[Answer] Do Guys Actually Like It When Girls Wear Makeup?

[Answer] Do Guys Actually Like It When Girls Wear Makeup?

There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. Likewise, a thousand men will have a thousand different standards of beauty. Statistics may suggest whether most men prefer women with makeup or without it, but for any individual, such statistics often mean very little.

It is said that after Anita Yuen married Julian Cheung, she almost stopped wearing makeup because he preferred her bare-faced look. The saying goes that a woman dresses up for the one who appreciates her, and in this case, that idea was perhaps taken to the extreme. To appear in public without makeup for the sake of the person you love, regardless of public opinion, may require even more courage than wearing makeup for a loved one.

Whether men like makeup may be a matter of probability, but how the particular man you care about sees beauty is a matter of strategy. A suitable makeup look can certainly enhance one’s appearance, and everyone loves beauty. Even men, when appearing on camera, often rely on makeup artists for touch-ups in order to present their best state. But if makeup is too heavy and the difference after removing it is too great, then seeing the real face beneath it may leave some people disappointed instead.

Anita Yuen, who is nicknamed "Leung Leung," is indeed considered naturally beautiful, and she loses none of her charm even without makeup. Perhaps that is exactly why Julian Cheung does not like her wearing it. After all, no matter how extravagantly cosmetics are advertised, since the beginning of their use they have always depended on the blending of various heavy metals and chemical elements. In a sense, they may be consuming beauty rather than creating it. A man who truly cherishes a woman may be unwilling to let her make such a sacrifice.

But sometimes a woman’s makeup is not for a lover alone; it is also meant for the public eye. This is tied to the influence of commercial advertising. Our society has been led by commerce down a seemingly irreversible path, where standards of beauty are shaped by cosmetics and even plastic surgery—an extreme, industrialized aesthetic—while natural beauty is looked down upon. Not to mention the beauty that comes from the harmony of soul and spirit.

If this continues, the streets may become filled with faces as uniform as products on an assembly line, while true beauty disappears altogether.