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The present study aimed to investigate the influences of the differences in configurations of the face with no makeup on the effects of makeup in young Japanese females. Preliminary research was conducted to examine the classifications of facial configurations based on the anthropometric data of 15 parts of the heads and faces of 50 young Japanese females. The results revealed six types of facial configurations. By means of morphing software, six types of composite images were created using six non-makeup stimuli. Based on these six stimuli, two types of makeup images were created using the makeup simulation software, and these stimuli were added to the rest of the stimuli. These 18 facial images ware rated by 100 Japanese student subjects, using 14 adjective semantic scales and 13 apparent morphological scales. With regard to factor analysis, the following four factors were extracted: “femininity, ”“activity, ”“attractiveness, ”and “favorability.”The factor scores of “femininity”and “activity”had a greater influence on the effects of makeup than facial configurations. However, those of “attractiveness”and “favorability”provided the differences in facial configurations more than the effects of makeup. The interaction of facial configurations and makeup was identified in the factors of “attractiveness”and “favorability.”Although the degrees of “attractiveness”in all the facial configurations increased when makeup was added, the degrees of the increase or decrease of “favorability”as a result of adding makeup differed depending on the facial configurations. In addition, the apparent features of the eyes were affected by both makeup and facial configurations.
