Are cosmetics the substitute of beauty?  

Well, it really depends on how you use it. Hehehe. You may have the most expensive brands in your kit, but if you don't know how to put it on then it won't really matter. I think there are women who are just blessed with good skin and there are those who are not ( like me! ) and I just recently accepted the fact that my face won't be as beautiful as those in tv. Though my boyfriend loves me just the way I am (But I'm sure he won't mind if I'm prettier. hahahaha. )

my husband doesnt notice whether i put on make up or not. he is just not sensitive. but i agree that women should put some make up , it makes a lot of difference. my cousin once said that make up is like paint in the house. without make up, it is like an unfinished house.

I personally feel a women has her own internal beauty, without adding make-up to it. Yet since our society is obsessed with the fountain of youth, many women believe the skin-care and make-up products from the ads will actually functnio the same for them. Yet every women is different, and many times the ads are misleading. I could understand a little make-up for a special occassion or to enhance what is already beautiful on it's own, but piling it on is silly. When a women relies on make-up and skin-care products too much, what does that say about her confidence as to her own beauty? I just feel women need to feel beautiful on thier own with over-doing the make-up and skin-care.

I'm beginning to notice something. makeup is nothing more that a competition between women. This is a product that wasn't made for men, it was made for woman and part of its selling power is in the misconception that we do it for our men. In reality men DO NOT care about makeup and prefer a look that is more natural lots of times.