{"id":4676,"date":"2017-10-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/think-about-your-goal-each-morning-before-you-apply-your-makeup\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T10:53:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:53:37","slug":"nobue-doi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/nobue-doi\/","title":{"rendered":"Think About Your Goal Each Morning Before You Apply Your Makeup"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h3 class=\"null wp-block-heading\">&#8211; An Interview With Makeup Artist Nobue Doi<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u3053\u306e\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30d3\u30e5\u30fc\u3067\u306f\u3001\u30e1\u30a4\u30af\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u30a2\u30fc\u30c6\u30a3\u30b9\u30c8\u306e\u571f\u5c45\u4f38\u6c5f\u3055\u3093\u306e\u30b3\u30df\u30e5\u30cb\u30b1\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u6210\u529f\u3068\u30c1\u30e3\u30ec\u30f3<wbr \/>\u30b8\u3092\u3054\u7d39\u4ecb\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u8a18\u4e8b\u306f\u82f1\u8a9e\u3067\u3059\u3002\u305c\u3072\u3054\u89a7\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\uff01<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 31px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What kind of communicator do you want to be?<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I want to be a communicator who helps to press people\u2019s buttons to \u201con\u201d. What \u201con\u201d means depends on the person. It could mean to be happy, energetic, playful, smart, cooperative, learning, receiving &#8211; many things. It\u2019s a button that helps them to be who they want to be.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Sometimes people don\u2019t even know they have such a button. So I want to help them to find it and be able to press it themselves.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>People sometimes feel they need to make a big effort to press that button. I use makeup with them to make it easy to press the button.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 31px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h5 class=\"null wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is one communication success that you can share with us?<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>One customer came to me. She was beautiful, had a lot of money, had lots of clothes, was educated, spoke three languages. She was above average. She\u2019d taken lots of makeup sessions with other artists &#8211; I was maybe the tenth. She said, \u201cOh, your makeup is so different.\u201d She was happy with my makeup because she felt that it goes beyond beauty.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>What I mean is that, today we see lots of beautiful girls on TV and in social media. We have too much information. But most people don\u2019t really know how to make a beautiful face.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I offer different values. My technique is different. I explain everything logically. I graduated from makeup school, and as I\u2019m applying the makeup, I explain what I\u2019m doing and why, like I did at school.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>My school was in Paris. The teachers never criticized our makeup. They always asked the reason behind it. For example, why did I put one color next to the other? I might explain that it was inspired by 1920s Cubism.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I was also influenced by my experience with the aborigines in Australia. I lived with them for a month under the sky. I went to Alice Springs and then travelled to a hidden place where the aborigines lived.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>One day, I attended a sacred ceremony. All the women were topless and we had dots painted on our bodies. I respected them, so I didn\u2019t take any photos. It was weird and beautiful. It was like I was part of a painting and part of the earth. I didn\u2019t feel like it was makeup. The Australian desert has brown sand. It\u2019s like a paint color. It\u2019s like paint comes from rocks. I felt I was part of nature. I was so happy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Also, I grew up in Kyoto. My mum told me that at the beginning of the famous Gion Festival, a 6-year-old boy with a white face has cut the rope for the last 1,200 years. White is the purest color in Buddhism and Shintoism. Before the American influence, we all wore white at funerals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The famous maiko and geisha in Kyoto have white faces for purity with red to ward off evil spirits. The color has meaning.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>So my approach is very different from the Japanese makeup school style. In the Japanese system, you follow the rules and don\u2019t ask why. Successful communication is explaining the why.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 31px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is one communication failure you can share with us?<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I have a friend in Tokyo. When we were in Kyoto, she always took care of me and gave me advice. When I moved to Tokyo, she was already there. I told her about my new makeup business and asked if I could test it on her. She said, \u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3768 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Nobue-Doi3A-e1509352323746.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Nobue-Doi3A-e1509352323746.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Nobue-Doi3A-e1509352323746-300x225.jpeg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/300;\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I was so happy because I admired her. She was one of the top buyers in a big company. I went to her house to put makeup on her face. And I used the muscle testing technique that I\u2019d developed. This demonstrates the physical impact of the makeup, which is also an indication of confidence.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>But it didn\u2019t work at all. I fixed the makeup three times, but still it didn\u2019t work.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I realized that she always had to show tatemae (put on a face). She needed to demonstrate her success and confidence always and wasn\u2019t in touch with her heart. I think that\u2019s maybe why it didn\u2019t work, but I couldn\u2019t tell her. I thought maybe she still needed the face, and I didn\u2019t want to take that from her. Maybe one day she will give it up and get in touch with her heart.