup often.  I don't like it.  It feels really horrible on my face.  I have to have hypoallergenic makeup.  However, even after that has been on my face for a significant amount of time, I want it off.

Whether or not you wear makeup is purely your own decision.  With my seborrheic dermatitis, makeup could easily make my face look better.  Of course, I have to wash off the makeup and make sure to take care of my face by washing it and using the acne prevention pads with aloe and then aloe lotion with vitamin E.  My face can still look somewhat red, but if I remember to take care of it every night (every morning or day would work, too, but I'm finding nights to be the easiest time as I'm not rushed to do things), then it stays looking pretty good.  I can't forget to do make care routine, though, because if I forget, then my face starts turning red again.

This got off on a tangent.  What I was going to write about was the part that really upset me about that story.  At the end, there's a statement and it says, "Another user lamented that right or wrong, men often do not have the same cosmetic tools at their disposal as women:

'Now imagine you're a guy and you don't have that option.'"

Yes, beauty products are traditionally for women.  However, what guys don't have the option to buy the beauty products that are traditionally for women and use them?  Nobody but that guy has to know about it.  It's not like it's taboo now for guys to wear cosmetics.  These men, no boys, need to grow up and quit whining.  They have everything available to them that is available to women.  There's no reason they should be "lamenting" about these things.