Mod 2.1: Personal Bio (100 words)
Hello Bloggers!
I'm Marie from Mauritius
and I am the face behind Makeup Stage.
I really enjoy reading
about makeup concepts and beauty tips and having fun by trying some of them.
I started to watch beauty
shows at the age of nine, and began to pose as makeup figure at the age of
twenty-two.
My great interest in
makeup brings me in several training courses where I was able to perform on
individuals and to pose for photographers as model figure.
I will blog about makeup
interests and tips on the beauty aspects as I have a great admiration in
self-personality.
Mod 2.1: Avatar & avatar annotation
(100 words)
My blog was designed to
help and encourage individuals to take good care of their self-appearance and I
chose that my avatar would be my portrait.
To build trust with my
audience, it is important to reveal myself to them.
Moreover, it would be
worthwhile for aspiring my targeted audience the way in which they may feel
beautiful by applying some beauty advices and to inspire women to love
themselves despite their spots, burns or pimples on their face.
My photo was taken by a
photographer who gave it to me and is not allowed to use by other people due to
copyright issues lying under creative commons and it is inserted in my blog.
Mod 2.2: Narrating Personal Interest : Why
am I blogging about Makeup ? (400 words)
My goal in revealing my interest for
makeup is that I am passionate about how makeup gives power to people to do
fabulous things. I want to make people love themselves as they are without
having to do any surgical treatments or anything related to that subject. Having
a strong connection to makeup, I really think that the culture of beautifying
oneself does not concern only girls or women who do every day make-up but to
the beauty fanatics who want to enhance their natural beauty and sense of
wellness by not being afraid of what others could think about them. Beauty
fanatics who discover blogs with the natural feeling of “yeah, this person
discerns me!” naturally start following the latter’s blog all night long. In
trying to give my contribution in the online makeup environment, I want to share
my experience and make my audience aware of.
Educating people to be conscious about their skin care
No need to see the surgeon to be
beautiful! You may be beautiful by taking good care of your skin, applying
natural products to it to give it a more enhanced texture and eating healthy food
such as a balanced diet and fruits. I need to be honest about my skin texture:
I DO NOT have a smooth skin texture. However, I did eat fruits in my cereals by
mixing them together and it is so easy to prepare and so fun. I crave the good
looking girls of Instagram and I am sure that you know who you are yeah!
Changing
attitudes towards spots or burns areas visible on the face
Amazed by how the power of makeup could
do great transformation in hiding our trouble spots or a burnt, accepting myself
has been more easily than it does by not being afraid to be beautiful no matter
what. I can relate to this as I do have a lot of spots before I took out that
profile picture. Short history: women usually used to talk at my back before I
used to wear makeup, mostly those who didn’t have any scars on their face, but
wearing cosmetics make me feel more confident in who I am. If you feel to be
unsecured or self-hated, makeup could be your gloss!
Increasing
one’s self-personality by loving makeup
Being comfortable in my own skin, is a
great sense of loving myself. Makeup could lift up the one’s self-assurance and
self-possession. Honestly, we all scramble with self-esteem at some stage in
our existence. Having a low self-esteem may prevent me to know how stunning I can
be if I make an effort to look my best, thus encouraging my self-confidence successively.
The greatest impact makeup may have on me is helping me in concentrating on myself
and my advantage to the exclusion of others. Makeup enhances me and not change me
as it helps me to express my personalities.
Word
count: 410 words
Mod 2.3: Introducing Your Topic (400 words)
Beauty culture is
constantly growing indicating an interesting importance in the awareness of
skin care ("Beauty Industry Analysis 2016 - Cost & Trends",
2016). Makeup is an important part in the beauty culture by creating various
benefits.
The use of the
internet makes research or tutorials of techniques of makeup more convenient to
individuals thus creating a communication channel which is not expensive but
more time-saving. With the development of social media platforms such as
Twitter and Facebook, the makeup stage is growing largely to satisfy the
“user’s needs in the cosmetic industry” (Chung, 2014) where makeup fans may
“share” and “like” what interest them. Women are being sensitized to take care
of their skin through advertisement of celebrities inciting them to buy
products due to its effectiveness. More women want to look like the singer
Beyoncé or the famous Eva Longoria, thus they use these artists as makeup style
pictures to focus on their “visual sensibility” (Chung, 2014).
Simple tips such
as making honey facials or turmeric masks do give a smooth skin texture and to
fight against acne, fine lines and wrinkles as well as enhancing skin
elasticity (Reyes, 2016). I discover also that activated charcoal makes the skin look
fresher and you may feel it as well. That’s awesome! On
various blogs, tips on how to clean brushes or
get rid of redness may be very useful for beauty fans which will increase their
self-personality (Gonzalez, 2014). Thanks to social media such as Pinterest or
Instagram, amazing makeup transformation pictures are being the source of
inspiration to the makeup explorers (Do, 2016). I really think that there
should be the collaborative participation between you and the author and that’s
is the purpose motivation.
