Burlesque Eye Makeup for Asian Eyes

In my most recent post, I write about the difference between “burlesque makeup” (stage makeup) vs. “pinup makeup”. There are several pictures in the column quoting makeup tips and tricks to make eyes appear bigger and rounder by celebrity makeup artists. But I can’t post more than 4 photos here so here’s an excerpt of the post and there’s a link to read the rest of the post!

Asian women are obsessed with making their eyes look bigger. No shock to those of us who are Asian. We all have secret tips on how to make our eyes appear bigger with makeup and in more extreme cases with the popular “eyelid” cosmetic surgery which creates that desirable double-lid crease that Western eyes are naturally born with. Although I am not against cosmetic surgery as a theory, I AM against it when a woman’s self esteem becomes reliant on surgery instead of her intellect. Don’t get me wrong. I was not immune to the burning desire to enlarge my eyes when I was growing up in Texas in the land of blonde buxom Barbie dolls with long, long eyelashes and big round blue eyes. I went so far as to wear eyelid tape for a long while during junior high and some of high school despite strange looks from peers and questions such as, “Um… what is that on your eyes?” I have to give the younger me props for doing as I pleased and fearlessly going against the grain, or er I should say, against the eyelid I was born with. Read the rest >