A maquiagem na formação da imagem pessoal

Abstract

This assignment has the objective of discuss the existing relationship between make-up and personal image. It will try to undestand how the make-up interferes in how we see ourselves and how others see us. Throughout human history men used to have a series of symbols in the sense of personal identification. The make-up is one of them. What was once used as a form of divine or spiritual protection, has achieved other meanings over time. The Consumption between cosmetics and make-up has increased considerably year after year through women who wants to look beyond beauty, reliability and competence in the eyes of those who see them. The methodology used in this assignment was the literature research. There was a historical evolution of makeup that runs from primitive societies to the present days. After that, we will describe the different elements of the face, their importance in the constitution of personal identity and how make-up can interfere on these elements. Finally, we will relate personal image and make-up through analyses that demonstrates the importance given to image nowadays, its correlation within the society, and the duality between the "washed" face and make-up face, concluding from this final analysis the influence that makeup shows in the formation of various personal images