I wanted to see how normal, everyday girls makeup alters a boys face without the use of prosthetics or drag style makeup. It is a common thought in modern society that makeup is only for women and shouldn't be worn by men and that wearing it is socially unacceptable. This fits into the ideas in post-modern feminism that we believe about how genders should behave and gender stereotypes are socially constructed so that we behave 'normally'. A large amount of women where a certain amount of makeup everyday and I wanted to apply this level to a boy to see if it made them look more typically 'feminine'.
Model before applying makeup
In doing this I discovered that eyebrows make a massive difference to how masculine or feminine a face looks. The eyebrows make the eyes look more closed and the brow look heavier because they are thick and shapeless, both of these traits being more typically masculine. I was very happy with the foundation and concealer as this improved the models skin a lot. I kept the eye makeup quite simple which worked well for the look but next time I would curl the models eyelashes as I didn't do this and I think it makes a lot of difference to the overall look. I also was happy with the contouring, especially on the nose as it made the face appear more feminine and the nose look smaller and more turned up. All together I feel the makeup did make the fame look a lot more typically feminine but as it wasn't drag makeup and I left things like the eyebrows you can still tell very clearly that the model is a boy. This helps me to realise what it is about male and female faces that make them different and it's not as simple as the adding or the absence of makeup.
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