How Does Beauty Actually Equal Pain?

The new life style of young generation is harmful to health and environment. Various cosmetic posses’ harmful chemicals that pollute indoor environment and causes various skin diseases and health problems.

Information/Content: 30/30 The article is relevant and unbiased. It is relevant because skin care is a growing industry and can impact societies’ perception of complexion. In contrast, it is unbiased because Gerdman does due diligence to present both sides of the

In this paper there are three main topics that are going to be covered. They are alternatives to animal testing, animal testing in cosmetics, and the news in the cosmetic industry related to animal testing. For this paper there were four sources that were evaluated. All of them had a few things in common and through that it was easy to link them together through three different subtopics that will be evaluated later in this paper. The first source that I will be using is “The Science of Dermocosmetics and Its Role in Dermatology”. This article was written by Dreno, B., E. Araviiskaia, E. Berardesca, T. Bieber, J. Hawk, M. Sanchez- Viera, and P. Wolkenstein. The second article that will be effective in this essay is “New

There are some very good beauty products out in many stores that can help the appearance of someone, but there are some that may do more damage instead of help. These products that say that they are revitalizing the skin or putting more sheen in your hair may just be like putting toxins into your body. The most fearful thing about these products is that they could be right in your local store that sells them, but don’t get me wrong not all of them sell things like these but it is still raising a good question of, “What are the ingredients of the hair care or skin care products that you buy?”

Cultural Analysis Essay In today’s society, people are pressured into looking their best all the time. Advertisements, news articles and magazines set the standards for how people should appear to be considered beautiful. Even in Disney stories, the protagonist is perceived as a beautiful princess while the antagonist is a wretched witch. Corporations have made billions of dollars off of making people feel better about their bodies through plastic surgery.

As a thirteen-year-old girl, I was only concerned about trivial things, such as outfits for school and new crushes. However, that all seem to change once I began experimenting with cosmetics. After watching my older sister wear makeup in high school, I too wanted to look “beautiful” to the world and finally mask my awkwardly round and acne-prone face. During my first days of wearing makeup, everyone seemed to compliment me on my beauty and I began making more friends than ever before, but one day the right side of my face began to itch and soon I began feeling a burning sensation along the entirety of my face. Days later, I woke up with my face completely littered with acne and lesions. The next day going back to school was by far the hardest

First of all, beautiful is complety viewed on the principles of society. But to much beauty is only up to the person who wants to become beautiful. Like in source A, Being beautiful could be dangerous and cancerous to your health. So many beauty products can and will harm your skin and destroy your face in the long term. Petrolatem, siloxanes, and triclosans are all chemicals that are dangerous when in contact with skin and wouldn't you know tthat they are some key ingredients in make up. They are also all slighty cancerous. If women are willing to increase the chance of cancer for looks then that is when beauty is to beautiful. the cost to Become pretty is of course the risk of cancer and damaging your skin yet people will put it on regardless.

Millions of animals are being unneedlessly tested on for cosmetics, even though there are plenty of alternatives available and most of the results are unreliable or not applicable to humans. Although the fight against animal testing has made huge progress recently, America has yet to stop this cruel practice and chooses to torture animals while other countries are making a stop to the testing (“Animal Testing 101”).

Actress and comedian Phyllis Diller once said, "It's a good thing that beauty is only skin deep, or I'd be rotten to the core". Unfortunately, beauty can be a harm deeper than skin. People have been using beauty products and cosmetics from shampoo to plastic surgery. As we advance in technology and science, it has now come to light that these products contain extremely dangerous chemicals. As a result, people are becoming much more aware and demanding new and natural products. For this reason, Companies have reached for natural ingredients to add on to their chemically soaked products. Many people, especially women, use plastic surgery to change the way they look to feel beautiful. People argue that undergoing plastic surgery is at their own risk for wanting to achieve a better physical appearance. Without these multibillionaire cosmetic companies, many people can be left unemployed. However, there needs to be laws demanding the discontinue of animal testing and all daily beauty products should be FDA approved before going into market in the United States. It is human nature to feel good, pretty and pleased with our appearance, but it should all be done in a safe, nontoxic manner.

