Oriental women embody mystery and humility. They are distinguished from others by snow-white skin, a light blush, sensual lips and slanting eyes. Therefore, it is not surprising that many girls try to create such an image. But Japanese make-up can be done in various ways, including in the style of a geisha or anime. Such a make-up is perfect for a photo shoot or party in an oriental style. Below is how to do Japanese makeup.
There are several options for its implementation:
- daily;
- anime or puppet;
- geisha.
Japanese-style casual make-up is becoming more and more popular due to the fact that it is light, without any bright color accents. Eyes are painted so as to create an almond shape. And emphasize the light pallor of the skin and cheekbones.
Creation of snow-white skin
The difference between Japanese makeup and others is porcelain skin. First you need to clean it with a cleanser. Then wipe the face with tonic and apply a thin layer of moisturizer.
Choose the palest shade of foundation or powder. Using a concealer, treat the skin around the eyes and mask other defects. The foundation should be two shades lighter than the natural shade of your skin. No need to make the skin completely snow-white - in everyday life it will look out of place.
Emphasize the eyes
In Japanese makeup, shadows are almost never used. Therefore, liquid black eyeliner is usually used. Using it, arrows are drawn that visually make the eyes narrower, which gives the effect of slanting. The contour should be perfectly even and clear.
You need to draw, starting from the corner of the eye, then along the line of eyelash growth, going beyond the outer corner. The tip of the arrow should rise up, gradually thickening the line. The lower eyelid can not be outlined.
Japanese-style mascara is rarely used. Sometimes the middle of the moving eyelid and the outer corner of the eye are stained with red shadows to add more expressiveness to the look. The eyebrows of Japanese girls are thin and narrow. Therefore, you need to circle them with a soft pencil to make the line brighter.
How to paint lips
A feature of Japanese makeup are sensual lips in the shape of a bow, painted with bright lipstick. Therefore, you need to draw the desired outline. A bow is made starting from the middle of the upper lip, gradually heading to the corners.
Then circle the lower lip and paint over the resulting shape with a pencil. Apply lipstick on top of any texture - matte or shiny. To add sensuality, use a transparent sheen.
The main thing is that the lips do not turn out to be puffy. If you have them by nature, use a matte lipstick of dark shades without shine, because it visually adds volume.
Proper blush application
On the snow-white skin, even a slight blush stands out very strongly. Therefore, you need to carefully choose the blush. It is best to use light peach or pink shades. Japanese girls predominantly use a blush of liquid texture to make makeup more natural.
The image of the mysterious geisha
Creating the image of the mysterious eastern conqueror of male hearts is considered a real art. It is based on Japanese traditional makeup, only done in brighter colors. It is necessary to whiten the skin very carefully. Geisha always stood out among other Japanese girls with a white face, neck, back, and other exposed skin.
To achieve this result, the Japanese used to resort to lead whitewash. Of course, this poisonous substance spoiled the skin. Therefore, geisha began to use rice powder. And to create coal-black arrows, they used the most ordinary coal. Geishas spent about 5 hours creating makeup. Of course, modern cosmetics can create it much faster.
After you have cleaned your skin of impurities, apply a special white paste on it. You can buy it at theatrical cosmetics stores. You need to distribute it throughout the face, including eyebrows and lips. Use black pencil to draw thin, straight eyebrows. Eyelids highlight with red or yellow shadows.
Draw arrows with black liquid eyeliner, and with a pencil draw an outline of lips that looks like a bow. Apply lipstick - best of all red color, and also transparent gloss. The finishing touch is a blush of a light pink hue. And of course, you need to complement the image with appropriate clothing and hair.
Anime style
The anime genre is gaining more and more popularity. Big, even huge, eyes, small lips and a neat nose - it is not surprising that many girls tend to be like these heroines. Below will be described how to do a phased Japanese eye makeup in anime style. This image is quite bright. Therefore, it is made for photo shoots or costume parties.
You will need saturated shades of shadow, false eyelashes and even contact lenses if you want to completely recreate the image of a specific heroine. The first stage is obtaining porcelain skin. This is the basis of any Japanese makeup. Then, with a pencil, draw straight, narrow lines of eyebrows.
Next, the most important stage begins - drawing eyes with shadows. Kayal circle the contour of the eyes below and above the inside of the eyelid. What's next? Highlight the inner corner with white shadows. On the upper eyelid, apply a shade of bright shade, blending the borders between several colors. Draw the arrows with the eyeliner, the ends of which do not rise upward, but go in a straight line. In the same way, bring the lower eyelid, while it does not need to be connected to the upper.
Apply black mascara to your eyelashes or use false eyelashes. Make up your lips like you would in traditional Japanese makeup. And the finishing touch is the application of blush. Complete the look with a suitable hairstyle or costume.
Doll makeup
Another kind of makeup for Japanese girls. But besides a suitable make-up, girls dye their hair in a light and caramel color. And of course, matching doll pink dresses are matched.
The basis is still the principle of skin whitening. The main feature of doll makeup is its large and expressive eyes. The technique of applying shadows and eyeliner is the same as in the anime style. It is only necessary to use lenses: they should exceed the iris in diameter, which visually makes the eyes even larger.
When creating a puppet image, it is necessary to use false eyelashes, which are glued to the upper and lower eyelids. To make the lips seem more sensual, they are painted with pink lipstick. After you have created doll makeup, make a suitable hairstyle by decorating it with a bow or hairpin. It turns out the image of a cute princess.
Who will suit
Makeup in the Japanese style can be done not only at photo shoots or costume parties. Of course, it is rather unusual. But if you do not make too bright accents, it can be worn in everyday life. This makeup will look especially impressive on girls with dark or porcelain skin, with an oriental appearance and dark hair color.
Of course, girls with a Caucasian type can also try to create the image of a mysterious oriental beauty. Only if you have big eyes, you will have to make them visually already. The peculiarity of Japanese makeup is neat little lips. Therefore, if they are chubby by nature, you will need to adjust the shape.
Features of Japanese Makeup
Japanese women are painted in a fundamentally different way than European girls.
- Skin cleansing in several stages. For eastern girls, this is a very important stage. Indeed, cosmetic products are much better placed on well-cleansed skin.
- Japanese girls cannot imagine makeup without using hydrophilic oil. It perfectly removes even very persistent cosmetics.
- To create a barrier between moisturizer and foundation, they use a primer. Therefore, Japanese women can be sure that makeup will be permanent. A distinctive feature of their primers is the content of the maximum SPF factor. Indeed, for oriental girls, the ideal is snow-white porcelain skin.
- The foundation should be with a matting effect.
- Japanese girls apply blush almost under the eyes. In their opinion, this makes their face fresh and carefree.
- Shadows are best used with a satin effect - they visually make the look more open. In Japan, girls shade them right down to the eyebrows - it really suits them with their open eyes.
- One of the latest Japanese trends in the beauty industry is the effect of "kissed lips." To achieve this result, in the middle of the lips you need to apply red or pink lipstick. Using a concealer, blend it.
Given these features, you can create a mysterious image of an oriental beauty. And not only. Some recommendations can be used to create other varieties of make-up.
Having looked at the photo of Japanese makeup, many girls want to try it on themselves. Of course, owners of eastern appearance to achieve the desired result is much easier. But European girls can do this makeup, knowing the basic principles and step-by-step execution. The image of the Japanese beauty is, first of all, lightness, youth and mysterious beauty.