Teresa comes from a family in which the women do not wear makeup on a regular basis, and if they do decide to wear it then they use the minimum. The only pressure she ever felt growing up when it came to wearing makeup, was the pressure she received from magazine ads or pictures of models. Carrie Adams, another one of my roommates, is the exact opposite of Teresa. Carrie enjoys cosmetics and feels that they benefit her rather than hinder her. On average it takes her ten minutes to apply her makeup, and her personal favorite is Clinique, which she was introduced to by her mother when she was in seventh grade.
People think that they can look that way too.
The third female informant Tina Faris a Psychology major, is someone who I would consider to be in the middle when it comes to the issue of cosmetics. She wears makeup on a weekly basis, but does not like to spend much on the actual cosmetics. It takes her about five minutes to apply her makeup, and wears only cover-up, blush and lip stick. Tina had strong opinions when it came to the questions as to whether or not our society attaches gender stereotypes to makeup, or whether we live in a society that glamorizes the use of them. Media and famous women all wear makeup, if not they are seen as masculine.