Senior Project Blog
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Blog 24: Last Presentation
(1) Positive Statement
What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
My activity is what I am most proud of because I asked my audience to come up with stereotypes for certain makeup looks and at first I was expecting to get the same typical answers but they gave me some really good point of views.
(2) Questions to Consider
a. What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation? Use the component contract to defend that assessment.
AE P AP CR NC
I feel that I would give myself a P/P+ because I felt that my activity really helped me get my audience to understand my Essential Question and also have knowledge of why its important to know how makeup affects public perception. I felt really nervous at the beginning of my presentation but after a while I realized that I was okay and that I wasn't rushing my talking time so that made me feel good knowing that I got to explain my topic well enough to my audience.
b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project? Use the component contract to defend that assessment.
AE P AP CR NC
For a grade overall for senior project I would give myself a P. I did all my work and feel that a P is a fair grade.
(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
What worked for me was that I loved my topic. I feel like of I went into another topic that I wouldn't be into it as much and wouldn't have as much passion for it as I do for hair and makeup.
(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project?
I guess just in general to not procrastinate but what can I say about that is that it taught me to focus on my end goal and that was to have a great topic and presentation. Procrastination is my biggest fault but I got my stuff done eventually.
(5) Finding Value
How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors? Be specific and use examples.
Honestly, it gave me an excuse to study something that I love and am passionate about so it helped me understand that I would like to do makeup sometime in the near future as well. Maybe in like 5 years or so but its something I like for fun so far.
Monday, May 23, 2016
Independent Component 2
LITERAL
(a) Include this statement: “I, MARIAH MARTINEZ, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 56 hours of work.”
(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
I didn't use any articles or books within my IC2.
(c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log (which should be under your Senior Project Hours link)
(d) For a course of a week I studied what people would say and react when I would and wouldn't wear makeup. It also includes how wearing makeup at work can possibly affect the way people act towards you (mean or super nice).
(e) Defend your work and explain the component's significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.
The only work I have available is just a few pictures of me with and with no makeup over a weeks time. But at the end of each day I did a tiny reflection.
(f)How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.
My EQ is How does makeup affect public perception, and it helped me understand that wearing makeup should only be for you and no one else because if we worry about how it looks for other people then that invites them to have an opinion about it. I had a guy friend who said that this one lip color looked good on me but later that week told me that I wasn't my color (I honesty don't know if he even remembered he told me he liked the color in the first place). When I didn't wear makeup I felt free in my skin and liked the idea of not having to worry about my makeup getting oily mid-day or not being able to touch my face at all.
I found that makeup makes you look more easy to talk to and also approachable, at one point a guy on the bus gave his number to me and complimented my hair to my eyes. Again, its all about perspective but I found that everything is about the same when it comes down to it. Mostly all the people I can in contact with had the same view of my makeup s everything was consistent.
On the days I wore no makeup it was interesting to see how at work that played out. I loved being able to wipe my face and not worry about smudging my foundation but I had noticed that week whenever I was on Cashier at work that the days I wore makeup I brought in more tips versus on days that I didn't wear makeup. I made sure it was true as far as how many customers we had throughout the week. Of course one can argue that there can be a number of contributing factors of getting more tips with makeup or getting less without it, but I've been working there long enough to know that we can have a busy day and get 3 bucks in tips or have a slow day and everyone get 3 bucks each (divide the tips between 4-5 people, so on average its $18-$21).
Overall it was a cool experience to go through and see how it can change the way people see you with your makeup on and without it even with you realizing it. The main point that I learned was that in the work place it makes you look more happy and that's what customers want to see, a happy beautiful face.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zyaZ6m6Uyl95NcHBFlIsb_q_00s95n16FER0eJF4Jzw/edit?usp=sharing
Interview 4 (With transcription)
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Interview 3 (Plus Transcription)
- Esmerelda Lopez. She's a Ruby Makeup academy certified artist which qualifies her to be a great interviewee.
- February 6th, 2016
- Do you suggest that girls should wear makeup at a certain age or do you feel that there should be a specific age limit?
- How do you think makeup has changed throughout the years? And how it's been viewed?
- How do you think media affects the way people see makeup?
- Should it matter how makeup is advertised? Or should that be a main focus point to change the way it's viewed?
- Do you suggest that girls should wear makeup at a certain age or do you feel that there should be a specific age limit?
- How do you think makeup has changed throughout the years? And how it's been viewed?
- How do you think media affects the way people see makeup?
- Should it matter how makeup is advertised? Or should that be a main focus point to change the way it's viewed?
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Blog 23: Exit Interview
Content:
(1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers? What is your best answer and why?
My essential question is How does Makeup affect public perception. My answers are social media, how makeup companies decided to advertise and the general publics view of makeup. Between all three I would have to say that my last answer is my best answer, the general public view of makeup, because it has all the concluding points that are really necessary for answering my EQ.
(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?
When writing my finding three I realized that this answer gave me more details and time to focus on the "beauty" standard in our society and how it affects everyone (no matter the time frame it has always been there). This answer was the one I was most interested in writing about because it even surprised me how deeply people are affected by this allusion.
(3) What problems did you face? How did you resolve them?
I feel the only problem I faced was coming up with a third answer. I didn't know what else I could talk or address in a third answer but as I began writing my other two findings then that's when it clicked to me. So I proceeded to write about how the public views it over all. It made sense to have that as one of my answers because my EQ does focus on how does makeup affects public perception and why not talk about the public views that are out there.
(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?
A general source I would have to say is YouTube because it provided so many videos that covered a lot of what I focused on throughout my senior project. But if I had to choose a single video on YouTube I would choose Oprahs Light Girls documentary that talked about the skin color issue girls faced (being too dark or to light and turning to tanning beds or skin lightning creams) because it should me a different side of the "beauty" standard from another POV that I wouldn't know about. There's a lot that goes into understanding the beauty standard so it definitely helped my answer 3.
The New York Time was also another great source for my project since I found several articles that talked about the professionalism makeup plays in the work force and how people view it.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Blog 18- Answer 2
How does makeup affect public perception?
2. What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
Media is one of the most influential affects to public perception.
3. What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
Makeup companies are great contributing factors to how makeup can affect public perception.
4. List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.
5. What printed source best supports your answer?
6. What other source supports your answer?
7. Tie this together with a concluding thought.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Blog 16: Independent Component 2 Approval
1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
For IC #2 I honestly have no idea what I should do or what to do. I know I want it to in a way help answer my Essential Question but I'm trying to figure out what that is.
2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
I cant really say exactly what I will do, I know obviously that my hours will meet the required 30 hours but as to what I am going to do that is still up in the air.
3. Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.
The component that I decide to follow should help me answer my EQ and also be something creative in the sense of possibly doing something like a video (not sure yet though)
4. Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.