Korean Beauty Secrets

Choosing a good pore minimizing makeup primer isn't an easy as it sound. Without a guide you can become completely loss and ended up using the wrong primer. There are two kinds of result to expect from a makeup primer: if you choose the right one, it makes everything perfect, but if it's going wrong, then everything become a mess.

The last one is Bobbi Brown Skin Smoothing Pore Perfector which is the priciest primer of all five. It's nice and smooth, doesn't seem to hide the pores really well but instead control the amount of oil perfectly.

So, what do you think the most suitable makeup primer for you? If you have experience with any primer above, leave a comment and share with us.

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Korean Lip Tints Swatch

Lip tint is probably the most used lip product among korean girls and women. It's easy to use and the color is relatively more natural than lipstick and lip gloss. At the picture above, there are 5 swatches of lip tints from various brand. Those 5 are the most popular lip tint today in Korea. Some are just the classic, there's a rising star in the industry, and the other is a brand new product that gain so much interest lately. So, here's the list of those 5 lip tints (from left to right):

• Benefit Benetint
• Yves Saint Laurent Rouge pur Couture Glossy Stain
• Peripera Peri’s Tint Water
• Tony Moly Shaking Tint Delight
• Aritaum Style Pop Water Tint

First of all, Benefit Benetint. This is what korean called the classic because it's the first lip tint to come out and at that moment all girls use it. It's good and looks natural but it's dry.
YSL Rouge pur Couture Glossy Stain is the exact opposite. It's bold in color but very moisturizing.
Peripera Peri’s Tint Water is similar to Benefit one but it's a little bit more moisturizing and a lot cheaper.
Tony Moly Shaking Tint Delight is so bright in color and it's really long lasting.
And last but not least, there's Aritaum Style Pop Water Tint that has it all: from moisture, natural color, to cheap price.

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Eye makeup can either make one look younger or older. It's important to know what feature from the eyes can make appearance look younger and that's exactly what is going to be covered in this article. With these korean eye makeup tips, I guarantee you to look younger atleast 5 years.

Korean makeup is famous for the natural look, but not just that, it's all about young look. It's easy to do face makeup. To look young, face makeup just need to be glowing. But how about eye makeup?

Tips 1 Use a yellow tone liquid concealer for dark circle. Liquid product is more moisturizing and doesn't look thick.

Tips 2 Don't spread the concealer right after application. Wait a little bit and after that, dab the edges to blend it.

Tips 3 Apply highlighter above the crease. This way, this part appear more lifted. Sunken eyes look tired and old, so to prevent that, highlighter will do the job. Dab the color to create gradation effect, the outer part should be the brightest.

Tips 4 To cover sagging from the tip of the eye, use bright eyeshadow and apply the color upward. This way, it creates a lifting effect.

Tips 5 Use brown eyeliner instead of black. Black eyeliner can look too made up or too superficial when brown can look more natural. From the middle to the end, apply the color upward. And the rest,  which is the inner part, slightly tightline the waterline for a subtle look.

Tips 6 Curl your lashes from the outer part. If you start from the middle, the tip will sag, which is never a good thing. If you start from the tip, it's gonna look pretty and lifted.

And with the last tip, korean eye makeup to look younger is complete.

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Korean Natural Makeup Look

Korean natural makeup is so famous to make one's appearance look younger. This post probably isn't for people who already exposed or familiar to any type of korean makeup. This post relate more to one who know completely nothing about k-beauty. The key point for this look is the natural flawless skin with subtle glow and color to make your appearance look young but prepped. Let's take a look at the steps to achieve this young look.

Water foundation is used to create the thinnest layer of coverage possible. Foundation probably is the most crucial step of all, since young look start with flawless dewy skin after all.

For the application, use a wet sponge and apply the product with dabbing motion. Wet sponge definitely better than the dry one since it holds moist a lot more thus make the dewy look even more noticeable.

