Study Shows Makeup Affects Mood
Yet another reason that your morning makeup routine is worth the extra time: a new study proves that makeup affects both your mood and also the way you are perceived socially.
Students at the London College of Fashion polled 1,026 people and found:
- 85% of women thought wearing makeup helped lift their mood on a bad day.
- 8 out of 10 women said that they preferred their female colleagues to wear makeup.
- 78% said they believed wearing makeup affected the way they were treated by others.
- 80% of women said they would rather employ a woman who wore makeup than one who didn’t.
- 67% believed they got better treatment from others when they wore makeup.
The results don’t lie. While I don’t think you should be required to spend hours getting ready every day, a little bit of concealer and mascara can make a HUGE difference on anyone. And besides, being a girl is so fun – why not play with makeup and feel good about it? For more on this study, check out GMTV’s “Makeup Boost.”
Because I’m curious, I thought I would ask CF readers to answer. What do you think about this study and makeup in general? Take the polls to let me know your opinion, or just leave a comment!
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Posted on on January 14, 2008 / Filed Under: Beauty & Hair / Tags: Makeup
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While I totally believe in “feel your worst, look your best”, I think this statement: “And besides, being a girl is so fun – why not play with makeup and feel good about it?” is a little bit off. I feel plenty great about being a girl with no makeup, just clean skin and hair. Makeup can be fun, but it’s also not totally necessary to “being a girl”. I tend to opt for makeup in situations where it counts…at work, when meeting professors, when attending a formal or checking out a fancy resto.
Zephyr
a – Sorry if that came off wrong to you. I didn’t mean to insinuate that wearing makeup is necessary to feel like or “be” a girl! I was trying to say that playing with makeup can be fun and creative, so it makes sense that it would make us feel good on average. The question was also posed to ask why not get as much enjoyment as possible out of the “getting ready” routine? Again I apologize if you were offended – makeup wearing is a personal choice and the point of the article was that feeling good about ourselves (barefaced or not) is something we should all aim to achieve.
Christy
I think i definatly feel better when i wear makeup, because when you look good you dont have to worry about when you can get to the next mirror to see if that zit you saw this morning has gotten worse. You know you look okay so you can focus on whats really important that day. [it also doesnt hurt when your looking to catch the cutie's eye who sit next to you in anatomy..lol]
Tina Anderson
I feel much better about my appearance and I am much more self-confident when wearing makeup, but it certainly doesn’t define me as a woman and I think you could still be beautiful without makeup. I can be in a good mood without makeup too.
Zephyr
Christy – Exactly! Makeup really does make you feel better because it’s one less thing on your mind. It’s so much easier to relax and focus on everything else when you know you look good!
Tina – That’s true – makeup shouldn’t define you as a woman and of course you can still be beautiful and happy without it! It can enhance what’s already there and bring you up on a bad day though.
Ana
I LOVE MAKEUP!!!
i think that when a girl wears makeup it makes them feel more confident about themselves and i think it helps them threw their day! Not every girl wears makeup but most do. and when i wear makeup it puts me in a happy mood and makes me smile more than i do anyways!!!But in other words the girls that dont wear makeup are still beautiful. Even though they dont wear makeup they still feel like princess’s!!thats all in a nut shell!
Zephyr
Ana – I totally agree with you and couldn’t have said it better myself!
Lyd
even a touch of mascara and tinted moisturizer or foundation helps… it helps me look great, oh a bit of eyeshadow too..
manel
salut,j’ai trop ce college,et comme j’aime le maquillage,j’aimerai bien avoir des renseignement sur ce collge car je veux m’inscrire.p