Where to Buy Asian Makeup Online

There are many different types of Asian makeup product brands available. However, there are few stores located within the United States that actually carry a selection of these brands.

YesStyle.com: My Favorite Asian Cosmetics site

For their wide selection, quality, and some of the lowest Asian (especially Korean) makeup prices, I shop through YesStyle for my makeup purchases 95% of the time.

  • Yesstyle.com offers and ships a large array of Asian skin care and cosmetic, as well as fashion products directly from Asia. Some of the popular Asian cosmetic / skin care brands they carry are; Missha, Etude House, Juice Beauty, Langeige, and Anna Sui.
  • The most reliable option for a large selection and to buy Asian makeup brands is through online retailers, as most local and domestic retail stores mainly stock and sell popular American brands. Another website that carries a variety of Asian makeup brands is www.yesstyle.com, which also ships internationally and domestically.

Other Asian Makeup Sites

  • For pure mineral makeup with a huge range of base colors, including colors ideal for Asian skin, I love Afterglow Cosmetics. Their palettes are simple and lovely, perfectly suited for Asian women, especially their eye makeup.
  • Daybeauty.com is a seller of Fine Korean Asian skin care and cosmetics. They carry a variety of Korean skincare and cosmetics including brands such as; Laneige, Luichel, DabitYoon Jiyoon, and Isa Knox. Their standard ship times for domestic orders ranges from 5-10 business days.

Shopping Suggestions, Online and Offline

Sephora is a leading retail beauty chain, which carries many top line Asian makeup brands including; Imju, Shu Uemura, Shiseido, and AmorePacific.

Larger retail department stores may carry a limited variety of Asian makeup brands for cosmetics and skin care, including Nordstrom and Macys. However, if you are interested in a broader variety, the internet is home to an array of different websites that sell Asian makeup brands at reasonable prices.

The following website retailers carry a variety of Asian makeup brands that are not available locally. All of the websites listed ship both domestically and internationally and keep up relatively reasonable pricing both on the products and shipping costs.

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Asian Makeup Tips: How to Create a Glamorous Look

Many women with Asian heritages have a hard time finding good makeup products designed specifically for Asian skin, and importing cosmetics from Asian countries can cost a small fortune. After a few years of trial and error, I finally learned how to use certain colors to play up my best features, even though they weren’t specifically designed for an Asian women.

Here’s what I learned about Asian makeup tips.

Best Asian Makeup Tips

Asian women look best in medium to dark colors of any hue. Good Asian makeup color choices include ashy browns and bronze shades, which are ideal neutral colors for the eyes, and foundations and powders should have yellow bases to compliment the golden undertones in Asian skin.

Young asian woman with makeupBold, dark jewel colors look lovely against dark eyes and lashes, or you can forgo eye shadow entirely in place of jet black liquid eyeliner. If you don’t have the second eyelid crease that most other ethnicities have, you can recreate one through a thin smudge of dark, golden-under-toned brown shadow.

Just remember that most Asian girls have less actual space on their eyes to work with, so don’t do too much all at once on your eyes, or the entire effect will seem a bit fake. Most Asian girls have very even skin tones, so I recommend only liquid liner, mascara, and a little blush for a casual daytime look. Shading in an eyelid crease takes time to do well, so you probably only want to save that for special occasions.

Since Asian faces tend to be a little flatter than average, bronzers and darker foundation to create lights and shadows can add depth to your face. Light, shimmery highlights should go right under the eyebrow, and under-eye concealer should always be used to reduce the appearance of puffiness or shadows under the eyes.

If you’ve got more time to spend on makeup, adding shadows to the sides of the nose and temples, while lightening the bridge of the nose, the inner corners of the eyes, and the cheekbones, can have an immediate and dramatic affect on your appearance.

Curling your eyelashes makes a huge difference to, because most Asian’s eyelashes are fairly straight and don’t stick upward at all. Colored mascara can bring attention back to your eyes, or black mascara can create a pleasant neutral look.

Try a soft plum or reddish-pink on the apples of your cheeks on top of the bronzer. Usually, lips should be fairly subtle and not more than a little glossy. Almost all Asian women are going to want the attention to be on their lovely eyes.

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How to Choose Makeup Colors Tones for Asian Women

Dark hair and dark eyes allow Asian girls to get away with dark colors that would overwhelm most other complexions. Dark, muted neutrals look best for everyday wear, and jewel colors really make the eyes stand out, for special occasions.

Asian girl's self portraitLight colors and pastels can easily make Asian girls look washed out and sickly, so they should be avoided. Icy colors will rarely look their best on Asian skin tones. Black eyeshadow can be used to create the appearance of an eyelid crease, and black mascara draws even more attention to the eyes for dramatic effect. Black colors would look too stark on most other skin tones, but just look pleasantly dramatic on Asian girls.

It’s important to always brighten up a smaller eye and brow area with highlights under the eyebrow and in the corners of the eyes. Gold and bronze will bring out the natural golden undertones in your skin.

Matte or shimmery eye shadows will emphasize your eyes beautifully, though glossy finishes will bring too much attention to your eye makeup and not your eyes, though you can use a light, glittery color on your brow bone to add more dimension and depth to your face.

With blush, you should be careful to avoid reds with yellow undertones, which can quickly make your skin look sallow. The same rule goes for lipstick, though you have more freedom in lipstick colors. Don’t use anything too glossy on your cheeks or lips, either. Ruby colors and bronzers will bring out the lovely vibrancy of your skin tone.

If you want, you can use nail polish colors to compliment the colors that you are trying to accentuate on your skin. Dramatic jewel colors on your fingernails can emphasize the rich colors you’re putting around your eyes. Nail courses can teach you how to choose the most flattering nail polish and apply it properly, and to bring out the beauty in Asian coloring.

Finally, dark brown or black mascara will sculpt your eye lashes. Thickness isn’t usually a problem with Asian eyelashes, but most girls usually find their eye lashes stick straight out, and do nothing for their eyes. Two coats of mascara, followed by an eyelash color, will make a huge difference on your face.

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