Makeup for Orientals: the best techniques to enhance your look

Oriental women don’t just bring with them incredible cultures and exotic cuisines. Oriental beauty is something different and delicate.

As much as each country has its peculiarity in the shape of the face, in the lines of the eyes, there are characteristics common to oriental women, such as slightly yellowish skin, slanted eyes and straighter eyelashes.

Thus, there are tricks and ways to properly value oriental beauty with makeup, enhancing features and creating effects, always focusing on the biggest difference in appearance: slanted eyes.

Learn how to enhance your look with makeup in the right colors, as well as highlight your delicate features with well-groomed skin and an amazing mouth.

How to value slanted eyes

Slanted eyes tend to have a flat movable eyelid, without the idea of ​​depth offered by the concave in the case of Western women. Therefore, black, grey, lead and brown are welcome colors. “The darkest colors will give the impression of depth”, reinforces the makeup artist Pablo Joseph, from the Salão dos Gêmeos.

However, in order not to weigh it down and make your eyes even more closed, the tip is to smudge it a lot, making a gradient from bottom to top, from darkest to lightest. To open up and highlight the look even more, invest in white, beige or nude pencils for the lower waterline and use mascaras for eyelashes.

Slanted eyes can always be valued, regardless of the occasion. You just need to know what to use so you don’t go wrong and get a different result than expected, both day to day and night.

makeup for the day

According to Pablo, just like for Western women, the makeup of the day should be light and look natural. The skin should have good coverage to last all day, but at the same time it should offer a natural finish.

In the eyes, invest in thin lines, always pulling the ends slightly upwards, to prevent the eyes from drooping. Use mascaras to open up your eyes, and, if you prefer, start this process with an eyelash curler.

To get an eye liner without being too heavy, smudge a little brown eyeshadow from the crease down. Lipsticks should be used according to preference and environment. Feel free to use any color and texture.

Watch the videos below for inspiration when it comes to makeup for the day:

Makeup for the night

The night gives the right to abuse the makeup a little more. Highlighted eyes, stronger mouths and marked faces are free here.

For the eyes, it is worth the tip of the dark shadows, which give a sense of depth to the eyes. A little thicker outlines, with the tips highlighted, offer an incredible effect. The professional recommends finishing with a lot of mascara, and, if necessary, investing in false eyelashes.

The face can be more marked with stronger blushes. Be careful not to thin your cheeks too thin with the effect. The ideal is that it harmonizes the face. In the mouth, dark colors are welcome, but any color fits well for the occasion. Invest in lipsticks with a matte texture, which highlight the lips.

See more tips and practice makeup techniques with the videos below:

A good makeup depends on the structure and shape of the face, skin tone, and, above all, taste. Explore your creativity, test, fail and succeed. Only then will you be sure what suits not only your face, but your personality!

Tips for not making mistakes

Some basic tips help when preparing the makeup and make the result even better. See below Pablo Joseph’s recommendations for each part of the oriental face:

Skin: “To get the perfect skin, you should be careful when buying foundation, because oriental women have more yellow skin”, says the makeup artist. Opt for foundations with a natural finish that won’t leave you too white or too tanned. For apples, coral and peach blushes are great options.

Eyes: The main tip is to invest in dark tones to give the impression of bigger eyes. “Smudge them well, starting from the base of the eyelashes to the end of the mobile eyelid”, completes Pablo;

Mouth: One way to bring the focus to the mouth and get an incredible result is to invest in a colorless gloss. “Use it on the lips after applying the lipstick, or just use it”, suggests the professional.

Get inspired!

One of the advantages of makeup is being able to always innovate and seek new results, new appearances. Get inspired by the photos below to make amazing looks:

Cherish your oriental traits with makeup and knock it out!