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 31px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why do you see that as a failure?<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Obviously the muscle test didn\u2019t work. But maybe for her it was successful because she kept her face, which she needed at the time. In the future, I want to try again so that she feels the difference.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 31px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is most challenging for you in communication right now?<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To communicate with totally different people with different backgrounds is most challenging. For example, if we have similar experiences, I can talk easily. But people may not use cosmetics or think about how they look. I don\u2019t think putting on makeup is difficult. It\u2019s my passion and profession. But they might find it difficult.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 31px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are you doing to overcome that difficulty?<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I\u2019m inviting people to parties! We have a nice time and get to know each other and communicate more easily. Now I\u2019m using makeup to help make people happy, but in the distant future maybe I\u2019d like to do it without makeup.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>My mentor is very skillful, chatty, and knowledgeable. Just when she\u2019s there, I feel so calm. In the beginning, I couldn\u2019t talk to her because I didn\u2019t know what to say. We didn\u2019t have anything in common and she was a great, great master. I was just one of the girls. But I felt so happy just being in her presence. When I was 25, I was crying just when I looked at her. It was so weird, but happened many times.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Maybe I can\u2019t reach that kind of level of making people happy just from being in my presence, but I know she exists and that means a lot to me. It\u2019s something to aspire to even though I may never reach it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 31px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What communication skill, resource, or advice would you recommend <\/strong><strong>to our readers?<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Life is not success or failure, it\u2019s supposed to be having fun. Actually, we spend time thinking about problems. Problems are hope.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>People often want to tell me their sad stories. Happy stories are few. I want people to recognize that even if it\u2019s painful in the beginning, it\u2019s the sad stories that make you who you are today.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We don\u2019t have to be happy all the time. We should speak bravely about our sad stories. We should talk about sad stories with confidence. A sad story could be a great story in the future. Even if the content is sad, you can have a good mental attitude. When you\u2019re sad or angry, you should be that way with passion. Don\u2019t stay in the comfort zone of sadness. Break out. Embrace the sadness, let your emotion flow, and do it to a fuller level to get to the happiness.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As human beings, we are like a potato &#8211; not a beautiful oval because we have bumps and dimples. For example, I\u2019m very good at music (a bump), but bad at reading (a dimple). If I notice that, I might build on my strength of music, but I do less reading. But if I did more reading, maybe I could understand other people better. Or a bump might be that I can love my friend, but the dimple is that I\u2019m strict on myself. Maybe I should be kinder to myself.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When we\u2019re a child, we don\u2019t see the shape of our potato, which is not a beautiful round shape. But when we\u2019re in our 20s or 30s, we see our potato. So we should first accept our bumps and dimples and know that we can change them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 31px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3769 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Nobue-Doi-2-e1509352221933.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Nobue-Doi-2-e1509352221933.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Nobue-Doi-2-e1509352221933-300x225.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/300;\" \/>What else do you want to tell us about?<\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you\u2019re a woman, you may wear makeup every morning. I recommend that you think about what sort of person you want to be that day &#8211; you want to be a leader or take initiative or you want to support someone or listen to a coworker\u2019s story. Set the goal and then put your makeup on with that in mind.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you\u2019d like to know more, I hold group events and one-on-one sessions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once a month, I have a collaboration, such as with a chiropractic doctor demonstrating muscle testing and me doing makeup.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In one-on-one sessions, I always ask what kind of situation you want the makeup for. If you have a problem or question, I do my best to find out why. For example, you\u2019re nervous in front of people. It could be more to do with the people or more to do with the fact that you haven\u2019t prepared enough. And then we make a better situation together. It\u2019s not just the makeup, but everything around it that leads to confidence.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doiart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #3f2b56;\"><strong><u>Find out more about Nobue\u2019s events and makeup sessions here<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nobue_doi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #3f2b56;\"><strong><u>follow Nobue on Instagram here<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 *<\/p>\r\n<h5><strong>\u30ea\u30f3\u30af\u96c6<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.sasugacommunications.com\/stfy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Sasuga! 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I want to be a communicator who helps to press people\u2019s buttons to \u201con\u201d. What \u201con\u201d means depends on the person. It could mean to be happy, energetic, playful, smart, cooperative, learning, receiving &#8211; many things. 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