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Contractions and Abbreviations

Date: Feb 20 2012

Themes: Fashion

Grammar: Contractions and Abbreviations

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Unless you’re a celebrity who’s into extreme plastic surgery, you only get one face, so you might as well make the most of it, right? That’s what makeup companies want you to believe, anyway.

Makeup has been around for hundreds of years. But it hasn’t always been as popular as it is today. It used to be considered improper for women to wear makeup, unless they were on the stage.

These days, cosmetics are a multi-billion dollar, international industry. Some women wear makeup to enhance their natural beauty, while others like to create more dramatic effects. And then there are those, like Marni, who don’t wear makeup at all. Find out what happens when she goes to Amy for a makeup tutorial.

如果您不是经过过度外科整形的名人,您就只有一张脸,所以您可以最大限度地利用这张脸,是不是?这是化妆品公司想尽一切办法要你相信的。
化妆品已经有数百年历史。但从未像现在这样受到追捧。在过去,女人化妆如果不是为了登台演出,将被视为伤风败俗。
近年来,化妆品已成为价值数十亿美元的国际性产业。一些女士使用化妆品是为了增强自然的美丽,而另一些女士则为了创造更多的戏剧效果。有的女性则从不化妆,例如马尼。当她去向艾米请教如何化妆时,看看会发生什么。

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Marni

Marni

Amy

Amy

Marni:  Amy, it occurred to me the other day that I don’t ever wear makeup. And, frankly, I don’t really know how to wear makeup.

Amy:  Really? Well, first of all, Marni, you look fabulous.

Marni:  Oh, please.

Amy:  But you could look even better.

Marni:  You know, I see myself on video sometimes, and I think I look really washed out. So I could use a makeup tutorial. And in that, I always feel like, shouldn’t that be something that was passed down, that sort of, you sit your daughter down and teach her to apply makeup…That never happened in my family.

Amy:  It’s funny, my mom never taught me that kind of stuff either. But I learned from friends or that kind of thing. I mean, I’m not great at it, but I do wear makeup most days. To me it’s like part of my morning ritual, putting on a little makeup.

Marni:  Sure. I just don’t want to look freakish when I wear makeup, and my fear is that it’ll look so caked on.

Amy:  It’s funny with makeup. It’s like, you want it to make it look like you’re not wearing makeup, but you just look really good. I think that’s kind of the ideal, like a subtle, natural beauty.

Marni:  Right. And that’s clearly the fine line that I just don’t know.

 

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Marni tells Amy she needs a makeup tutorial. She doesn’t often wear makeup because she doesn’t really know how to put it on. She’s afraid that if she tries to wear makeup, she’ll look strange. She’s worried about wearing too much makeup or having it look caked on.
Amy says that the goal of wearing makeup is to make it look natural and subtle. You want to look like yourself…but better. But Marni says that’s a balance she doesn’t know how to strike.

Maybe that’s because nobody ever taught her. Marni says that her mother didn’t show her how to put on makeup. Amy didn’t learn how to wear makeup from her mother, either, but she learned from her friends instead. Now she wears makeup almost every day.

If you’re a woman, do you like to wear makeup? How did you learn how to wear makeup? If you’re a man, do you like it when women wear makeup? How much makeup is too much?

 

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Vina Novalina

Indonesia

The rule of make up is “Less is More”, just use naturally and be simple and for the last is complete it with our confidence.

03:00 PM Nov 25 2014 |

dirtyprincess0825

Hungary

I agree with some of you. We live in a society where the most important thing is people’s issue (unfortunately) That’s why women use make up, and that’s why mostly women want to look like perfect..Moreover men expect it from us. It’s hard to find a man who attend to our attributes inside. I’m not feminist just telling the truth.

09:33 AM May 21 2014 |

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samine_sh

samine_sh

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

to my mind wearing make up is not just sth that weomen choose it for themselves..it is acoording to their society too..in a society which a womn is  behaved like a materile and there is materilism point of view towards women ..so wwomen try to make themselves more beutifule to have more fans ..in societies that body is more important than mind and thoughts, heavy make up is more common..

08:48 PM May 20 2014 |

setarezarin

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I dont like to have make up for going out because my believes but for example for my close relatives`wedding even I go to beauty saloon and take alot of photoes and sometimes at home for taking photoes because even light make up makes me so beautiful and I like it.

