Made Up

I had been thinking about where we learn femininity and I remember as a teenager reading magazines like More magazine that gave tutorials on everything from how to wear your makeup to how to get and keep a boyfriend. I considered how this was now lost to the endless youtube tutorials- these have become the millennial's magazine. Initially the notion of the everyday person being in the picture opposed to the models of More magazine seems positive, but I can't help but see it as an encouragement to narcissistic behaviour. We are seeing ourselves through the lens and the screen more than ever. I performed the camera for just over 30 mins (the average time a woman spends putting make up on) putting lipstick on repeatedly. At first it looks normal, becomes quite sexual with the lipstick seeming quite phallic; it then goes on to become more obscene distorting the lips more and more.