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Korean Natural Makeup Look is Complete

Summer is the season when you need to have healthy skin. You will go out in the sun pretty often so your makeup will look beautiful if it has subtle sun kissed glow in it. Bronzing is a must for summer. Below is step by step korean bronze makeup tutorial for you who want to look healthy and glowy for summer.

First, exfoliate your skin win toner. Exfoliate is very important for your skin because it will remove the dead skin cells and reveal the better skin underneath.

Next, put moisturizing product so your skin will look glowy.

Now, it's not a usual step after moisturizer. But put on some highlighting concealer first.

Then, mix a tiny amount  of brown or gold eyeshadow with liquid foundation to create a bronze tone that match your skin. Use it as a contouring product, apply on your face beside the part with highlighting concealer before.

Use cream type of blush for a natural look. The key is to blend the product really well so there's no clear mark in which are the blush ends.

Use natural color for eyeshadow and you only need one color.

To make natural appearance for eyes, line the upper waterline and apply one coat of mascara.

The most important point for bronze makeup is the lips must look naturally moist. Apply natural color lip tint and give a little bit lipbalm on top. Don't forget to always use lip product with SPF especially before going out.

Last step, reapply the sunscreen on C zone area which is the part where you usually put highlighter.

And the makeup is fully done. Above is the before after shot and you can really tell the difference. This bronze makeup make the skin look a lot healthier.

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Speaking of korean beauty standards, there are many to discuss. For all this time, we all know that there is only one standard for beauty in Korea. And we believe that it's also not going to change anytime soon. So it's good to know what is actually the things that consider making girl look more beautiful. Here we go.

First, we will talk about skin. The most beautiful skin is the one that is fair. Eventhough there are many beautiful girl with tanned skin, the appearance is still incomplete without fair skin.

Second, let's discuss another basic thing. Let's talking about the eyes. To be beautiful in Korea, you must have medium to big eyes. Double eyelid is more preferable, and the trend nowadays is the unseen double eyelid, means it doesn't visible anytime but it's show up when the eyes is slightly closed.

About nose, the trend today is a medium nose bridge with round tip for girls and high nose bridge with pointy tip for guys. Slimmer nose is way prettier than wide one.

Lips is not that big deal. As long as you have a good proportion between upper and lower lips, it doesn't matter. Whether it's thin, medium, even thick lips, it still can be considered beautiful if they have a good proportion.

So last but not least, height. How tall are you. The minimum height for guys to be attractive is 170 cm and that is the very minimum. Lower than that, chance to get a date is little. This standard isn't affect girl that much. But the ideal is still exist and that is around 160 cm.

That's the general korean beauty standards. For more detailed list, check out this post [korean beauty standards] at www.chalimi.com. But don't forget, everybody is beautiful in a very unique way. So don't feel bothered by this list and just enjoy yourself. You are beautiful :)

Are you one of those people who always longing for a perfect skin like korean kpop idols? If you are, then here's 5 korean beauty secrets straight from idols.

MissA Suzy

Have you ever heard of 4-2-4 method? It's nothing related to soccer, I promise. 4-2-4 is rule for cleansing. She cleanse her face with face oil for 4 minutes, and then using regular face soap for 2 minutes, and last she rinse everything with water for 4 minutes. And in addition, she let her skin air dry, not using towel.

2NE1 Dara

Dara is also using two kinds of cleansing products. First, she use cleansing cream, and next she use cleansing foam. Another tip that she and we all know that it's true is to drink enough water. Water keep your skin hydrated but also the rest of your body.

SNSD YoonA

YoonA said that sufficient sleep is what she think the key of good skin. Another thing that she thinks is really important is cleansing the face regularly.

F(x) ex-member Sulli

When the other 3 is all about skin care, let's talk about makeup now. Sulli was known as Etude House ambassador. So her tips is no surprise include Etude House products. It's Sweet Recipe Baby Choux Base. It's a primer that helps you skin to look flawless and glowing.

4Minute Hyuna

Hyuna rock the puppy eyes look, which is a korean makeup signature that emphasize the natural shape of the eyes. How you did that is you draw the end of your eyeliner not upwards but downwards instead.