Asian Style

Pick up your Make-up brushes!

by Ellie

Japanese girls are well known for their excellent make-up skills. Their persistent pursuits of beauty drive them to wake up one and a half or two hours earlier every morning to complete the skin care routine and most importantly, make-up.

First, let's talk about some differences between western style make-up and Asian style one.

Whitening is essential of skin care for Asian.

This is because the skin tone of Asian is medium while that of U.S. is light. Furthermore, a primary criteria of Asian beauty is white! That's why most of ladies try their best to brighten their skin. So, please don't feel weird if you see an Asian lady holding an umbrella under a sunny day, lol.

2. Asian needs to highlight contours of face

Unlike ladies from US, Asian usually have "flatter" face. Thus, they apply the sheer powder on nose, forehead, cheekbones, and chin to highlight their contours of faces to make them look more "3D".

3. More complicated tools

Besides the basic cosmetics, there are three more things that are necessary to Asian daily make-up, but rarely used in US:

colored contact lenses-make eyes look bigger
eyelid patch-for those who have single eyelid and want their eyes look bigger
false lashes (some may apply several layers of false lashes!)-make eyes look bigger as well

Since make-up is so crucial, every fashion magazine will contain a make-up section that shows the steps of make-up and recommended cosmetics to finish those kinds of make-up. Hence, readers can follow the guides of the magazines to apply make-up and be confident when they go out.

Now, let's look at some guides for different styles.