Moreover, makeup
has facilitated the camouflage of burns, skin discoloration, scars and
hyperpigmentation. A great example of how makeup could do amazing transformation
is the burn survivor Shalom Nchom who had scars on her face from a frying oil
incident when she was adolescent (Liao, 2016). By doing this makeup transformation,
this gives her a confidence to walk down the streets without being stared at. Proving
that makeup could enhance one’s look
(Rohner, Tschopp, & Tabin, 2014) that’s what I want
to demonstrate. By loving herself no
matter what, this is what I want to share with my audience.
Take a look at
this video (YouTube, 2016) about the power of makeup on burnt skin.
I hope that all of you will enjoy
reading my blog where I will develop on the diverse benefits of such a vital
practice. A world without makeup is unbelievable for aims that scale from
individual to expert but for the needy ones it is a critical tool to express
their fresh beauty, defend their self-esteem and upraise their confidence (Rohner, Tschopp, & Tabin, 2014). You’re welcome to
leave comments so that we may participate together in this amazing makeup
environment.
Mod
3.1: Creating Generative Value (400 words)
Online engagement and the beauty
environment
When
we talk about beauty, what naturally comes to your mind is cosmetics! However
beyond all this beauty section that we tend to see throughout the media, it is
critical to put in mind that every celebrity-endorser promoting a product
online, tend to wear makeup to offer more an appealing concept to the general
audience (Shen & Bissell, 2013). In some
circumstances, it is mostly the neediest-ones who really require to wear makeup
and very often are those people in terrible conditions whose faces are burnt,
scarred and disfigured.
I found
a publication from the website The New York Times (Saint
Louis, 2011) very engaging since it elaborates of the makeup revolution and its
effects on women attractiveness. Social media channels are used to catch
attention on how our appearance could result afterwards through wearing makeup.
Since the development of makeup all around the world is
growing, women are motivated to post images of themselves with their own
designed makeup learned through tutorials on online channels and caption them
with the hashtag “#thepowerofmakeup” to demonstrate their true selves on
half-face for example on Instagram or Twitter. I
find it wonderful to realize how a movement that started with basically a
hashtag, has had such an influence for today.
Figure 1 Twitter user Iam Gabi Victor with a picture of before and after application of makeup
Women show their makeup skills on social media via their
selfies and also prove how makeup make them more self-assured in who they are
(Orofino, 2015). However, the YouTube beauty pro NikkieTutorials has gone viral
by encouraging women to show half-face wearing makeup and the leaving the other
side natural. This empowerment revolution according to Nikkie, would inspire
makeup shamers to love wear cosmetics and prevent them from insecurity and self-hatred
in some ways.
Figure 2 Trending of girls showing half their face with makeup and the half natural
I did have a similar experience of being bullied since I
was not attractive at school without makeup. However, now people see me
differently as I may control my look by demonstrating confidence, likability
and competence, after trying to wear cosmetics thus developing a fairly placebo
effect. Having a glamourous look makes me feel self-assured, allowing me to be
confident in all the stuffs I undertake either at university or work
performance. This is why, I am so much motivated towards makeup trials either on
me or others. Posing for some photographers as makeup figure, give me the
chance to face my past story while publishing these pictures may allow other
women to perceive how makeup could improve their beauty.
Hence, I do believe in the transformation of ourselves
not just how we are discerned but then how we feel inside in a certain way. It
is true that not all women wear makeup because they feel insecure or do so for
people would like them. Some women have tried for fun, get a little glam and
want to raise the awareness to stop the makeup shaming. I would love to see the
half-face makeup action of Nikkie the beauty pro start in my country,
Mauritius, to boost more women about their self-esteem and respect.
Have you ever feel bullied
due to your degree of attractiveness? Are you using makeup to enhance your
personality?
Post your questions and
comments below.
Mod 3.2: Entering the Conversation (200 words)
This
Woman Hit Back At “Make-Up Shaming” With An Incredible Transformation
https://www.buzzfeed.com/richardhjames/this-woman-hit-back-at-make-up-shaming-with-an-incredible-tr?utm_term=.hvP5b6jW5#.fkQZ8EedZ
I’m an apprentice makeup performer, and
although I complete quarter part my training in Mauritius, I decided to
practice what I learnt on myself and on my friends or people who know about my
art.
Enhancing one’s beauty should not be
seen as an offence due to the fact that it has made people more aware of their
true personality and their inner beauty. The makeup community should not stand
up against girls shaming other girls.
The #powerofmakeup effect should not be
neglected as the makeup community is allowed to voice out its apprehension and
irritation towards the unfairness they encounter without any restriction.
Certainly, the hashtag
#ThePowerOfMakeUp has generated nearly to 19 million views and Nikkie de Jager
(NikkieTutorials) has undoubtedly stand against the reason that this movement
is not about hiding insecurities behind coats of makeup but how fun it is to
simply look good.
