Annotated bibliography
Barnes, Scott.” Look your best, feel your best.” The New York times. 2 Jan 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/01/02/does-makeup-hurt-self-esteem/look- your-best-feel-your-best, Accessed 12 Mar 2017.
Barnes explains how to use the beauty of makeup to create a positive change and not a negative one for oneself. He talks a lot about his book “face to face” ,where he states that “looking good leads to feeling good” but, as well as giving girls the power to take charge of their lives, in away that makeup can only do (Barnes). Barnes argues a lot about about being motivated, and taking charge of one's life, instead of listening to shamers or “haters” you should start listening to yourself and do what makes …show more content…
It can just be a fun thing to do, as a hobby or just because you love makeup and the way its able change someone's appearance. If a girl want to go the hundred miles on her makeup, then we should let her be and not go around shaming them for trying to fit into society’s standards of beauty. In kobayashi’s article, “women are shamed for not fitting society’s definition of beautiful, but they are also shamed when using makeup to try to fulfill these very expectations” (Kobayashi). Makeup should be something that we appreciate because its able to help girls not be afraid of what others might say and feel confident in the skin they were given. Kobayashi also states on how makeup is an art, it’s a way that girls can make a statement and be able to transform into something new. Makeup should be embraced and appreciated, because it takes work to do what some people can do. As the authors say, if wearing makeup makes you feel beautiful then who is to say that it's wrong …show more content…
Mika is against girls or specifically women, as she targets in her article, who bring down other girl’s for wearing an excessive amount of makeup. In her article, she talks about “the power of makeup” and what it means to a lot of people. She states in her article, what other people think on why girls wear makeup for. Some of the points she state is that girls wear makeup because they are insecure or they don’t love themselves. She also states why girls actually wear makeup, she says they do it because it’s a fun way of expressing themselves, and it’s also a way to give an extra ounce of confidence. She also talks about how she personally loves makeup and how the people who used to shame her are now asking her, tips on how she does her makeup and what products she