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Japanese Makeup vs. Korean Makeup vs. American Makeup

Lovely Japanese makeup or natural and elegant Korean makeup look, or sexy American makeup have a place in the fashion industry. These three different makeup all have unique beauty. Today is a analysis for Japanese, Korean and American makeup. What type of Makeup style do you prefer?1.

1. Foundation

Japanese: It’s pink and fantasy, and emphasis on features of stereo feeling. Japanese makeup pay more attention to the eyes, especially eyeliner and eyelashes. Japanese girls always give a sense of sweet and lovely.

Korean: It is bright and fresh, natural naked makeup, and highlights the main features of contour. It seemingly does not make up, but in fact is very exquisite and elegant. And it’s usually on the basis of white and bright.

American: The makeup of grooming sense is very strong, and the shadow of

face is obvious. They like to use different shades of foundations to shape the contours of the whole face, especially the cheek two side and cheekbones.

2. Eyebrows

Japanese: Natural Eyebrows. Japanese girls’ eyebrows are curved and natural. Brow is the key to distinguish between Japanese and Korean makeup. Japanese eyebrows generally are not very flat, and in relative shallow color. This is because the Japanese girls like flaxen and grey hair color. In order to match the hair color they usually dye their eyebrows lighter.

Korean: Flat Eyebrows. Almost all of the south Korean stars don't have arched eyebrows. The color is not very light, usually with dark gray and brown to match with fair skin. This is to highlight the gentle temperament of women. It is also more suitable for south Korean’s slightly flat facial features. It’s really meet Asian aesthetic.

American: Arched Eyebrows. This kind of eyebrows have dark color, line feeling, and the peak arcs are very obvious. This is because their eyebrow bones are higher than Asian.

3. Eyelashes

Japanese: Japanese girls like long eyelashes, which is feel the doll with their lovely big eyes. They usually use false eyelashes, sometimes stick false lower lashes. This also is a method of adjustment of the eye shape.

Korean: Korean girls rarely have exaggerated dense eyelashes, but warped, clean and natural, soft and easily see each of them.

American: Dense eyelashes. Because the European and American’s eyelashes are very long, so they put more attention on the thickness of eyelashes. They often choose some exaggerated false eyelash or use mascara with enhancing dense effect.

4. Eyeliners & Eye shadow

Japanese: A lot of Japanese girls have big and very good-looking eyes, so Japanese makeup doesn't need a eyeliner to zoom in the eyes. Although basic eyeliner is part of the makeup, but sometimes also use eye shadow to replace eyeliner.

Korean: Eyeliner is rather important for Korean girls. They especially like drawing the outline of end of eyes, which making eyes become fresh and charming. Although many Korean girls let themselves become double-fold eyelid through surgery, their still like making up in a obvious eyeliner and naked color eye shadow.

American: American makeup is the deep-set eyes style, choosing the earth-toned or contrast colors to make makeup look stereo feeling. They like sexy eye makeup, most of the stars like black eyeliners make them look more charming.

5. Lying Silkworm

Japanese: Japanese lying silkworm emphasizes painting some white highlights on lower eyelid, which can make eyes look clever and moderate. Lying silkworm instantly creates a sense of delicate and charming.

Korean: Lying silkworm is one of the biggest characteristic of Korean makeup. Unlike the Japanese lying silkworm, Korean use less white hi lights, so the color is more natural. Although lie silkworm is born, but there are more and more girls created lying silkworm by filling collagen or injecting hyaluronic acid. Lying silkworm can give a person a kind of intimacy.

American: American makeup doesn’t care of lying silkworm.

5. Blusher

Japanese: Blusher is very important to Japanese girls. They like lovely blush. Orange and pink blush are popular, in order to highlight a sense of lovely. The parts of blusher are different, like under the eyes, or from the end of eyes to temples.

Korean: Unlike emphasizes the sense of lovely, Korean makeup more like the feeling of nature. Many Korean girls has few blush, or only in a shallow layer. Their favorite color is pink. Korean makeup weaken the feeling of blush, almost because the focus is on the lips.

American: American makeup more like emphasizing a sense of chiseled. Blusher is used as to flatter face shape, and the main colors are earth-tone color and other dark colors.

6.Lip makeup

Japanese: Japanese girls choose orange and pink color, because they often use bright lip gloss to build a lovely feeling like vibrant pink in a sheer wash. It can create shiny, full and fresh lips as teenagers.

Korean: Bitten Lips is the most popular and the most common lip makeup in Korea. Because of their white foundation makeup, thin eyeliner and less blush, the radiant complexion depends on lip makeup. They like choosing bright color, make the whole face immediately appear bright.

American: Prefer to choose dark or intense colors, and matte lip makeup. They wanna be mature and sexy through their lips.

 

Image provided by Jia Yang for 6 + done., 2016. Please do not use it without permission.

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