04:45 PM Jan 11 2014 |

Sandra95

Sandra95

Sweden

to me natural beauty is more valuable,


i prefer light make up that just helps you not to seem like numb


i dont like the girls who make up themself  just like zombie come out of the grave…


if i was a man i liked a girl with light and smoothy make up

10:20 AM Jan 11 2014 |

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hoseiny

hoseiny

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

the kind of using cosmetic and do make up depends on the culture of a nation. for exaple in some countries make up is thin but somewhere is tick and heavy. in some places heavy make up is the sign of whores. in some countries only old women do make up. in my country iran women and girl usually do heavy make up, i think it is beacause they are restrict and have to cover their body so it is the only way to pose themselves.

05:19 AM Jan 11 2014 |

Staisy

Staisy

Russian Federation

It is nice to me to read this lesson and to get some new words. I often wear makeup, but not too much of it, as I dont want to spoil my skin, and when putting makeup on,  I always try to make it look natural. I dont need any advice on how to wear it, as I have my own preferences.

06:49 PM Jun 13 2013 |

saeedeh_cj

saeedeh_cj

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

what does the final line means?


06:06 PM Nov 12 2012 |

Vina Novalina

Indonesia

LESS IS MORE. It is the term of make up, too much is annoying. Some people say if woman don’t want anybody know her, just don’t wear make up and if man don’t want anybody know him, just wear make up, damn true  :p

05:42 PM Sep 30 2012 |

Crizsearch

Crizsearch

Indonesia

Emmm… I don’t really like make up hehe or I actually don’t knowhow to put it on. I always trying to look natural, And I think a little bit make up actually is okay , just to enhance our look. If only I know how :D. But I will try to learn maybe. Most of my friends like to wear make up , maybe I will try later on :D 

03:44 PM Jul 08 2012 |

Monaya

Monaya

Saudi Arabia

I like makeup, but simple and natural makeup .light color , it makes women healthy face.


i learned it by myself and some video in youtube.

02:49 AM Feb 26 2012 |

emi0808

emi0808

Philippines

I love makeup… it makes all the women beautiful…. but it is still important to have the natural beauty… and be beautiful in your own way inside and out… :)

01:13 AM Feb 26 2012 |

yolanda880130

Philippines

I don’t know how to wear make  up either,i’ve tried to learn it once,ended up never wanna do that again.maybe it’s just i’m not interested yet;)

12:07 AM Feb 24 2012 |

m.ania

m.ania

Poland

It is not bad to wear a litle make up ;-) some lip gloss, maskara and you look better :)

09:24 PM Feb 23 2012 |

bushra100

bushra100

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

i learned how to wear make up by myself … wearing make up is part of my morning ritual … but usually i wear a little bite of make up … because i like natural look .. i put some of mascara and  lip gloss.. that’s it 



i think it gives us  a touch of beauty .

02:19 PM Feb 23 2012 |

Serenando

Serenando

Ukraine

If i were woman i would wear makeup:)But now I not need this. It’s not bad when woman wears a bit makeup.

07:03 PM Feb 22 2012 |

Lizaza

Lizaza

Belarus

To me it’s like part of my morning ritual, putting on a little makeup. I want to make it look like I’m not wearing makeup, I just try to enhance my natural beauty: some eye liner, a bit of mascara and some powder is what I need. For special occasions I use eye shadow That’s it. Who taught me? Nobody, just some experiments when a teenager, and observing other girls also helped. Nowadays it’s much easier, we’ve got Youtube tutorials…

03:46 PM Feb 22 2012 |

kukuka

kukuka

Ukraine

I don’t wear makeup every day but I usually do it on workdays and don’t do it on weekends. I let myself have a rest at the end of the week, kind of. I can’t say that my makeup is heavy or caked on. I do my eyes with mascara and lips with lip gloss and sometimes a little cheeks. I don’t remeber who tought me how to color my face. I think it was a little bit from my mom, a lit from friends and some from online tutorials (which are the most helpful asisstants sometimes).


I don’t like when women are so overcolored in the face. You know, real life isn’t a show or a performance. I don’t care other people wearing lots of makeup and don’t mind others’ tastes though.


I’d love to know men’s opinion.

02:39 PM Feb 22 2012 |

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alzhbeta

alzhbeta

Belarus

I feel good and confident without make up. friends said that I’m that kind of person who doesn’t need it. if I wear it, make it look subtle and natural. and if it is really much of make up, I look older, it’s annoys me.

05:33 AM Feb 22 2012 |

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EspressoEnglish

Brazil

When I was a child, I was a “tomboy” (a girl who does lots of sports and other activities that are more typical of boys) so I was never interested in makeup.


Now I only wear some very basic makeup for work, and for special occasions, I put on a little more. But I don’t like to wear a lot of makeup all the time because then if people see you without it, they say, “What’s the matter? Are you sick???” ;)


One reason I love my husband is because he met me without makeup and loves me with or without :)

02:09 PM Feb 21 2012 |

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