Social media sites made it probable for
people to cooperate, by supporting the #powerofmakeup movement or any sort
related to this and women fighting back against makeup shamers. It is true that
wearing makeup is not the magical key to every problem in the entire world but
could at least be an incentive for some women to affirm their self-expression.
However, I think that these women would want you to be aware that there is
nothing wrong to look pretty just for themselves and not others.
Mod 4.1: Remediating for 140 Characters (400 words)
Personally, the Twitter experience is very exciting and
thought-provoking too. I already possess a Twitter account and I am an
energetic user on this kind of platform since two years nevertheless I have
never concentrated on a particular subject while I tweet mostly my belief on a
diversity of subjects fluctuating from hairstyles to makeup. However, for this
unit I made use of the Twitter account that I created for my Mass Communication
course and it may relate to my topic somehow. Again, I just followed users who
were connected to the world of makeup and I used to follow back since this
seems to be an advantageous method to attract followers.
The main tags which were connected to my topic were: #beauty,
#thepowerofmakeup, #makeup, #antishamers, #nikkietutorials,
#empowermentrevolution and #makeupartists. Underneath these tags, I was able to
discover numerous causes that people or groups are defending as well. The most
widespread hashtags were #thepowerofmakeup and #nikkietutorials due to the fact
that these terms help to a broader concept of makeup.
Though surfing over the range of hashtags, I study numerous
things that I needed to share with my actual followers by retweeting them.
Manipulating Twitter to explore these tags, gave me with more information than
I would have received only by looking on the internet. However, it is true that
the internet helps us with a mass of information but then with Twitter, the
data is more genuine and raw due to the fact that we are able to see people’s
opinion directly without any restriction.
The world of online beauty is very immense and under tags
like #makeup, #thepowerofmakeup, #makeupartists and #beauty there were
fascinating tweets which were connecting to articles. Individual’s opinions on
the subject were interesting but the mainstream of the tweets are not really
latest as beauty fans generate their own hashtags according to what they found
as trending.
Due to the fact that my posts on this account are new, it was
hard to gain responses to my tweets. Connections on Twitter take time to be
created not like Facebook where individuals are able to communicate with people
to whom they are previously familiar with. Moreover, Twitter is more laborious
since you have to connect with total strangers to boost your tweets and involve
into a conversation. I accomplished to have my tweets ‘favorited’, which is
equal to the likes Facebook, even if not as much it satisfied me of having my
tweets remarked.
Copy of my tweets (@LaetitiaLook)
Copy of my retweets (@LaetitiaLook)
Annotated Bibliography (500 words)
This
journal is published by Routledge and is a peer-reviewed journal and gives the
certitude that it is an authentic source due to the fact that it is the world’s
major academic producer in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Moreover, it is
argued in this article that bloggers prefer to liaise online (Routledge.com,
2015).
Originally,
I selected this article since its arguments are linkable and demonstrate how
the aspect of identifiability may affect bloggers composition. By choosing to
share my identity online on the blog, I noticed to contribute my own experience
and reveal quite a lot of personal information with a kind of authority rather
than if I would have blog anonymously. Moreover, the author describes obviously
how people create the individual persona while blogging and readers who come
across our blog quite often may simply recognize it.
Additionally,
it is noted that most of the bloggers do not emphasizes on the aspects of privacy
parameters so that their audiences are not restricted. However, there is a
small section of bloggers who respect these settings and claimed that they want
to have a managed and reliable audience which comprises acquaintances and
family.
However,
my writing targets at providing information about the makeup environment through
important concepts of this article to take into consideration for the essay and
also for a blogger like me when publishing online.
Boyd, D. (2006). A blogger's
blog: Exploring the definition of a medium .Reconstruction, 6(4). Retrieved from
http://reconstruction.eserver.org/Issues/064/boyd.shtml
This
academic journal is a peer-reviewed journal and can be stated as being reliable
due to the fact that it is from Reconstruction: Studies in
Contemporary Culture.
In
this article, it is suggested that blogs have the capacity to transmit the
blogger an online personality and a private space. I found this article
associated to the topic since it advocated that when we write to a large
audience, there is the option of managing readers in the public space which
results into a challenge.
Moreover,
there has been something which retained my attention that is the distinction of
what should be public and what should be private. Certainly, the author of the
article describes that individuals outside the blog sphere are repulsed by
bloggers post since it grants them the impression that they are not aware of
what they are broadcasting in public. However, the blogger’s audience is not
the public as a conglomeration but essentially those who are interested in a
specific subject they are speaking about.
Basically,
this artifact explains that when bloggers are writing for the general public,
their personality is also replicated through their posts. For instance, the
audience for which the bloggers are writing may have an influence on the posts
published and therefore create restrictions that are not existing in private
life. I do believe in online reputation and this article prove to how content I
may publish could affect an individual’s present and future career concerning
the digital footprint.
References
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THERON’S MAKEUP ARTIST. The
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McCullagh,
K. (2008). Blogging: self presentation and privacy. Information &
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13600830801886984
Reyes, M. (2016). HAVE A SIDE OF EGG
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