This study has made to study consumer preference of basic cosmetics and coloring cosmetics of housewives who are in their twenties or thirties and lives in local small towns and study their changes of cosmetics purchase before and after marriage and m...
This study has made to study consumer preference of basic cosmetics and coloring cosmetics of housewives who are in their twenties or thirties and lives in local small towns and study their changes of cosmetics purchase before and after marriage and makeup, so understand the attitude on cosmetic and tendency to makeup of housewives in the group as above and make useful data for image making of housewives in their twenties or thirties.
The specific result of this study can be summarized as follows:
First, in age categories, the rate of the housewives group in thirties were 55.0%, higher than the housewives group in twenties. In educational background, college graduate was the highest, 33.0%. Housewife was the highest, 37.8% in career. Housewives who have 1 child was the highest, 45.5% in children categories. Gyeongi-do was the highest, 51.0% in residence categories. In monthly average income categories, 200∼299 thousand won(around 2,150∼3,214 USD) was the highest, 32.3%.
Second, about attitude on cosmetics in the housewives group, most of them are using general products for their basic cosmetics, but they use traditional oriental cosmetics more when they are older. They purchase basic cosmetics and coloring cosmetics in department stores, complex was the most skin type, 51.8%. The housewives group care about quality when they buy basic cosmetics and color when they purchase coloring cosmetics. Monthly average expenses were 30∼50 thousand won(around 32∼53 USD) for basic cosmetics, less than 30 thousand won(around 32 USD) for coloring cosmetics. 84.3% of basic cosmetics and 68.0% of coloring cosmetics were imported products, the rates of satisfaction with them were higher than 70%.
Third, about changes of purchase of cosmetics after marriage, in both of the groups, the rate of housewives who buy same level with the cosmetics they bought before their marriage was the highest, 45.0%. The rate of who buy less number of cosmetics was 30.3% and 25.0% of the group bought less expensive products.
Fourth, in tendency of makeup, both of the groups(the twenties and the thirties) began to makeup when they were college girls, but more number of housewives in twenties began to make up in middle school or high school than the housewives in thirties. Housewives in twenties answered sunscreen and housewives in thirties said makeup base as the first step of makeup. Usually housewives in twenties mainly do skin care, the group in thirties do complete makeup. About the time when they do makeup, housewives in twenties answered they do it for appointments, the group in thirties said they always do makeup everyday.
Fifth, when they choose eye-shadow and lipstick, both of the groups care about their skin ton mostly. And 54% of them don't often change the color of their eye-shadow and lipstick for their makeup.
The popular color of eye-shadow and lipstick in twenties and thirties were pink, more than 45% of them liked it. About eye makeup, the number of who do complete was more than who do only eyebrow. And the number of who use only light colored lip gloss was more than who use transparent lip gloss over lipstick.
Sixth, the most important reason of housewives's makeup in twenties and thirties were satisfaction for herself 34.0%, covering small spots 25.8%, making clear skin tone 13.8%, change of daily life 8.5%. Preferred makeup image were comfortable image 50.0% and next was graceful image 21.8%. Both of the groups answered makeup effect on the change of image, the part they care about the most were eyes in twenties and skin tone in thirties. The order of the rate of satisfaction at their own makeup was middle/unsatisfied/satisfied as follows. Most of them, 72.8% didn't learn how to makeup from lecture or education. They were interested in popular eye makeup, 56.5% of them wanted to participated in makeup education, so we could see their interests about makeup is high.
Seventh, most of housewives changed their makeup style after their marriage, the rate was 70.0%. Housewives in their twenties who didn't change coloring was 68.9% and the group in their thirties who changed coloring was 52.5%. Both of the groups said 'I don't do makeup except for meetings or appointments.', 'I go out with no makeup.' and 'I only care about skin care' about the change of makeup after marriage.