aceofsquiddles:

aceofsquiddles:

Make-up can absolutely be artistic, but the difference between make-up and say, painting, is that artists aren’t expected to all paint the same standardised picture before leaving the house every day just to be treated with respect.

My point is, I can’t accept the blanket statement that makeup isn’t a form of art when stuff like this exists:

But at the same time, accepting make-up as an art form should not mean treating it as above criticism. The culture surrounding make-up is still toxic, and no amount of intricate and creative uses for cosmetics can justify the horrendous expectations society places on women (and ever younger girls) to spend hours of their lives making their faces look more ‘attractive’.

The fact that some people of various genders enjoy experimenting with make-up should not discourage us from working to destroy the pressure for women to cosmetically ‘correct’ their natural faces.