Everyone loves to feel beautiful, but what is the price? Everyday there is a woman painting painting her nails, a man running gel through his hair, and a mother rubbing lotion on her childs skin. These are looked over like normal activities but they contain a dark secret. This secret can lead to death, pain, and injuries. In fact, it has been in the dark so long, that many people choose to ignore it. What is this secret? Well, the beauty industry hides an ugly truth: It has flaws in the system that lead to mislabeling of products, unregulated chemicals in formulas, and dangerous diseases in cosmetologists.

During this discussion with my friend, I would have to disagree with her disclaimer that: “Only women who are vain or insecure would use those products”, since judging by certain actions that someone makes, doesn’t automatically make them vain, until we know the full story; yet I do agree with her statement that skin-lightening brands which are being sold to the mass are toxic products masked as beauty enhancers. The reason why I disagree with the vain and insecure argument is the ongoing factors that are influencing these women to take these risks. In sense, in our society, skin-lightening brands are used as global capital, profiting from the social construction of race. Thus, it becomes hard not to see how the Western ideals are dominating what is perceived as right. A notion of beauty that can be seen as a relic of the past, yet it has just as much influence in our modern day's society then it did before. To support my argument against my friend, I would be using the readings from Nakano Glenn as my platform. Glenn argues that the underlining factors why women use these toxic products are because of the significance of colorism in our society. She argues that men and women alike are trying to gain privileges that white skin can offer and raise their social status in society; therefore, the option of skin-lightening products are seen as an admirable tactic to get a lighter complexion and the social advantages that come with it. (Nakano Glenn, 2009, p. 102) More

Beauty is pain. Isn’t it? From hair and nails to skin care and pedicures, a women wants to feel beautiful inside and out. Women would go through just about anything to have the perfect eyebrow, manicure, and much more. Often what women envy most in other women is the genes of long beautiful hair.

For centuries, there have been ideals and standards set for beauty and what it is that makes a beautiful person. Women, in particular, have been susceptible to upholding these specific standards all throughout history – dating even back to Cleopatra’s time. The modern cosmetics industry has used these psychological ideas to help facilitate its empire today. However, much, if not all, of the cosmetics market and its success is due in part of the expanding marketing base that has been seen around the world. Marketing pioneers have helped uncover the fears of women and what it is they look for in certain cosmetics to stay a ‘beautiful’ person. This essay holds personal meaning and holds significance because the marketing of

Often times, women are pressured by the mainstream media to upkeep a stellar appearance. They are expected to measure up to high standards without question. Even before most girls reach puberty, commercials are bombarding them with small Barbie esque makeup kits filled with lip glosses and chalky eyeshadows. The impact it has on impressionable children, both girls and boys is something that will likely last a lifetime if unlearned. Cosmetic companies who are marketing to young ladies say they can simply improve their looks to gain acceptance from their peers if they use the products they are selling. The makeup industry is a multi million enterprise that makes a profit from women’s insecurities and amplified pressures from society as a common tactic many cosmetic campaigns use is to push women to embrace the ‘natural look’ by providing products that will make it appear as if the individual is not even wearing makeup. Companies will spout out that with these products, the end result will be ‘you, but better.’ It is somewhat of an underlying and slightly manipulating slogan, as if to say how a woman appears could be improved because it is lacking in the moment. This distorts how we all believe how a woman is suppose to look.

As we get older we all experience changes in our body, some that we love and others that we could do without. People are born in all shapes and sizes, but why is it that some choose to change that with cosmetic and plastic surgery? What would motivate someone to go through hours of pain just for a new body? With the appearance of more “perfect” looking celebrities in the media, the self-esteem of many women spiral down, especially in Asia. Beauty standards in South Korea are now being define by many K-Pop idols. “In Seoul, 1 of every 5 women ages 19 to 49 has had some type of plastic surgery, according to a 2009 survey by Trend Monitor” (Chow, NPR). With the media exposing the image of “perfection” in K-Pop celebrities’