2000년대 한국의 웰빙 트렌드와 미용영역에서의 그리스 자연주의의 부활

Well-being trend in 2000s of Korea and the resurrection of ancient Greece naturalism in the Beauty domain

  Well-being-ism became a social trend in Korea since around 2002. Well-being means a healthy and happy life based on the balance of body and spirit. This tendency, asking for help to the nature to get the happiness and health, attracted modern people who suffered from the stress and all kind of diseases caused by excessive industrialization and urbanization. The concept of well-being influenced in many kinds of domains concerning people"s life, like medical, fashion, food, interior, beauty etc.. Beauty is one of the most influenced domain of well-being idea. All of the hair, make-up and skin care work take consideration of naturalism for the health. The naturalism tendency of well-being is known owing their idea to the Hippie-ism of 1960. But essentially, this naturalism came from ancient Greece where people lived by the principle of nature, considering the nature and the human being were most important thing in the world. Grecian naturalism offer the oxygen to today"s people who is smothered by dreary daily life. Moreover, today"s beauty trend show the hellenic trace.