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Time to "face" each other!
Time to "face" each other!
KISJ after the government's announcement about the released indoor mask policy, regarding makeup
KISJ after the government's announcement about the released indoor mask policy, regarding makeup
Nowadays, we are used to live with COVID-19. Almost three years have passed since the pandemic started, and impacting extremely heavy, bringing change in most of our life. Among the consequences, one of the huge change was the existence of the mask in daily life. Masks became mandatory to everyone, which is either uncomfortable and distracting to show faces to each other. As a result, there are weird situations such as having friends that you never seen their face without masks. After the government announced that indoor mask policy will be released, there were debates on whether not wearing masks are beneficial or causing danger to the society. However, now we are in the page of no masks both indoors and outdoors, except high-risk required facilities. At the same time, KISJ community members wearing makeup rose that it's visible. Why? What affected this phenomena?
2022, By Ami Seung
More than half of the high school girls are putting more makeup on, including the KISJ community. As a result, it can be seen at a glance that the number of students wearing makeup at school is rapidly increasing. Starting this semester, which is only 3 weeks ago, the government removed the indoor mask policy—with only exceptions for High-Risk Required Facilities such as hospitals and airports.
It was a significant change after almost three years of the pandemic as students had gradually stopped wearing their makeup when the mandatory mask policy started.
However, there are also people who continue to not wear makeup even after the mask policy update.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, all students and teachers of the KISJ community had to wear their masks to prevent being infected and spreading the virus. As a result, the number of students wearing makeup had significantly dropped.
This phenomenon has occurred as the masks prevent us from showing our faces to each other. There were other various opinions about how they felt about this situation.
Some of the KISJ community members said that after the pandemic, it felt like the time spent on makeup was useless and not using the time wisely. Also, some were afraid to show their faces, and stuck with the masks.
There are countless purposes for people doing makeup. It could be for self-satisfaction, to show someone, look in a way they want, to be ready for their day, and so on. Likewise, there is a variety depending on people about the way they regard makeup.
Specifically, it could be for the formal look/appearance, for the faculty members, regarding the parent visits, or students’ case perceptions of wearing makeup, they might think that putting makeup on is not as important as having a sleep. But for others, makeup is considered as part of the daily routine.
However, due to COVID-19 pandemic, nevermind the preference on makeup, not only in the KISJ community, but the general public thinks that the necessity of makeup has been highly reduced. The KISJ community mirrors the public perception.
If you’re someone who didn’t try to wear makeup on, since the mask policy has been released, it might be nice to wear brand new makeup on feeling the spring breeze these days. If not, still enjoy the fresh air without those masks which harassed you for almost 3 years!
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