As an added attraction many of you have that slightly slanting shape to your eyelids and the immediate area surrounding your eyes that enhances your female allure and mystery.

Forget all those beauty pundits that are telling women what color eyeshadow or liner they should be using to accentuate this skin tone or that eye shape. Their prognostications are aimed at their own bottom line and that is their self-importance and keeping that profitable job in the media or PR without so much of a thought for any minorities.

First of all remember that the skin under the eyes is the most delicate and thinnest of any on the body so treat it with great care.

When applying or removing eye makeup, do it gently. It is the area that first shows the fine lines that can turn ugly as the years go by so regularly use a good eye cream

Diet and lifestyle are tremendously important

With few exceptions your eyes will be brown so it is essential that the whites of your eyes are clear and sparkling. Do cut out too many late nights in smoky atmospheres, make sure you have plenty of good light when you are working so avoiding eye strain, and keep to a healthy diet.

Your brown eyes surrounded by healthy whites will set up the foundation for some spectacular eye make up techniques.

Do not be afraid to experiment. In my experience there is virtually no combination of eye makeup colors, liners, shadows or mascaras that does not produce a stunning and spectacular effect that will get you  noticed and appreciated.

Those of us with lighter toned skin and eye colors have to be aware that some make up colors will clash and an attractive effect will be negated. You do not have this problem as your skin tones and eye color lend themselves readily to contrasting effects that significantly add to and enhance your appearance.

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Just think how many leading actresses and photographic fashion models with Asian looks have become prominent in films, TV and magazines in the last decade.

Film makers, magazine editors, fashion houses have at last recognized the allure and naturally exotic beauty that so many Asian women possess. At the same time the cosmetic industry has developed make up specifically designed to suit and enhance Asian skin tones.

An Asian Pacific woman’s eyes are not only her best asset but also her biggest challenge when it comes to applying eye make up.

Beginning Your Makeup

Start by making sure you have the best makeup tools. Checking out the on line sites is the quickest and best way to compare prices and quality, and gives you time to consider your best buys.

Many Asian women think that they should use foundations and powder in shades, mainly pink that counteracts their natural skin tones. More often than not this produces an unnatural look.

The use of yellow shaded facial products creates a naturally attractive clear modern look and does not make the skin more yellow looking, as many women believe.

Eye Make Up Tips

Picking the right  eye shadow brush.  The ideal width should be 3/5 of the space between your eyebrows and upper lash line when your eyes are open. Choose a brush with good quality bristles.

Eye Shadow Colors

Experiment with colors that you think look good on you. For work and daytime think about more natural shades.

To look good, when you are going out for the evening, try brighter shades to give greater emphasis to your naturally beautiful almond eye shape. Coral, orange or light gray can complement your skin shade and looks up to date and fashionable.

Although widely used, be careful with some browns, which can give a dated look. It’s fun to experiment with eye shadows and liners and you can get some great effects.

Use a tapered contoured crease brush to create depth and size for the eyes.

Eye lining pencils are the most important eye makeup tool for controlling the look of your eyes. By drawing the line past the outer corner of the eye and blending it upwards you can emphasize the naturally longer and exotic look of your beautiful Asian eyes.

To downplay the exotic look at work or during the day, gradually thicken the eye line as you work towards the outer corner and stop just past the end.

Learn how to apply mascara and enhance your lashes.

Try using a lighter shade of eyeliner under the lower  lashes and a heavier shade above the upper lashes if you want your eyes to appear deeper and more open.

Always use a light touch when applying eye make up, if you want to add depth then do so in easy stages, otherwise you may have to clean up and start all over again or feel uncomfortable with the make up looking caked on and unnatural.

Eyes are a prominent feature on a face and getting them right is vital.

Before application of any eye make up, you have to make sure eyelashes are curled, which prevents make up from smudging as well as reducing the chances of them breaking. An eyelash comb can be helpful.

Japanese eyes are very enchanting and in applying make up to the eyes, black mascara and black eye liner are two things an oriental woman cannot do without.

Black mascara, as well as eyeliner, helps to enhance the almond features most oriental girls have. Mascara, liberally applied to both the upper and the lower lashes, makes the eyes stand out. Apply extra coats on the outer lashes to make them even more prominent.

This radiates a sense of sophistication with a breeze of modern day life.

Liquid eyeliner should only be used if one is going for a bold, more dramatic look. Apply it carefully to both uper and lower lids, with the line extended slightly beyond the outer corner. The line is slanted upward at the outer corner and slightly downward at the inner corner to create almond-shaped eyes.

When applying more than one color of eye shadow, you should start with the darker color closer to the lash line and work away from it.

If you have smaller eyes, brown or gray eyeliner would make them look bigger and black eye liner, as well as other darker colors, make eyes look smaller.

Contrasting your eye color to eye shadow helps bring out the color in the eyes and matching the colors will drown them out, so not a good idea.

As a general rule, it’s worth bearing in mind that less is sometimes more.

For night time look a mixture of a dark light and medium colored eye shadow in graduated tones makes you look more radiant.

To add definition to Asian eyes, you could add a medium tone across the lid and brow bone.

Dusting under the brow with a lighter tone will further highlight the eyes, then use a pencil to highlight the lower and upper lash lines.

Eyebrow color should always be darker than the lid color, it shouldn’t be a different color altogether but just a slightly different shade.

Do not create hard edges, color should gradually move from one color and just flow into another without prominent differences.

Greasy products, although very nice to look at, should be avoided, as they tend to smudge more easily, so on a practical level not very workable.

Although eyes are a very prominent feature, a good foundation is very important.

For most Japanese girls, a yellow based foundation will be a good starting point in getting the overall make up right.

Going for a darker or too light a foundation will create a mask like effect.

In choosing a foundation, it is important that you use the face to test for color because skin texture on your hand and face could be different to that on your face.

Handy hint : Apply make up after you are already dressed, otherwise you run the risk of smudging some of your handy work.

So why does South Korea have the highest ratio of cosmetic surgeons to citizens than anywhere else in the world?

It is reliably estimated that nearly fifty percent of the population have either gone under the knife or would like to at some time and that includes a fair proportion of men. What’s more this trend is growing rapidly in China and Japan.

Popular Cosmetic Procedures

The most popular surgical procedures are to enhance the eyes, known as double eyelid surgery and to straighten and raise noses.

In other words, many beautiful North Eastern Asian women want to look more like Western women with rounder eyes a more oblong rather than the heart shape to their faces, having straighter noses and leaner but more voluptuous bodies.

Reasons

One answer is that the exposure to western fashion magazines, TV shows, films et al which overwhelmingly feature western style beauties that is suffered throughout the region encourages women to conform to white standards of perceived beauty.

South Korean pop culture has become very popular throughout Japan and China with Korean pop music diva Boa Kwon leading the way.

She is known to have had eyelid surgery and her nose heightened and consequently this has inspired many Korean and other North Eastern Asian girls that it is  ´cool´ to go under the knife to look more Western.

Perhaps the most telling reason of all for this popular desire for cosmetic surgery enhancement is the conception that embracing the Western idea of beauty is a good career move.

The work ethos of Koreans, Japanese and Chinese is the envy of the world, is it any wonder then that undergoing cosmetic surgery as a means to obtaining a better job or a promotion has become so popular.

Whatever the reasons it is to be regretted that so many Korean women have exchanged their natural and attractive features for a synthetic beauty.