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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Finding Makeup Products for Asian Women

Asian women are a small but growing portion of the Western World’s population, and though there are few makeup products made specifically for Asian women, most major labels run products that are ideal for Asian skin needs.

Pretty young Asian womanFirst, you need a foundation with yellow undertones in it to match your skin. This may make your skin appear more sallow than you want at first, but you can add non-yellow based color afterward to liven up your skin tone. However, you have to match your natural coloration at the base of this so your makeup’s overall results look effortless and flawless.

Cream-based concealers and foundations provide good coverage for all skin types, though most Asian women are blessed with small pores and few wrinkles, so powder coverage is an option for those who prefer it. Sweeps of a lighter, highlighting color should be used to give your face some more dimension.

Next, define your brows. Whereas black, Caucasion, and Middle Eastern women often struggle to tame eyebrows that are too thick and bushy, many Asian women have sparse eyebrows that instead need to be filled in. It’s not necessary to shape them into harsh arches, but take a dark brown eyeshadow and use gentle brush strokes to fill in sparse patches. You also might want to tweeze outliers to form more of a distinct shape to your eyebrows.

Eyeliner is an Asian girl’s best friend, because many Asian women don’t have the second eye crease or a lot of space between the eyelid and eyebrow to experiment with colors. Dark, winged lines on the upper lid, and sharp, thin lines on the lower lid draw attention to your lovely, dark eyes. A thin, dark brown eyeshadow line smudged into your crease, or where your crease would be, will make your eyes seem a lot fuller and bold.

Bronzer is great for a subtle, healthy glow on the face, and cherry red is a great color for the apples of the cheeks. Try to avoid yellow-based colors to keep your skin looking glowing. Lips are best kept subtle, with a reddish-pink tint and some lip gloss over that, if you prefer.

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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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