A List Of How Makeup Can Actually Improve Your Mental Health
A Lipsticky List Of How Makeup Can Actually Improve Your Mental Health [As Told By Rihanna GIFS]
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People who wear Makeup sometimes gets a bad rep for being unnatural, inauthentic or even insecure. Yeah, yeah we know: the best beauty is natural beauty. But the best way to be naturally beautiful is to enhance what you already got!
According to recent studies, there are actually scientific reasons that folks get dolled up and beat their faces everyday. Wearing makeup also has a major impact on a person’s mental health. In a 2019 Vogue op-ed, writer Simran Randhwah revealed that the process of doing her makeup actually helps to calm her mind:
“For me, my beauty ritual exists as a medium I find relief in; whilst I do not wear a full face of makeup every day, sometimes choosing to on a bad day not only helps me feel more put together, but is a focus point for my brain.”
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“There is comfort in creating a look based on how I’m feeling that day and it is often rarely about the finished look and more about the process; the calming mindlessness that comes with stippling a damp beauty blender on one’s face or the intense concentration that accompanies filling in my brows.”
We feel you sis. Sometimes just throwing on a red lip when you’re having a crappy day and it’s raining outside makes you feel like superwoman, or man. Luckily experts have revealed the statics that prove makeup helps with all types of mental health issues. So grab your eyebrow brush and hit the flip to check them out.
Taps Into Your Creative Mind
According to Psychology Today, “Art therapy is founded on the belief that self-expression through artistic creation has therapeutic value for those who are healing or seeking deeper understanding of themselves and their personalities…Art therapists are trained to understand the roles that color, texture, and various art media can play in the therapeutic process and how these tools can help reveal one’s thoughts, feelings, and psychological disposition.”
Boosts Self Esteem
Huffington Post: This “lipstick effect” is a common psychological phenomenon that boosts the confidence of a woman when she wears makeup and feels physically more attractive. It helps women to have the feelings of self-esteem, personality, and attitude. An important thing is a boost or improvement in the self-esteem helps to boost the cognitive abilities.
Soothes Anxiety
Professional Counselor Katherine Glick says: Makeup and skin-care application can also invoke a powerfully positive neurochemical response simply through touch. “When you’re engaging in hygiene activities, it’s almost like a self-soothing ritual,” Glick says, adding that the sensation of touch stimulates the brain’s release of neuropeptides like oxytocin (also known as “the cuddle hormone”), which helps the body relax.
Makes Wearers More Social
Ever go the restroom and see another woman whose makeup you just adore! What better way to start a conversation than to compliment her glam look. She’ll most likely give you the rundown on when and where she bought it, and how much it cost. Now you have a new friend and new beauty reference.
It’s Apart Of Self Care
Affinity Magazine Writer Alexis Larkin: Contrary to popular belief, people don’t do their makeup in order to please others; doing makeup is a great way to just put all of your attention on yourself for a little while. It’s also a great confidence booster. Doing my makeup makes me feel empowered and pretty and happy. It basically forces me to spend time with myself, and it helps me to focus on and appreciate all the little details of my face.
