Genre Research

My magazine falls under the beauty genre of magazines. So, to learn more about some of the genre conventions of beauty magazines I have been doing some research.

The target audience for beauty magazines is females from ages 15-30 and are middle to high class.
Many beauty magazines rely heavily on online viewers because of the age range of the target audience. The brands use a lot of social media as well.

As I have been researching, I have been putting together a list of some of the common traits I have been noticing throughout all of the beauty magazines.

Some of these things are:
- The cover photo tends to be a close up of the models face
-The model is wearing bold makeup with intense colors
-The background of the photo is a solid color, usually a white or light color
-The hair of the models tends to be pulled back and not the focus of the picture
- Most ads within the magazine are for makeup and skin care products
- The color themes within the magazines are bright and fun colors
- The cover story titles and the cover lines on the front cover use play on words
-The magazines overall rely heavily on photos and graphics to enhance the issue
-A lot of the stories, photos, or ads within the magazines also feature celebrities
-Most beauty magazines are released monthly


These are the cover from the main magazines that I have been focusing on.

I will continue to research deeper into the beauty magazine genre and I plan on buying some beauty magazines so that I can highlight and cut out things that may be useful to me to include within my magazine.