Chinese New Year Nail Art & Makeup for Asian Eyes

Ni-hao my darlings!! Today is Chinese New Year and I want to wish good fortune, great health and lots of love and prosperity to everyone who is celebrating!! The Lunar New Year is a traditional holiday in many Asian countries, so to commemorate this joyous occasion, I've got a special post lined up just for you. Today's look is all about the Asian Eyes & Complexion with plenty of tips and tricks, using all Motives Cosmetics and some of my new favorite Asian cosmetic brands. As a festive bonus, I've created a fun, CNY-inspired hand-painted nail art featuring Chinese calligraphy, the yin yang and tons of glitter.

Read on for tips, tricks, TUTORIAL & Nail Art!!!

The Look: Chinadoll
Top: ♥ Forever 21 ♥
Hair Chopsticks: vintage

Details: Clean and flat skin surface, no contouring, porcelain finish. Sculpted eyes and brows with minimal color, accented with playful spiky lashes. Matte popping pink lips.

Products Used (SKIN):

• Motives Liquid Powder Foundation in Almond
• Motives Full Coverage Photo Finish Powder in Neutral Medium
• Motives Liquid Correction Concealer in Light -- used to conceal dark circles
• Motives Luminous Translucent Loose Powder in Light -- used to set the concealer
• Motives Pressed Blush in Babydoll -- used on the apples of the cheeks

Products Used (EYES):

• Motives Eye Shadow Base -- best base there is!
• Motives 15 Piece Professional Brush Set
• Motives Eyeshadows
• Whipped Cream
• Moroccan Spice
• Chocolight
• Motives Waterproof Eye Pencil in Black Magic
• Motives Luxe Precision Eye Liner in Jet Black
• Motives Glitter Eyeliner in Starry Eyes
• Lashes: Pretty & Cute Beauty Lashes #103
• Brows: Pretty & Cute SkinFood Black Bean eyebrow pencil in Black Brown #3 -- to fill in
• Motives for La La Mineral Waterproof Eyebrow Pencil in Medium Brown -- to define

Makeup for Asian Eyes Tutorial:

1. Apply eye shadow base all from the lashes to the brows. Apply "Whipped Cream" eyeshadow all over the lid using a flat brush.
2. With the same brush, apply "Moroccan Spice" eyeshadow all over the lid up to the two thirds mark between the lashes and brows.
• Asian Eye Tip 1: Try a vertical gradient (lightest color under the brow and the darkest by the lash line) instead of the traditional Western side to side "horizontal" gradient.
3. Line the top lash line with waterproof Black Magic pencil and extend the wing, creating a "whale's tale" shape aka raised outer corner. Line the inner one third of the waterline and emphasize the inner corner.
• Asian Eye Tip 2: Because Asian eyes tend to have small lid spaces or monolids, a "whale's tale" liner is more flattering because it is more visible when the eye is open.
4. Using "Chocolight" eyeshadow on a detailing brush, smudge and seal the black liner creating a softer vertical gradient. Sharpen and extend the outer corner using the tip of the brush and creating a clean outer wing.
• Asian Eye Tip 3: Extending the outer corner wing is very flattering on Asian eyes. It enlarges the eye, while keeping true to its shape.
5. Line the outer two thirds of the lower lash line with "Starry Eyes" glitter liner. Optional: Darken the top lash line with precision felt tip eye liner.
• Asian Eye Tip 4: Because Asian eyes are flatter, they can handle unique glitter placements, like at the lower outer corner. Glitter helps bring in more light, brightening the eyes. Try this with any glitter shade.
6. Apply sparse, spiky lashes and skip the mascara. 
• Asian Eye Tip 5: Sparse, shorter lash styles are more flattering than dense, longer styles because they flatter the eye without overwhelming it. 

LIPS: Shien Cosmetics matte lipstick in Wild Peony -- formulated to enhance golden, yellow and olive Asian complexions. 

Chinese New Year Nail Art

This nail art was hand painted by me using nail art liners and pens from HB Beauty Bar and Shimmer Polishes glitter polishes. I incorporated some traditional and popular Chinese culture symbols like the yin yang and the Maneki-neko (good fortune cat) which is actually Japanese, but was popularized in Chinese culture. My thumb reads "Happy New Year" and my pointer finger reads "Good Fortune".

Products Used:

1. Duri Rejuvacote Base Coat
2. Color Club Professional Nail Lacquer in White
3. Shimmer Polish 
• Lucie (pinky) -- silver and red multi glitter
• Vanessa (pointer) -- gunmetal multi glitter
4. HB Beauty Bar -- use promo code HB15 to get 15% off your order
• Nubar Nail Art Pens -- used to paint the cat, calligraphy and the yin yang
• Silver Frost
• Basic White
• Black
• Gold Frost
• Seche Vite dry fast top coat

bisous,

  

Maryam Maquillage


Photos by: Le Var (merci!)

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