Asian women need to follow a slightly modified makeup routine to take advantage of their heritage’s natural beauty.
Since many Asians have a less-developed or non-existent second eyelid crease, it’s possible to draw the shadow that an eyelid crease would make with a darker version of your skin tone eyeshadow and a very fine brush. Focus on adding color and darkness very gradually, otherwise you will overdo it and the drawn-in crease will look glaringly obvious.
Many Asians have less area between their eyes and their eyebrows, so they will need to work with smaller brushes and applicators than most other women use, so that they don’t walk away from the mirror looking too heavily made-up and fake.
Glittery, metallic eye shadows on the lid can draw attention to eyes, especially if they are on the small side. Gold-colored, shimmery make up can bring out the golden undertones common with many Asian girls’ skin.
Asian eye colors usually have less pupil color variation than most other races, so Asian girls can wear a lot more color and brighter color around their eyes than other girls can without looking over-the-top.
Dark jewel colors will look the best around Asian eyes, especially dark, rich hues of green, blue, and purple.
Remember that no matter how dark your eyes and eye lashes seem, pure black eye shadow and mascara will probably look too dark and severe on your face. So unless you’re going for the gothic look, dark brown will be a much more natural and flattering color for your face.
Most make up tips for non-Asian girls will advise putting a medium shade on the lid, a dark shade on the crease, and a very light shade on the brow bone under the eyebrow. However, Asian women need to graduate the shades from darkest to lightest, beginning with the eyelids. A thin shadow can be placed into the crease area, but the upper lid should not be heavily shadowed.
Asian eyes also look very pretty with a sideways gradient, ranging from a light shimmery color near the inside corners of each eye, spreading into darker shadows on the outside of each eye, with the strip under the brow bone still a light color.
It’s important for girls without eyelid creases to realize their eyes are beautiful just the way they are. Sure, you can create a crease with eye shadow, but creative use of eye lid color can yield stunning and lovely results without it.
