Asian Beauty

Natural Asian Beauty

The mainstay image of Asian women is the hooded slanted eyes, clear olive skin, and contrasting black, shiny hair. The Asian face is low on facial hair and tends to offer a consistently perfect complexion. With all the plucking, scrubbing, and coloring as common beauty treatments with so many women, the natural Asian beauty appears to be an almost ideal.

Asian Beauty Tips

The best tip of all is to work to enhance the natural beauty of your Asian face. Develop the exotic features that make you unique and subtly reduce the downsides for an overall improved appearance.

Eyes

Asian eyes tend to be the first complaint of any Asian woman. With a hooded eye, the goal is to open them up for a brighter overall affect. To create a wider eye and still maintain the beautiful shape, you can use a subtle contouring influence. Start with an overall application of a light shadow, from the lid to the brow. Then, use a dark, medium color eye shadow on the hood of the eye, covering up the part of the lid that you want to recede. Then blend the darker shadow with the lighter color for a more natural recession. Make sure to avoid contouring shadows that are too dark; as they will only make the eyes look smaller.

Once the shadow is in place, you will next want to line the entire eye. This will bring out the natural drama of the Asian eye. Deep dark eyeliner or shadow colors are good here. Check out our article on Smoky Eye Makeup for a great look on Asian eyes.

Eyebrows

Eyebrow shaping is critical for a complete Asian beauty routine. It makes a significant difference, as it can lift the face and open up the eyes. Since most Asians have very little body hair, the eyebrow hairs tend to be coarse and sparse. Therefore, you will do more filling in than actual plucking. The best technique is to use a stiff eyebrow brush, add a little brow gel to hold, and fill in the gaps with brown shadow or liner. Practice this often until you get the look that brings the most strength to your eyes.

Lashes

Curling the lashes should always be the first step, before applying mascara. Asian eyelashes tend to be short and stick straight out. Once again, for a wider eye, curling will instantly create this affect. Then, when you do apply mascara, use a light hand. The goal is to accentuate your eyes, but not over power. With the naturally petite, hidden Asian eye structure, too much makeup quickly becomes overwhelming. Brown or black thickening mascara is recommended.

Skin

Always embrace the natural olive and yellow color of your Asian skin. Don’t try and make it pinker through foundation, as that will simply leave you looking like a doll. If you use foundation or concealer, always chose one in a yellowish shade. This will help maintain the correct coloring for your Asian face and create a more youthful, alive glow.

Lips

Lips are the gem of an Asian beauty. They are almost always naturally full and gorgeous. The lips are the one area where there are very little rules in Asian makeup techniques. This is your opportunity to spice up your look and have fun. An Asian beauty can leave the house with only her Red Lipstick on for a simple elegant look.

Olive skin tones look best in the following lip colors:

• Strong Reds
• Deep Roses
• Berries
• Toffees
• Mahoganies
• Darker Apricots
• Combinations of Browns and Reds

Blush

With the even complexion of most Asian beauties, a little blush can go a long way. As the face shape of most Asians is round or square, a touch of blush at the top of the cheeks will brighten up the perfect canvas, add pop, and break up the boxy shape by drawing the cheeks up. Oranges, peaches, and corals are great blush colors for olive skins.