Research; Beauty Is Boring

Beauty Is Boring- OR IS IT?

- One theme that seem's to be very popular among the group this year, Beauty is Boring makes me     think of how in this day and age we live in, we can't please anybody- nor should be strive to- but we are all subconsciously or consciously paranoid about the way we look, are we too fat, too thin, too tall, too freckly or too ugly. Beauty to me is anything, I praise people who can wander the streets looking unique or different to the rest of us, even if I would not do it myself. I see the beauty in anything, so to me beauty is not boring. Beauty is not just a foundation, nude lip and winged liner! It's bright blue lips, flowers on the cheeks, yellow eyeliner, that similar editorial image you see constantly in Vogue. Beauty is how we decide to look. 

On the contrary, many 'trends' of make up, particularly in the last couple of years has made me somewhat mad, these trends led by pop culture icon's like Kim Kardashian, for her 'evolution of contour, do people not realize this was not something Kim made? Contouring and Highlighting has been around for a very long time most commonly used for drag artists, now don't get me wrong I find Kim extremely beautiful but she is constantly in front of camera's/paparazzi so having a contoured face is good for her but for the average Joe like myself, not so much. This is something I find boring, girls walking round with strong contoured faces. 

Beauty Is Boring- Robin Black Blog

beau·ty noun \’byü-tē\

Definition of BEAUTY : The quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit. [Merriam Webster Dictionary]

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a love / hate relationship with beauty.  It’s a complicated, subjective thing. And so the irony is that even with my misgivings about it, I eventually became a make-up artist and photographer. BEAUTY IS BORING is my photo essay on the subject – an ongoing project that features faces and looks that I find beautiful regardless of age, gender or cultural trends. And yes, many of them are models but in the mix are artists, musicians, actors, friends and strangers with faces that I just couldn’t resist.  Unless otherwise noted, I do the makeup and take the photos. Robin Black, Website. Beauty Is Boring. Available: http://www.beautyisboring.com/about/

Based on my own opinions of this subject, I do not think it would be a success if I were to choose it as my theme.